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Spring Update: Hello from The Maydays

Lel — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:45:16 +0000

Hello you lovely lot. Just a quick hi to let you know the latest news and what’s in store for spring over at Maydays HQ. Yes, it’s spring. Even though we’re still in our thermals, the crocuses are up, and we’re keeping a beady eye out for more sunshiny days. First up, you may be...

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Improv into Writing Taster Video

Jenny Rowe — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:58:39 +0000

Storystarters – Improv into Writing taster video from Jen Rowe Want to write fiction but can’t find the time? Love improv? Combine the two with Jen’s Online Improv Super-Elective: Storystarters – Improv into Writing Course starting 22nd April for 4 weeks, 2 pm-4 pm BST each week. Here’s a taster exercise to get you on...

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Improv Genre Selection Box: Meet your teachers

Heather Urquhart — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:51:26 +0000

Improv Genre Selection Box: Meet your teachers This year we are excited to bring you not one but three holiday time intensives! Here we meet the teachers of the improv genre selection box. We find out about their class and what they are hoping to get from Santa! So, who are the teachers of...

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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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Improvised Puppetry: Interview with Jennifer Jordan

Heather Urquhart — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:47:42 +0000

Improvised Puppetry: Interview with Jennifer Jordan What excites you when it comes to improvised puppetry? Improvised puppetry has so many possibilities. The fact that puppetry opens up possibilities which are restricted in human improv by the laws of physics. I also love the different sides of improvisers which get revealed when performing through a...

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EveryBody, Yeah: Our Bodies In Improv

Lel — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:36:26 +0000

A guest blog from Rita Suszek I’m not interested in how people move: I’m interested in what makes them move Pina Bausch Lockdown, day 7998375. My unruly body only accepts leggings and sweatpants; I eat my fears and try to moderate my information intake. Going for walks sounds both nice and risky. Face covering is...

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Retreat ’15 Diaries: Jules

Jules Munns — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:18:13 +0000

The Showstoppers, persistence and when my mum tried improv by Jules Munns My mum came to the Maydays Improvisation Retreat this year. She had never done improvisation before, but thought it looked fun from seeing a few gigs I was in. There is no improv community in Whitstable, where she lives, so it seemed a...

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