This is our introduction to the wonderful world of improvised comedy theatre! Complete beginners are more that welcome – you don’t need experience in improv, acting, comedy, or performing! You don’t need to be “funny”, witty, or clever either – you just need to turn up ready to jump in
Making Monologues Work for You with Jon Nguyen. Does the idea of a monologue give you pause? Not sure where to start or even if it has a place in improv? Well Jon gives his thoughts on this some times solitary art-form. Jon Nguyen is an improviser based out of Norwich.
Going Out There With Nothing, with Roberto Lewis. This class will inspire you to pull characters, scenes, and whole shows from thin air. By trusting your fellow performers and trusting yourself, learn how to go out there with nothing and come off with a phenomenal scene! Featuring the acting talent
Begin to explore how looking after your wellbeing can also be looking after your improv. Monica Gaga is a British-born black African queer improviser, facilitator, host, performer and producer. She trained in Community Theatre at East 15 Acting School, and her boundless love for improv stems from time spent at
Are you sick of feeling stuck in improv scenes with someone who gives you initiations or responses that you just can’t stand? That’s the worst! This is supposed to be fun! Well, it can be! Let’s turn it all around and try to make the best scenes out of the
Welcome to another great virtual drop-in, entitled “Discovering Your Dynamics” with the fantastic David Escobedo! The differences are what makes life beautiful. A lot of times we get frozen in scenes, or even tunnel vision in only making observations about the other person. Your observations and listening should widen out
The Tiny Glass Person: based on Gianni Rodari’s Grammatica della fantasia (The Grammar of Fantasy) chapter where he explains how to create characters based on different elements. In this class, we will work the infinite possibilities and combinations of elements, objects, animals, sensations, and feelings to achieve stronger and deeper
Status, In and Beyond the Theatre with Laurie Owen. In this workshop we look at status, using a few solo exercises. First, we will practice playing high and low status, then shifting between the two. In the second half, we will deepen our understanding of status by noticing it in
Re-imagining the Virtual Space: Creativity and Connection Together, Apart, with TwinProv. In this session we’ll explore with duo Twinprov how you can make the online space the hero, rather than the problem. We look at how you can use physicality and objects to develop your playfulness and creativity, as well
Intro to Freestyle Rap with Will Nameh. Welcome to this virtual drop-in! Will is an award-winning freestyle rap improviser, here to take you through two basic mechanics of improvised hip hop with exercises and examples!
Specific and True with Terje Brevick. When is a pen not just a pen? When it’s a pen in an improv scene! In this workshop, we will explore the potential of our creative ideas by grounding them in reality, and use the tools of specificity and truth to create truly
Intro to Musical Improv with Annie Harris. A short musical improv workshop with games, silliness and some useful tricks that will take you onto the next step of your musical improv journey! Delivered by Annie Harris (The Parentheticals, Extreme Improv). Check out musical improv resources here: Open Your Mouth and
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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