At our main theatre, The Miller, London Bridge Venue address: Hoopla at The Miller, 1st Floor 96 Snowsfields London SE1 3SS This is our main theatre where most of our shows take place. It is wheelchair accessible to the 1st floor theatre by use of a stair climber machine (pictured below). How does the stair[…]
We learnt this from the team at The Hideout Theatre, Austin, Texas, we highly recommend them as they are a fantastic theatre. This exercise is really good at teaching enthusiastic agreement and yes and. Improvisers do a short a scene but each line starts with the words “Fuck Yeah!” with energy. For example: Improviser 1:[…]
Helpful as a breakaway exercise when teaching relationships in scenes. Only takes a couple of minutes. Everyone walks around the room throughout the exercise. At first as they walk past each other they just say “hello”. Then as they walk past each other they say “you’re great”. Then as they walk past each other they[…]
This is a fantastic game we recently learnt from Phoebe Kozinets from Arizon, thank you Phoebe! It’s an especially good game for opening a show as it features the whole cast in a rapid succession of scenes and characters that is really handy for warming up the cast and audience. How the game works All[…]
After Party An occasional late night show running every six weeks or so after our main shows on Friday or Saturday nights. After Parties usually start around 10pm and run until midnight. We’re looking for wild and experimental ideas that would suit a late night crowd. If it would work at The Hoopla Improv Marathon,[…]
The Mixer A regular show at Hoopla designed to bring together a mix of different improv acts, to help improvisers build up stage time as they develop their show, and to grow the improv community. The Mixer also helps improvisers and audience get to know each other and make new friends in London, and most[…]
The Armando is a popular and well known long-form improv format used around the world. Also known as True Stories at Hoopla (as that name sets the tone for the show well), or as a Commando if featuring multiple monologues. Format A guest monologist, or one of the cast, is given a one word inspiration[…]
Quick fun way to end a workshop. Everyone goes up to everyone else in the room and says “hey, you’re amazing!” But when someone says that to you first you just do a pretend drama diva hair flick and walk away with a “pfftt”. Sounds stupid but it’s a fun positive way to end.
A helpful exercise for the start of a course to help people get to know each other quickly. Everyone swaps partners every one minute, strictly times by the teacher, with a new conversation prompt for each minute such as: What do you love about improv and why are you on the course? What are your[…]
A fun warm up and breakout game to quickly do between exercises. Everyone puts one hand behind their back with palm facing outwards. Their other half is their elephant trunk. When game starts the aim is to tap (not hit) as many people on their back hand without your back hand being tapped. Every time[…]
Beyond Busy #93 with Max Dickins, a transcript of an interview with our founder, Max Dickins. Graham Allcott 0:04 Hello, and welcome to another episode of Beyond Busy, the show where we talk productivity, work life balance, defining happiness and success, all the big questions for work and life. My name is Graham Allcott. I’m[…]
Get your team energised and engaged with the power of improv… Breaking the ice at work can be challenging but it is crucial to fostering creativity and collaboration among team members at work. Improvisation exercises offer a fun and effective way to get everyone comfortable, energised, and ready to contribute. Not only that, but they[…]