SET IT UP! How do you teach a game in class, or set up a show or scene in front of an audience successfully? Are you connecting or confusing your audience? An effective beginning to the show or exercise can make all the difference. Here are some tips and tricks Read more
CHRISTMAS BALLS! Here’s a character exercise for moving like an old person. I’ve heard this nugget of character development repeated countless times from Dennis Cahill of the Loose Moose theatre. He learned it from Keith Johnstone and it’s easy to understand why it sticks in the memory. Many people play Read more
Susan’s fabulous insights to online -improvisation – Susan Serrao Susan Serrao along with JamieMatchullis, are the two halves of a comedy duo known as the Sketchy Beavers bringing comedy sketches to life from the Canadian female perspective. toploisir.com vm 1986 trøje vm 1986 trøje dymytr povlečení sevilenotocekici.com suchemuryesklep.pl tutobon.com dymytr Read more
Kaivalya Plays – India Improvises! The positive side of the Covid epidemic has been the connections it has made between performers and teachers in the improvisation community. During an online discussion arranged by the Nursery Theatre in the U.K., I was introduced to an Improviser from India. For those of you Read more
EVERYTHING IN ONE MOMENT “The Dragon flew with fierce intent towards the castle on Mount Lyre” You read that line and you’re pretty certain of what kind of story you are getting into. You have a fairly clear image in your head. You see the clouds in the sky. You Read more
ARE YOU CREATIVE? A DUMB QUESTION asked too often! one red You were born “creative”. Then you were taught not to be. We should be asking “are you still aware of your creativity?” The number of people who avoid writing, drawing, improvising, and creating because they were told at some Read more
SCIENCE and EDUCATION under threat Improvisation’s part in the War being waged Dr. Kate Lapane, PhD In February 2020, Dr. Lapane attended one of my classes while I was visiting Rhode Island, USA. The course was ‘Teaching teachers to teach with Improvisation.’ I have little doubt that Dr. Lapane probably didn’t need Read more
IMPROVISE WHAT YOU EAT U R What U EAT It may surprise you that the food you ingest an hour before the show can make you calmer, quicker, crazier or smarter. Eating specific food alters attitudes. If you know what mood you need to adjust, just eat your way to Read more
SCORED!!!! In the world of “competitive improvisation” there’s a simple need for scoreboards. “BORING!!“ …you might say. And you would be right. But come on! There are a lot of tedious details in the work we do on stage to make a show happen. It isn’t all show biz and Read more
TIPS FOR A NEW REALITY PART 2- POV and Perspective MOST of these ideas have been used by cinematographers, Directors, and Filmmakers for years. The same discoveries and re-discoveries are being made by improvisers all over the world to enhance their online work. Zoom, Twitch, OBS, and other forums have Read more
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