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Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, here at Improv Tips want to help. In this week’s improv tip, veteran teacher and improviser Paul Vaillancourt answers a fun question and addresses the idea of what makes great improvisers great. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting classes…

In this week’s improv tip, veteran teacher and improviser answers a question from a viewer – What does it mean to make your partner look good? Although we as improvisers and improv teachers often say this phrase we don’t often delve into the nuts and bolts of what it actually mean, but today Paul lets…

In this week’s improv tip, veteran teacher and improviser Paul Vaillancourt talks about whether, in a scene, our character should change or remain the same? Paul breaks it down and offers a few skills that will come in handy for every improviser. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting…

In this IMPROV TIP Paul answers two related questions from viewers: “What do we do when a scene is failing?” and “What do we do when we are having a hard time finding the game of the scene?” Questions and situations that pretty much ALL improvisers find themselves in at one time or another. Whether…

In this IMPROV TIP Paul offers a couple of ways of deepening and reinforcing the relationship and you character’s POV. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting classes or expressing yourself with some other kind of improvisation, you are going to love this improv technique. Follow Paul on: Facebook:…

In this Improv Tip Paul answers a question from a viewer – How do we deal with information overload in a scene? This is a concern that often comes up when some basic things are starting to go right and the tempo of the improv is picking up and the scenes start coming a little…