Improv Comedy Course - Introduction to Game

Explore the comedy of the scene.

Game is the shiniest moment in an improv scene. By playing Game we are exploring the scene's comedic possibilities. We will create engaging characters, find patterns, and explore how to heighten towards a comedic finale.

We learn how to make an improv scene look like a written sketch.

If you are a comedian looking to improve you craft, a writer looking for inspiration, or someone who just wants to try something new, this course is for you!

This is a four week course, 6pm-9pm every Sunday

22nd May - 6pm-9pm

29th May - 6pm-9pm

5th June - 6pm-9pm

12th June - 6pm-9pm

Instructor: John Gallagher Portero

What is American Style Improv?

American style improv has always been difficult to grasp here in the UK. It is loud, fast, and like most Americans, it’s blunt! In recent years the UK has opened its doors to this approach of improv, which focuses more on comedy than it does on storytelling. Where a lot of British improv revolves around creating an improv show that resembles a written play, American style improv creates an improv show that resembles a written comedy sketch. After all, the success of Longform improv in the United States has been overwhelming!

Every comedian, every sketch writer, every comedy actor on television and film has taken an improv class sometime in their life, and they have used these skills to develop their writing, their acting, directing, and their careers. Without the teachings of longform improv we wouldn’t have Saturday Night Live, we wouldn’t have Key and Peele, we wouldn’t have Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Will Ferrell, Mike Myers, Bill Murray, the list goes on.

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