This week’s drop-in: Games Afoot Brought to you by Nick. It’s time to play some classic improv games which we sometimes play at Gorilla Burger, but don’t otherwise give much time to. But they’re fun! So play them we shall, along with some advice about how to get the best out
This week’s drop-in: The Gender Jam Brought to you by Benedetta. Even in this day and age, much of what we see on screen is based on gender stereotype. So, this jam is about proving how strong (on both sides) they are, how easily we can (and should) drop them
This week’s drop-in: Love Is An Open Door Brought to you by Parky. Our mental synchronization Can have but one explanation ….love is an open door. Last week we examined the joys of agreement to see what wonderful things happen when everyone says ‘yes’ in a scene. This week, bring
This week’s drop-in: All The Yes, All The Time Brought to you by Parky. I know that we bang on a lot about agreement in improvisation. However, it really is the golden rule to successful scenes, and so this week we’ll be encouraging you to not just say “yes”, but
This week’s drop-in: You’re The Voice Brought to you by Parky. There are lots of different ways of creating interesting characters in improv. You can be inspired by your scene partner, inspired by the name you’re given, or inspired by a particular emotion or physical trait. One fun way to
This week’s drop-in: You Can, And You Will, Handle the Truth Brought to you by Liam. The truth is something we see pummelled, beaten and destroyed every day. The least we can do is fight back through improv. This week we’ll be working on listening and responding truthfully and faithfully to
This week’s drop-in: The Name of the Game The jam is brought to you by Parky. “I think I can see in your face There’s a lot you can teach me So I wanna know, what’s the name of the game?” Every four weeks, we turn up at Gorilla Burger
Merry Christmas one and all! We are all closed up for the festive season, so there is no jam tonight (22nd December) or 29th December. We return, to smash 2017 together on Thursday 5th January. See you all there, and try not to get too fucked up in the meantime.
This week’s jam: Go Big The jam is brought to you by Nick. There are lots of things I forget when I’m in a scene and only remember when I watch someone else and mentally kick myself. One of those (there are many) is to go in with a big choice
This week’s jam: The Gift of Giving The jam is brought to you by Parky. There is one key aim of improv that sometimes we tend to forget: “Your job in a scene is not to look good: it is to make your scene partner look good.” The easiest way
This week’s jam: To The Max The jam is brought to you by Nick. Everything is better pushed to extremes, food, sport, gnomes. It makes sense that improv will also be even better if we take it to the max. An evening of demanding just a little bit more from each
This week’s jam: Scene Work Playtime The jam is brought to you by Lloydie. Tonight, we’re focussing on having fun on stage and proudly showing off our improv chops (facial fur not essential). Whether you’ve never been before, or have been doing Thursdays for years, this is a chance to play together and
Just wanna be in the know? Cool - sign up for our email newsletter to find out about upcoming courses, workshops, and shows.
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.
[wppb-edit-profile]
