Three tips for Responding to Questions in Scenes

Three tips for Responding to Questions in Scenes

[ad_1] Three tips for Responding to Questions in Scenes There’s something I’ve felt quite conflicted about in improv: I am of the opinion that questions are an integral part of language and, when you think about them that way, it seems odd to avoid them in improv scenes. However, it is no secret that asking…

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The Living Newspaper by David Shepherd

The Living Newspaper by David Shepherd

[ad_1]  A constant in David Shepherd’s improv career was periodically revisiting his groundbreaking format, COMPASS (a “people’s theatre,” co-created with Paul Sills in 1955) and attempting to update it with the collaboration of improvisers who were in his orbit at that time. David continued conducting COMPASS workshops in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston,…

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Zoom is just a part of it

Zoom is just a part of it

[ad_1] Ring-lights, phones and computer screens: online improv has been an amazing lifeline for some, and a welcome distraction for others, but don’t forget to take some time away from the bright lights and get some green-time (and I don’t just mean green-screens) this festive season. I have to be honest. While this year’s been…

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2021 – the year to be excited about improv?

2021 - the year to be excited about improv?

[ad_1] 2021 – the year to be excited about improv? I’m bursting. You know when someone keeps filling a cup of coffee until it spills over, that’s how I’m feeling right now about improv. Like many of us, I need to get myself on a stage before I overflow (is this metaphor working?) I’m writing…

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Two forms Improv: Interview with Dan Ryan

Two forms Improv: Interview with Dan Ryan

[ad_1]   Your online improv course Two Forms – Four Track and Pretty Flower kicks off on 6th January, what gave you the idea for this course? I have an obsession with matching scenes, so that drove the desire to do some Four Track, and then I realised another thing I really loved was the…

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