Category: Performance

The Rise of Improv in the UK - My Article in Sardines Magazine

23/8/2016

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You can get a high quality or hard copy version from their website here.

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'I suck, You suck, This sucks' - or not

8/9/2014

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Have you ever found yourself in a mildly inconvenient situation which turned out to be different from how you expected or hoped it would be and thought to yourself: 'This sucks, I'm never going to enjoy it, I wish things were different, why can't I change everything around me'?

'If you're not having fun, you're the @$$h*£€'

With Susan and Rachael from Second City

Susan Messing's provocative quote has stuck with me ever since watching her TEDx talk and especially since taking a week-long intensive class with her and Rachael Mason from Second City.

It's a hard note to take, but I've noticed that when I do take and act on it, somehow situations which are inconvenient but in my mind seemingly unbearable, turn out to be bearable, overcomeable (that should be a word), and surprisingly fun . . .

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Improv and Dance

1/9/2014

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When I'm not improvising in the evening, I'm usually out social dancing. Mainly Lindy Hop, Salsa, and Bachata, at least once a week.

Ever since I started dancing, I've noticed that there is a lot of overlap in dancing and improv comedy. On a social dance floor, we essentially improvise our dancing. We can get better dancing and improv by using them as transferable skills.

Also, both are so much fun that I have to warn you, they are addictive!

Here are some of the things I've noticed . . .

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Celebrating successes, even the tiny ones

21/8/2014

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Last Sunday, my team Five Seven Plus won the C3Something Five-a-Side at the Nursery Theatre.

Say what, I thought improv is about playing to play, not playing to win?

Competitive improvisation can have a surprisingly positive effect on our attitude towards our own performance and our team . . .

Five Seven Plus curtesy of Henri Roe

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The Rise of Improv in the UK - My Article in Sardines Magazine

'I suck, You suck, This sucks' - or not

Improv and Dance

Celebrating successes, even the tiny ones

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