Different people playing together with different styles and behaviours is what makes impro interesting and surprising to me at the moment. Some people pick up on verbal offers, some emotional offers, some physical offers. Some people play games, some like stories, some like relationships. Some like impro as one big character exercise. Some like quiet,[…]
Blog by Steve Roe, co-founder of Hoopla Improv, courses, shows and improv club. Twitter: @HooplaImpro. Facebook: HooplaImpro. Website: www.HooplaImpro.com. Email: [email protected]. I was chatting to Chris when we were planning the courses recently and the future of long-form in London popped up: In a nutshell, what is long-form improv to you? CHRIS: To me long-form is[…]
12 Extra things that can help you be a successful improv performer in the long-term
Blog Mar 01, 2015
12 Extra things that can help you be a successful improv performer in the long-term 1. Give yourself one thing to play with per show In an improv workshop you have a coach giving you exercises to do and things to focus on. When you start performing it’s good to start giving yourself your own[…]
Blog by Steve Roe, co-founder of Hoopla Improv, improv classes, shows and improv comedy club. Twitter: @HooplaImpro. Facebook: HooplaImpro. Website: www.HooplaImpro.com. Email: [email protected]. I was lucky enough to do the UCB 101 course in London this week. Many thanks to Shem and Carleen and everyone else from C3? who made it happen. It must have[…]
Playback theatre is a unique, original and invigorating form on improv theatre centred around life stories. An audience member tells a story and the actors turn it into a scene on the spot. It builds communities, brings people together and gives you a chance to see you story come to life in a creative and[…]
Bristol have now got a proper improv venue, and The Bristol Improv Theatre Festival is coming up on 6th – 14th March. So we interviewed Andy Yeoh from The Bristol Improv Theatre to find out what’s happening in this improv hot spot. How’s it going Bristol? It’s going great! So much happening and so much[…]
Blog by Steve Roe, co-founder of Hoopla Improv, courses, shows and improv club. Twitter: @HooplaImpro. Facebook: HooplaImpro. Website: www.HooplaImpro.com. Email: [email protected]. Here’s a list of improv friendly rehearsal spaces in London that don’t cost too much: The Rag Factory, ragfactory.org.uk: Lots of different rooms. Silas the owner is very supportive of improv groups and sometimes discounts[…]
I’m OK You’re OK This blog came out of teaching one of our improv classes the other week. It was one of the first workshops since the Christmas break, so nobody there had done any impro for a month or so, and also most people didn’t know each other. It was surprisingly awesome, everyone seemed[…]
Agreement and Support Blog by Steve Roe, director of Hoopla. The things I love most about teaching and doing improv are the basics. I find there’s a whole world living in the key principles of improv. So today I’m going to write about Agreement and Support. Agreement and Support are one of the first things[…]
Hoopla’s Improv Memories of 2014 2014 was a busy year for improv in London. There seems to be more improv shows, more improv nights, more improvisers, more audience. Improv in London is growing and growing and growing. It felt like that 2014 was the year that improv in London got its own identity. For years[…]
I’ve often felt like quitting performing improv, but every time I feel like that something happens to get me back into it, and sometimes the inspiration can come from unexpected places. Most recently it was from watching the Louie CK sitcom Louie, which is the best thing I’ve seen all year. At places it feels[…]
We did a shout out on Twitter for improv video recommendations, many thanks everyone including Shem Pennant (@each1teach1 and @C3467X), Conor Jatter (@MrJattski) and @ZedEarl for your suggestions, here are some of our favourites: >> Death by Roo Roo – monoscene (weird sound at start but worth the wait) >> Upright Citizens Brigade – ASSSSCAT[…]