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]. Where to perform improv in London Things Hoopla Are Doing Improv Comedy Club, The Miller, London Bridge: We’re now running our main improv shows every Friday and Saturday at The Miller in London Bridge.[…]
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New Character Exercise This is a new exercise we’ve invented to add instant depth to otherwise 2-dimensional and clichéd characters. I actually love using clichés in improv. I think using a clichéd or stock character can give you instant character posture, movement, attitude, voice, face, gait, genre, point of view, attitude, philosophy, accent and more.[…]
Loads of reasons why I loved last night’s Impro Jam at The Miller, here are the first things that come to mind: Constantine being asked to run a warm up there and then, not skipping a beat, running one even when it rapily grew into 30 people or more, getting everyone in the right mood.[…]
Impro is real life backwards In terms of emotional reactions and responses improv can be looked at as real life in reverse. Real Life An example of someone accidentally encountering a sleeping wolf (happens to me all the time). There is an external reality, a sleeping wolf. I see the reality. I process the reality.[…]
Improv Tips This is a collection of lots of our improv tips from our twitter account (@HooplaImpro ) put together into one place: – Catch yourself overly planning off stage? Shake yo head like an etch-a-sketch to come on fresh. – If you treat the scenario as if it is real you don’t have to act,[…]
CHAPTER SIX: FUTURE. Historical influences on improv. Why did impro start when it did and why did it grow?
Blog May 01, 2013
This chapter is part of a series of blogs about my personal opinions on the historical influences on improv, why it started when it started, why it survived and then flourished, and where it fits into the wider scheme of things. CHAPTER 1: TV CHAPTER 2: CENSORSHIP CHAPTER 3: AUDIENCE CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION CHAPTER 5:[…]
CHAPTER 5: COLLECTIVE JOY. Historical influences on improv. Why did impro start when it did and why did it grow?
Blog May 01, 2013
This chapter is part of a series of blogs about my personal opinions on the historical influences on improv, why it started when it started, why it survived and then flourished, and where it fits into the wider scheme of things. CHAPTER 1: TV CHAPTER 2: CENSORSHIP CHAPTER 3: AUDIENCE CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION CHAPTER 5:[…]
CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION. Historical influences on improv. Why did impro start when it did and why did it grow?
Blog May 01, 2013
CHAPTER 1: TV CHAPTER 2: CENSORSHIP CHAPTER 3: AUDIENCE CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION CHAPTER 5: COLLECTIVE JOY CHAPTER 6: FUTURE Keith Johnstone and Viola Spolin developed their ideas through working with children. Both Keith Johnstone and Viola Spolin formed the seeds of their ideas through working with children. Keith Johnstone was hugely critical of his own[…]
CHAPTER 3: AUDIENCE. Historical influences on improv. Why did impro start when it did and why did it grow?
Blog Nov 08, 2012
Blog by Steve Roe, co-founder of Hoopla Impro. Hoopla run improv courses, classes and shows in London and across the UK. Twitter: @HooplaImpro. Facebook: HooplaImpro. Website: www.HooplaImpro.com. This chapter is part of a series of blogs about my personal opinions on the historical influences on improv, why it started when it started, why it survived[…]
CHAPTER 2: CENSORSHIP. Historical influences on improv. Why did impro start when it did and why did it grow?
Blog Nov 05, 2012
This chapter is part of a series of blogs about my personal opinions on the historical influences on improv, why it started when it started, why it survived and then flourished, and where it fits into the wider scheme of things. CHAPTER 1: TV CHAPTER 2: CENSORSHIP CHAPTER 3: AUDIENCE CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION CHAPTER 5:[…]
CHAPTER 1: TV. Historical influences on improv. Why did impro start when it did and why did it grow?
Blog Nov 04, 2012
This chapter is part of a series of blogs about my personal opinions on the historical influences on improv, why it started when it started, why it survived and then flourished, and where it fits into the wider scheme of things. CHAPTER 1: TV CHAPTER 2: CENSORSHIP CHAPTER 3: AUDIENCE CHAPTER 4: EDUCATION CHAPTER 5:[…]