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
Artist’s Eye for the Improv Guy with Duncan Carty. Time for something completely different! This week we have delightful artist, Duncan Carty, drawing* from his experience as an artist and how the creative process of illustration can be applied to improvisation on stage. Get your pens and pencils ready for
Howdy! Due to technical carnage we’ve been unable to finalise a lovely new virtual workshop for you today! Fear not – it’s coming at you tomorrow instead, all the better to fill your bank holiday with. In the meantime, why not catch up on the SEVEN workshops we’ve already produced
Virtual Improv Drop-In: The Voices! The Voices! with Marilyn Ann Bird. This workshop is about how to create character voices using different inspirations and some ideas for how to practise them on your own during lockdown. Marilyn is a full-time actor and voiceover artist and has been trained by teachers from UCB,
This week’s Virtual Drop-In is led by the fantastic Stephen Davidson, and is all about improvising gender! Do you feel awkward playing genders different from your own? Just want to make sure you’re doing it well? Come along to this one day workshop and push your boundaries. We’ll build some
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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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