You settle into the back of the improv venue. You’re a good person, generous with your time, laughter and love for the craft, so you’re supporting your fellow improvising pals by padding out the audience. Most of all, you’re excited to be somewhere you love, watching something you love AND…

In 2010, 21-year old German footballer Thomas Müller won the Golden Boot, the prize for top-scorer at a World Cup Finals. Müller is notionally a forward, the apex of team, the primary goalscorer. And yet he has an unexceptional career scoring record of a goal every 3 games. He possesses…

In test-match cricket — stay with me here — one of the most revered shots a batter can play is the forward-defensive. It’s a conservative shot in some ways, not scoring any runs, but it’s absolutely essential if the batter wants to stick around long-enough to do the flashy highlights-reel…

Hello. Please, take a seat…on me! I’m a chair…the most versatile resource in an improv show. You don’t have props, so I’m your car, a park bench, a waiting room, a rollercoaster, a restaurant, a classroom, a job interview, a toilet (if you must). With a permissive venue manager, you…

If a once-in-a-century pandemic wasn’t enough to dampen audience enthusiasm for crowding into dark dank rooms above pubs, spiralling inflation and the energy crisis might be. Most major cities where improv lives are facing a cost-of-living crisis that is only showing signs of speeding up this winter. As improvisers, we’re…

How your team warms-up has a huge impact on how you perform a show. …

Many improv shows use ‘tag’ moves to move their show along. Good improvisers clearly establish a game that their teammates on the backline understand. A game is the fun repeatable thing about a scene. This might be one character with an unusual point-of-view, or several ‘peas-in-a-pod’. …

If you’re lucky enough to perform at some of the top improv theatres in the world, you might get to work with a real door on stage. As cited in the back inside-cover of Truth in Comedy, Improv Theatre Architecture Planning Guidance clearly states that every legendary American venue must…

You stand at the door to this, the perfect improv pub. A charming mix of Georgian grandeur and flat-roof post-war estate pub, the architect clearly intended-… WOW, there’s a lot of people in the beer garden having a great time! None of them have tickets to your show. Don’t worry…