I used to think that new performers had to learn how to make people laugh. And quite often this is what they think too. However I’ve changed my mind about this recently. I think the actual core problem isn’t ‘making’ people laugh, it’s ‘letting’ people laugh. Comedy performers are not scared of NOT getting laughs,[…]
Earwig Blogs seem to mainly happen after Shotgun shows and two pints of Becks, so here it is. Fun Shotgun show this evening, especially the second half which is the open scenes bit. I played an Earwig that had been recruited by the MI5 as a spy and blown up to human proportions, particularly proud[…]
This blog post is from 2011 or earlier and is now totally out of date! We’ve kept it here for a bit of history. Lots of performers have been asking me so I thought I’d put some details here to help explain. The Miller Tuesdays and Wednesdays is now going to be joint run between[…]
Shared Style and Group Mind Hello, Improviser Stephen Laurence Roe here, currently reporting from my bedroom. Currently the actions that are happening and the things I’m learning have accelerated faster than my ability to keep track of them or write them down. Sorry if I haven’t replied to your email in three weeks/months. And yes[…]
Why I love London Not really about impro, but I’ve got to get to Morden each night and it’s soooo far away on the end of the Northern line that I have to type something to keep me occupied. So reasons why I love London: 1. It’s slightly rubbish. It’s grubby and there are some[…]
Narrative Workshop Notes These narrative long-form notes are made up a bit from notes from Saturday’s session in the Bedford, and a bit from a previous session as I didn’t take detailed notes of what we did on Saturday. I then ran a bit of a narrative session for Music Box on Sunday and then[…]
Genre Workshop Notes Whoahhhhh! That was awesome! I ran a genre improv class on Saturday and it produced some of the funniest, most compelling, exciting improvisation I’ve seen in ages. Yet again (like accents workshop) it started off as a skill I thought would be ‘tip of the iceberg’ but actually produced some incredibly cool[…]
Music Box and The Miller Just realised the ingredients that make a blog happen:1 show at The Miller1 pint of Becks Vier1 Northern Line train back to Morden1 lack of Evening Standards laying around to readCurrently lost ipod though so no David Bowie and Phantom of the Opera to keep me happy. I’ve got a[…]
Steve’s Top Tips to Budding Performers Just bloody well get on and do it you young scallywags there are loads of things out there so just get stuck in and don’t wait for anyone (especially me) to tell you “you’re ready” because nobody is ever ready anyway it’s just that some people do things and[…]
The Maydays Well that was a fun one. I’m currently sitting on the Northern Line again heading south to Morden. Why do you need to know that? Don’t know, it seems if I have two pints this blog contains pointless facts about my life, and makes it further away from the American style useful five[…]
Status We had a really great Status workshop this Saturday, many thanks to Mark Conway from Gonzo Moose Theatre for co-leading it (gonzomoose.co.uk). This is the second full day workshop on Status we’ve had and again I was struck with how effective it is. So much so that I now regard it as one of[…]
Making a living from impro Hot Baths Lots of people are asking me at the moment “How do people make a living from impro?” Actually, that’s a complete lie. Nobody has said that to me, I just put that in to make the blog I already planned to write more relevant and to make myself[…]