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 SIX: FUTURE. Historical influences on improv. Why did impro start when it did and why did it grow?
Blog May 01, 2013
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:[…]
Performing tips from some of the finest improvisers around. We asked some of the best improvisers around what they did building up to, just before and during a big show. All their words are unedited by me, it’s exactly as answered direct from various facebook or email conversations. None of them knew who else was[…]
How to create a supportive atmosphere for improvising Quite a few people say there is a very supportive atmosphere at our improv classes, which is very nice of them so thank you very much! This is largely due to me being lucky enough to be taught improv by John Cremer, who is great at creating[…]
Awareness Lovely bunch of people in our improv workshop this evening. Left me so positive about impro that I’m writing this blog on the tube home immediately after before I forget. Workshop was on Awareness, as in being totally aware of what the other improviser is saying, doing, moving, feeling. There is quite a lot[…]
Being Positive Exercises In workshops it’s a good idea to train yourself to be positive in improv scenes and games. I’m not suggesting that all improv scenes should always and only feature positive characters, it’s just good to train yourself in the top end of your positive scale so that your default isn’t always to[…]
Last Thursday was possibly the most exciting day of any regular Edinburgh Fringe goer’s year. The day the Fringe programme magically appears on my doormat. Sometimes I think that browsing through its glossy pages is possibly more exciting than actually going to the Fringe itself. It reminds me of thumbing through the Argos catalogue in[…]
This comes from a staging and scenework workshop I was teaching a couple of weeks ago at one of our Monday improv classes. The first bit also comes from workshops done with Adam Meggido and Dylan Emery, who I think originally did it with Ken Campbell. For a while I’ve been thinking about what makes[…]