Macmillan Archives - The Maydays

The Maydays 15th Annual Improv Retreat – Meet your Teacher – Rebecca MacMillan

Rebecca McMillan — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:32:02 +0000

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Connecting with Online Musical Improv

Lel — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:43:11 +0000

Connecting with Online Musical Improv A blog from The Maydays, Rebecca MacMillan. You know that friend who constantly pesters you to try an experience you haven’t had before, and then you reluctantly try it thinking you will HATE it but however you manage to move on from there with your friendship, at least that will...

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Silence in Improv: Interview with Rebecca MacMillan

Heather Urquhart — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 15:03:14 +0000

Silence in Improv: Interview with Rebecca MacMillan Your course ‘Beyond Words’ focussing on silence in improv starts soon. What gave you the idea for this course? For me, there are two things about silence in improv. I realised some years back that in my own improvisation my ‘panic response’ is to be overly verbal....

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Osho Leela Diaries: Rebecca

Rebecca McMillan — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:21:14 +0000

Day: Saturday Time: 3:00 Class: Togetherness Creating improv with one other person is pretty cool. As you increase the number of people involved the stakes certainly become higher. The risks of a big group scene going wrong if you don’t work on group skills is high, but when it clicks it is a truly beautiful...

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Going Beserk

Rebecca McMillan — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:55:00 +0000

by Rebecca MacMillan First: It’s Father’s Day this Sunday. You forgot? Don’t panic! Get your Dad a gift and help the Maydays by pledging on our Edinburgh Kickstarter project (we have 7 days to raise just less than a grand). Three ideas out of our many offers to pledgers: 1) Tickets to a Maydays show,...

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Touch Wood?

Rebecca McMillan — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:55:00 +0000

By Rebecca MacMillan I decided to write this blog after I thought I had lost my usual ‘performance shoes’ on the train following a boozy session to celebrate our first gig at Leicester Square Theatre. I was quite put out. They are just a pair of black flat ballet pumps, and most of the negative...

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The Seven Deadly Improv Sins #2 – Inattentiveness

Rebecca McMillan — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:55:00 +0000

by Rebecca MacMillan Following Jason’s blog entry on denial, here’s something on our second deadly sin of improv: inattentiveness. Originally we named this sin ‘not listening’ but inattentiveness was not only neater, but better represented what we meant by encompassing the non-auditory forms of this vice. Being inattentive is to be drawn in any way,...

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Edinburgh Awaits

Jason Blackwater — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:55:00 +0000

by Jason Blackwater The train and coach tickets are bought, the accomodation is prepared for our August arrival and The Maydays are on their way to Edinburgh for a month. I’m here to introduce you to The Maydays’ Edinburgh experience blog where you’ll get all the latest up-to-the-minute news, reviews, facts, figures, pics, vids, and...

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