Archive for April 2020
Improv Blog
[ad_1] We have an art form whose tenets boast comfort with failure. Are any of us comfortable with this failure? The history of pure improvisation on TV and film is almost non-existent. We have game shows and panel shows with producers live-directing the cast and much written stand-up material stuffed in where possible. Anything good…
Read MoreLaughter at the Foot of the Cross: Easter Laughter – The School of Laughter: Find Your Funny
[ad_1] Shakespeare, in Twelfth Night, has made generations appreciate the fun-and-games of the eve of the Epiphany, when increased merry-making marked the end of the twelve days of Christmas. At Twelfth Night Falstaff is a hero, not an old rake to be rejected. In medieval and Renaissance palace, city, village, college, church and chapel, such…
Read MoreJulie Dexter: Going Within as well as Out – The School of Laughter: Find Your Funny
[ad_1] Covid-19 Smooth Manoeuvre between two states: Going within as well as Out. Hour by hour, day by day all of the moments of self isolation in COVID-19 seem to roll in to one. It’s hard to separate each moment from the next during these bizarre, hellishtimes. A certain amount of clarity is what’s needed…
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[ad_1] I’ve been blogging about improvisation for a long time now. This blog is not about improvisation. I have anxiety and depression. I don’t experience depression all the time, but the more I understand anxiety, the more I understand that I’ve had it for pretty much all of my life. I’ve read a lot about anxiety and depression…
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