advanced improv courses
We have a variety of advanced improv courses to introduce you to the full variety of improv styles and show formats available and expand your improvisation horizons.
A variety of advanced improv courses including Story, Character, Emotional Connection, Harolds, Deconstruction, Improvised Musicals, Narrative Long-Form, Sketch Comedy, Truth in Comedy, Super Short-Form, Stagecraft, Clowning and more.
We’re going to be using our Advanced Improv Courses to introduce improvisers to the full variety of improv styles available, and hopefully inspire future developments in the wider improv scene.
Many of our advanced improv courses also have an end of course show at our Improv Comedy Club, where you perform together as a group.
These courses are designed for people with previous experience of performing improv, either at one of our end-of-course shows or with another group. If you don’t have previous improv experience it’s best to start with our other improv courses first.
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Game of the Scene
With Liam Brennan. Learn how to create hilarious improvised scenes that look like beautifully honed comedy sketches. STARTS MARCH 2024.
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Improvised Singing
With Phil Lunn. Learn how to improvise songs and mini-musicals. No previous singing experience necessary! STARTS MARCH 2024.
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Truth in Comedy
With Chris Mead. Inspired by Chris's training with iO Chicago and the origins of long-form improvisation. STARTS APRIL 2024.
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Harold
With Liam Brennan. Learn how to perform The Harold format in a fun & playful Hoopla style. STARTS MAY 2024.
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Sketch Comedy Course (Online)
With Gemma Arrowsmith, writer-performer on Emmy nominated Tracey Ullman's Show on BBC 1 and script editor on BBC Radio 4's Extra Newsjack. With new options for Radio Comedy and TV Comedy. STARTS JANUARY AND MARCH 2024.
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Super Short-Form (SOLD OUT)
With Steve Roe, Director of Hoopla. Short-form for experienced improvisers! SOLD OUT.
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Character (SOLD OUT)
With Maeve Ryan from Ladyprov. Go beyond your default characters and expand your character range. SOLD OUT.
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Improvised Fantasy (SOLD OUT)
With Katy Schutte. Go on an exciting improvised fantasy adventure! SOLD OUT.
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Sci-Fi B-Movie (SOLD OUT)
With Chris Mead. Improvise a sci-fi b-movie extravaganza! 8 week course plus show. SOLD OUT.
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Story (SOLD OUT)
With Steve Roe. Learn how to improvise an entire play/movie from just one suggestion! SOLD OUT
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Clown (SOLD OUT)
With Peta Lily, who teaches Clown at RADA and is one of the world's most experienced Clown teachers. Clowning helps create joyful and playful performers. SOLD OUT.
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Dreamweaver (SOLD OUT)
Learn to improvise dream based improvised musicals with one of London's most popular groups, Dreamweaver Quartet. SOLD OUT.
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Improvised Hip Hop (SOLD OUT)
With Track 96. Learn improvised hip hop and get comfortable with freestyle rapping! SOLD OUT.
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Meisner for Improvisers (SOLD OUT)
With Steve Roe. Meisner Technique applied to improv. Living truthfully under imaginary circumstances. SOLD OUT.
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Play like Brené (SOLD OUT)
With Katy Schutte. Improvisation inspired by the work of Brené Brown on vulnerability, empathy and courage. SOLD OUT.
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Emotional Connection (SOLD OUT)
With Chris Mead. Emotional connection to your scene partner. Get into trouble and fall in love! SOLD OUT.
ongoing performance opportunities
Hoopla offer more performing opportunities than any other UK improv company.
Hoopla run an extensive house team system with auditions and new shows starting every season. Our house teams regularly rehearse and perform at Hoopla with coaching from an experienced director.
People from Hoopla workshops have gone on to perform with lots of great groups across the UK improv scene including The Comedy Store Players, The Playground, Music Box, Bumper Blyton, Oxford Imps, The Maydays, The Committee, Dreamweaver Quartet, Do Not Adjust Your Stage, Impromptu Shakespeare Company, Actors Nightmare, Do The Right Scene and more.
We run London’s 1st Improv Theatre and have various shows dedicated to new up and coming groups that have formed in our courses, giving them space to build up stage time and develop new shows.
We want to give our students as many performance opportunities as possible so every season we run open auditions to cast our new shows for that season. We announce details of these over our facebook and twitter and start a new show every season.
Hoopla support improvisers, even months or years after they’ve done a course with us, and we constantly strive to give them the performing opportunities and support they need. We even have a dedicated Producer who is there to support you with performance opportunities whenever you need it.
We have a large welcoming community of improvisers, and it would be great to have you be part of it.
There’s more info for performers on our Performing Opportunities page.