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[…]
Getting Improvisers into TV & Film At our last improv networking event I made an announcement that I was keen to bridge the gap between the live improv scene and TV and Film. At the moment in London it feels like there is a certain limitation on the career of a performing improviser, they get[…]
This is my completely biased list of recommended shows for Edinburgh Fringe 2014. I’m heavily biased towards improv, because that’s what I do. If I’ve missed something please let me know and I might add it on. Most of the shows below are listed in detail at www.edfringe.com or are in the Fringe programme, available[…]
It’s been a busy and fun year. So much has happened, I can’t remember it all, but here’s some fond improv memories of 2013. Warning! This blog is more sentimental than the end of a Robin Williams movie! People This year especially as we had more and more people involved with what[…]
What an inspiring week. A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to spend a whole week being taught by Charna Halpern, co-founder of IO in Chicago and author of Truth in Comedy. Many thanks to Rob Wilson for getting IO over here and doing such a great job on organising everything. Many thanks[…]