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Improv in Brighton Fringe 2025

Joe Samuel — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:42:13 +0000

Here we are again, edging irrevocably towards the 20th Brighton Fringe (incidentally, that makes The Maydays OLDER than the fringe by one year). As we save up our pennies, flip through the brochure (yes, back to a paper brochure), and check our diaries, I bring you the hotly anticipated ‘Jen’s Big Improv List’. ...

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Seven things we are excited about for this year’s Maydays Improv Retreat

Joe Samuel — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:55:40 +0000

Last few places remaining! The Maydays Improv Retreat We have been running The Maydays Improv Retreat for well over a decade. In fact, nobody can say for sure which iteration of The Retreat this year’s will be but it is at least the 15th. Some say we have been calling it the 15th for around...

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An update from our friends at AndAlso – Slugs, change and what to expect in the next year

Jules Munns — Fri, 26 May 2023 08:22:08 +0000

After our annouuncment last week, I got quite a few emails. Some were requests, some ideas, some questions. And quite a few were asking me how I approach the slug problem. Let me explain. On the patio, I have a little germination greenhouse where, too early and too enthusiastically, I planted trays of kale, herbs,...

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An Announcement from The Maydays & AndAlso

Heather Urquhart — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:55:37 +0000

This is a statement from the Maydays and AndAlso Improv. We are two companies with a lot of crossover, in our aims and our people. We love improv, as an art form and as a form of self-development. In fact, the founders of And Also met as members of the Maydays. Improv can be a...

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5 Reasons why I love The Harold

Heather Urquhart — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:30:21 +0000

5 Reasons why I love the Harold The Harold, for those not familiar, is a structure used in longform improvisational theatre. It is performed by improv troupes and teams across the world. In the Harold structure, characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes. It was first performed...

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Beyond Team Bonding. How Business Improv Training achieves results

Joe Samuel — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 10:55:21 +0000

The Maydays have been training people in all types of businesses, using improv, for the last 18 years. Business Improv training is one of those things that can be hard to sell in times of economic downturn, because superficially it sounds like a fun and frivolous activity, which might come under the category of ‘team...

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Getting out of your head: finding peace in the small stuff

Rhiannon Vivian — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:00:39 +0000

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Maydays Improv Retreat 2022 – some words from our Scholarship winner.

Joe Samuel — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:44:28 +0000

Maydays Improv Retreat 2022 Blog Post by Helen Bet Radhanath Sikdar found the height of Mount Everest to be 29 000 feet exactly. But he added 2 feet when he shared his findings because he thought noone would believe the round number. What does this have to do with an improv retreat, you ask?...

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