Posts Tagged ‘improv for beginners’
Improv Tip #162 What you need to know about Short form vs Long form (2021)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. In this week’s improv tip, veteran improviser and host of Improv Tips, Paul Vaillancourt, breaks down his take on the age-old debate Short-Form vs Long- Form. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting classes, or expressing…
Read MoreImprov Tip #161 The Power of Big Choices (2021)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. In this week’s improv tip, veteran improviser Paul Vaillanoucrt talks about the power of making big choices in a scene and all the benefits it brings to your work, and at the end he gives a simple tool to help you jazz…
Read MoreImprov Tip #157 The Christmas Tree Theory of Scene Work (2021)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. In this week’s improv tip, veteran improviser Paul Vaillanoucrt talks about a tool that he uses in his improv classes all the time “The Christmas Tree Theory of Scene Work”. It’s insightful and actionable and it’s going to help you out. Whether…
Read MoreImprov Tip #151 – The Power of Being Human in Improv (w/Jeffrey Thompson) (2020)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. Welcome back to improv tips. In this week’s improv tip, guest tipper Jeffrey Thompson offers an idea that will add depth and texture to your improv work – Be Human. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your…
Read MoreImprov Tips #130 – Set Improv Games For The Harold – Movie Review (2019)
Set Improv Games For The Harold – Movie Review (The first in a six part series) The Harold is considered by many to be the mother of all long form improv but teaching and learning the Harold can be tricky at times. We, as improvisers, spend most of our time (as we should) on the…
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