Archive for April 2020
Improv Blog
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 that…
Read MoreLaughter at the Foot of the Cross: Easter Laughter – The School of Laughter: Find Your Funny
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 merriment…
Read MoreJulie Dexter: Going Within as well as Out – The School of Laughter: Find Your Funny
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 if…
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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 (articles…
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