Improv scenes can have real depth if characters clearly have defined statuses, which enable us to play with the power dynamics that naturally follow. However, all too often we might find ourselves remaining in the position we happened to have taken at the beginning of the scene, missing out on
This week we’ll be warming up fast, talking little and getting right into the heart of improv – scenes! Fast scenes, slow scenes, long scenes, short scenes, funny, sad, hopeful, despairing and every graduation between we will cover them in this two-hour session. Come along to maximise your stage time
This week we’re back with our monthly “half drop-in, half show”, sticking you on a mini stage with everyone else, being loud and having fun doing improv stuff. The main difference from a weekly drop-in? It lasts longer, and you can drink throughout – just like a real show! This
Words only make up 7% of the way we communicate with our partner. In this session we’ll explore how we can build worlds and characters using just our bodies and trusting in our partner to recognise the way we feel. There’ll be lots of slow, organic and emotional improv this week…
Why are improvisers told to not ask questions? What’s wrong with questions? What do I do if I do ask a question? Will I get in trouble? Will my scene partner support me? What am I supposed to do instead? What do I do if I’m asked a question? Do
Your evening of live improvised comedy carnage returns! It’s theatre karaoke where you can be the star. At Gorilla Burger you can get up on stage whether you’ve played before or not. Hugely supportive and tons of fun this is a delightful way for you to experience improvised comedy. We
Painting works best when we use more than one colour! Similarly, improv often works better when the main subject of our scene stands out from the background. Building quickly from first principles we’ll be finding the electrifying things in our scenes while keeping them grounded. This workshop is suitable for
Time to split your January noggin open and get the improv goodness out! This week we’re back with our monthly “half drop-in, half show”, sticking you on a mini stage with everyone else, being loud and having fun doing improv stuff. The main difference from a weekly drop-in? It lasts
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the new year is an awesome time to shake off those improv cobwebs and start 2020 fresh! In this workshop we’ll be thinking about what we can each do to level up our improv in 2020. Do you want to make dynamic character choices? Play
Your evening of live improvised comedy carnage returns! It’s theatre karaoke where you can be the star. At Gorilla Burger you can get up on stage whether you’ve played before or not. Hugely supportive and tons of fun this is a delightful way for you to experience improvised comedy. We
It’s that time of the year again – MissImp is bringing back the MissImp Awards! Mashing up the usual carnage of names and games plucked from a hat of dreams with our legit knock-off Oscars ceremony, this is the perfect sayonara to 2019, and the best way to avoid all
It’s the last regular drop-in of the year, and with Santa just around the corner we have some toys to play with. This week we are improvising with puppets. Puppets are a great way to deal with the self-consciousness we get from time to time as improvisers. This might mean
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During the coronavirus outbreak, MissImp has continued to offer entirely free online activities for our community, including commissioning an ongoing series of paid virtual drop-ins from improvisers around the world, fortnightly online Gorilla Burger shows and more. If you’d like to help us keep these activities going and keep our lights on we’d be immensely grateful. Together, we can get through this.
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