Edinburgh Blog 4 Hurrah! First show done, first flyering done, first pint had. This feels soooo good and has released a feel-good sense of adventure within me where I just want to make more cool things happen. More good news is that the first show had an audience! I was fully prepared to perform to[…]
Edinburgh Blog 3 There was a flurry of Music Box social activity before leaving London. On Friday night I found myself at a BBQ where everyone there was about to be in a show before Edinburgh. Everything was noticeably “before Edinburgh” over the weekend. I’m eating a burger, before Edinburgh. I’m sitting on the tube,[…]
Edinburgh Blog 2 There it is, beating away on the horizon. This time next week I would have done three Edinburgh shows already. In the build up my mood constantly changes from terror to complacency to excitement to nerves to just stupid giggling, all in the time it takes me to finish my cornflakes. I have[…]
Edinburgh Blog 1 Hello! I’m Steve Roe, producer of Music Box Improvised Musical. That’s my funny face staring back at you. Of all the headshots I’ve got, that’s the most normal looking! I had to go into comedy as my big head is unsuitable for any other style of acting. I once performed in an[…]
The future of improv in London Last blog sparked a minor chat in The Miller last night that I’ve interpreted as an undercurrent of feeling of ‘is this the end of some groups working together?’ since Tuesdays at The Miller have become chocablock with monthly nights and new shows I’m producing. The short answer to this[…]
History Just under a year ago I was at the Edinburgh Fringe, in a youth hostel, not performing but phoning up loads of impro groups I knew to book them in to The Black Horse. I’d just got to the point where I’d booked them all in, and put all the details on the website,[…]
Two New Character Exercises I led a one day character workshop on Saturday and came up with two new character exercises that might be helpful for anyone out there running similar things. Here they are…. That’s Great, New Character Two actors – A and B. A starts talking about a topic from their real life[…]
Fringe Recommendations Remember I’m totally biased towards improv and sketch comedy, as I don’t know an awful lot about stand up, children’s shows, dance or plays. Some of them are also booked to play at The Miller on our Tuesday night shows, so I’m bound to think they’re good. Also this just based on my[…]
There’s only one way of improv, and that’s your own Sometimes I feel like this blog is just a record of me realising majorly obvious things that everyone else has known for ages. Anyway, here it goes, what I’ve been thinking about this week is…… There is no absolute correct method to improv, or comedy,[…]
Such a great night at The Miller last night I felt inspired to write about it. We had a first half of Cariad Lloyd and Paul Foxcroft doing impro together, with support from band The Glue Ensemble. I’m not exaggerating when I say it was probably one of the best impro shows I’ve ever seen.[…]
Wildheart Gathering Just spent the weekend with Music Box at The Wildheart Gathering (www.wildheartgathering.com) in Sussex. Many thanks to Adam Oliver for inviting us, making us feel so welcome, and for doing such a great job of hosting the cabaret stage all weekend. Especially for being so patient when we were late arriving, had more[…]
Arrogance I’m so arrogant. I caught myself the last couple of shows saying lines and then thinking “that was much funnier than the audience implied”. What an arrogant sod. Dylan Emery, if you’re out there, I need you to shout at me please. I’m coming to the Crunchy Frog like a broken car rolling into[…]