VIRUS TAG One of my favourite “warm-up” games. It might teach you everything there is about improvisation By Shawn Kinley Virus Tag is one of my top three favourite warm-up games. This game comes from childhood in many cultures but I picked it up in Germany many years ago. I Read more
ISABELLA (originally written for IMPRO WORLD TOUR blog) Women in improvisation (and often in life) become the shadows of the men they stand on stage with. Many groups aspire to draw women into their company only to pigeon-hole them into the roles of mothers, daughters, sexual images and princesses. It’s Read more
WHAT’S THE FORMAT!?!? Here are some thoughts written for a question asked by the International Theatresports Institute, December 2019. What is your process for creating new performance formats? How do you develop the initial idea, and how to you work on it to make it stage worthy? One of the Read more
Currently performing and exploring ideas in Calgary, Canada. Part of the OVERLAP Improvisation collective. Natalie Marshall Actor, Student, Person What I realized that blew my mind while workshopping Overlap was the intense vulnerability of improvising. That more often then not, when you make a decision Read more
I always thought improv was just Acting 2.0. Theatre without a script. Which I guess is still partly true. I’ve learned improv is more about ~being~ than anything else. Not performing, or pretending to be a daughter/wife/ astronaut/ house plant. Fully existing onstage, entirely vulnerable and authentic. It has been Read more
I’ve found being totally present with your partner on stage is probably the most difficult things to do and it is also the most rewarding.
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
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