Game of the Scene
I’ve been producing/directing Likewise: Dinner Party for the Sydney Fringe Comedy Festival. Game of the scene came up (in relation to the “Black Box”…
Likewise is back! Come to the Dinner Party
My improv show, Likewise, is back for Sydney Fringe Comedy in 2017. We’ll be playing in a small cottage at Central Park, just near Spice Alley at 7pm on Monday…
Improvising wisdoms
Here are some quotes about improv from the International Theatresports Institute. I never lose. I either win or learn. – Nelson Mandela I think all great lmprovisors…
Improv Cheat sheets
For the teaching and learning of improvisation, some cool cheat sheets.
Openings: a summary
Here’s a no doubt incomplete list of ways to open a piece. Scene painting Busby Berkeley true monologues character monologues Invocation Character painting…
Baddest gangsta
This warm up came from Bridie Connell, and she got it from her English teacher as a kid in NZ. It’s a rap: Group: Who’s the baddest gangsta (whoot, whoot), I’m…
Graduating 2016
i spent 5 weeks at the 2016 iO summer intensive. here’s our grad show
Warm ups to use with caution
These are two politically incorrect warm ups. 1. I’m sorry, i didn’t know that was your dick Mime warm up that also shows tension makes comedy. Mime…
Consequence
Susan Messing says laughter is a consequence not a goal of improv. That’s Susan Messing on the right in the image above. She is playing a scene with Tara de…
6 ways to make scenes better
Brilliant 2 hour fast-paced workshop with Craig Uhlir (pronounced yoo-ler). 6 things that if done consistently will make your scenes better. For each he gave the…
Words of wisdom 1
Nandi from Hungary: If my leg starts I have to follow (when editing a scene).
More openings 2
Week 1 day 3 Imagine an object You’ve got a gun in your hand. Feel its size, shape weight. describe it. where did you find it? A phone. A drink. Who is…
Listening to Charna Halpern
Day 1 of Summer School always starts with a chat with Charna, and a few questions.Here are some quotes. “We were kicked out of 14 theatres [before I founded…
Day 1 - some things we did
So day 1 we learnt names. We pointed and said our names (for much longer than we normally do). I think people were expecting the pattern pointing game and we went…
Summer 2016 the international Improv explosion
Day 1 and 2 of the summer intensive 2016 have whizzed by. there are 160 something of us in 9 classes. We filled the Del Close Theatre. When I did the summer school…
More week 1 exercises
Here are some exercises we did with in week 1 of the iO Summer intensive, day 2. Commercial We constructed a fake product and did a commercial for it. He asked…