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by Jason Blackwater Now, hold your horses! I know what you’re going to say. I’ve heard it before. “How do you rehearse improv?” “I thought you made it all up?” “can’t you just turn up and do it?” No. No, no and thrice no. Over the last three years of being a Mayday I have...
_ 1. Osho Leela – This was our third year running our residential improv festival and the best yet. 5 days of Improv heaven hosted by The Maydays and Osho Leela. Apart from being immersed in classes and shows, I love embracing my inner hippy. Veggie food and ‘Osho’ hugs are the order of the...
We learn through playing. Okay, we learn through other methods also like practise, repetition,experience and tutoring, but play is surely the most joyful and, more importantly, sub-conscious method of them all. Playing is a broader term for me than sitting down with a board game, or playing tag in the playground. As I watch my...
The Maydays have been recruiting. Last night we held our most recent audition and with some success I might add. The strongest collective of auditionees I’ve certainly seen in my 2 and a half year stint as a Mayday and hopefully someone new will don the coveted grey shirt of destiny in the coming months....
I was teaching the Maydays Drop in class recently and two of the students who are recent converts to improv and now completely obsessed with the form (you know who you are you two!) cornered me afterwards and asked me, “How do we get to be good?!” I gave them my best answer but came...
- 11th May 2011
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So this week has seen the start of a (hopefully) beautiful relationship with improv for some, and the new chapter of improv for others. On Wednesday, I waited patiently to meet my new Beginner Improvisers at the Evolution Arts building. I have lost count of how many courses I have taught in the main studio,...
A fabulous night was had on Thursday as our Beginners Improv course showcased their comedic talents in front of a packed audience of family and friends at The Iambic Arts Theatre.After just 10 weeks of incubation The Wit Nits emerged from their chrysalis to provide a night of riotous laughter from start to finish. Highlights...
Our most recent show was the second of our new Saturday slots at the Komedia. No more beating ourselves up about not attracting an audience, we were sold out by Tuesday! It was heart-warming to feel the tingling excitement as the Studio Bar filled. Snack food was available for the first time, and to the...
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