The Improvisation School is a seed that is growing day by day. This site is a little taste of where things are going. And while it’s not finished by any of the stretch of the imagination, it represents what we hope will be a great adventure for many many students. Read more…
HOOP GAMES Dancing Poodles A “HOOP GAME” refers to a game improvisers play where the main purpose is to prove how clever the improvisers are. The name, ‘HOOP GAME” comes from the idea of dancing poodles in their tutus jumping through hoops in a circus, cleverly entertaining the audience with Read more…
WEE WISDOMS DON’T GET BACK UP! Hi I’m JONAH I havent been writing here much. i been busy lernin stuff. THERES SO MUCH 2 LERN!!! Heres sumthin my daddy says i taught him. i tripped when i was running. i fell down in the livingroom. i stayed down on the Read more…
PANTS ON FIRE! The Format A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE FORMAT Before we get into HOW TO PLAY PANTS ON FIRE, here’s the story of how one format inspired two others and PANTS ON FIRE was born. If you aren’t interested in this exciting and adrenaline pumping story, skip down Read more…
TIPS AND TRICKS UNFROZEN UNFROZEN! Deborah from Vancouver sent me a note after our workshop. She asked: Where to find ideas to help the story. All of a sudden I’m up there and I forget what I do in the kitchen or in the car or at school! Help and Read more…
WALK THE TIGHTROPE CREATING AN IMPRO COMPANY THE BEGINNING OF AN IMPRO THEATRE COMPANY On the high wire of improvisation challenges is the act of creating and running your own Theatre company. The risks are high and the uncertainty is great. Let’s look at TIGHTROPE THEATRE from Vancouver Canada and Read more…
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WAYS A WORLD OF IMPROVISATION IMPROVISE! TRAVEL THE GLOBE “OH THE PLACES YOU WILL GO!!!” DR. SEUSS Travel was never my goal in life. Improvisation had other plans for me! It flung me over mountains, across oceans, into ancient ruins, under the earth and into Read more…
TIPS AND TRICKS PUSH-BACK – PLEASE! PUSH-BACK – PLEASE! I have to be honest and tell you that I’ve had a difficult time writing this post. It’s not that there’s anything controversial or in any way emotional about it. It’s just that there are a lot of moving parts to Read more…
I’M NOT LEAVING! The Game This game is more of a tool to incorporate into a scene rather than a structural game. And it’s fun to play. Have you heard of the phrase “Torment The Hero”? This is a concept Keith Johnstone used to describe the task of frustrating the Read more…
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WAYS A WORLD OF IMPROVISATION POKHARA, NEPAL Insights and introspection from Bhupendra Dhakal An inspired Nepalese improviser Bhupendra Dhakal Improviser AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WAYS Pokhara, Nepal Improvisation at the top of the world It was way back in 2018 that a random message Read more…
INSTANTLY, A BETTER IMPROVISER Simple tactics to improve your performance SIMPLE STUFF Improvisers constantly forget the reality of stage craft. Caught up in our world of make-believe, it’s easy to ignore audience sight lines. (If you can’t see them, they probably can’t see you) We whisper intimately but forget that Read more…
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