Intro to Improv (4-Week Course)
Event description
Intro to Improv Course
A four-week introduction to the core skills of improvised comedy.
Each 2.5 hour workshop will involve a mixture of fun games, improv exercises, scenes, and group activities. Participants will be given a thorough grounding in improvised comedy techniques, including:
- Listening
- Spontaneity
- “Yes And”
- Staying open and flexible in performance
- Trusting and developing ideas
- Creating interesting characters
Complete beginners welcome! You don't need any drama, acting, comedy or improv experience whatsoever.
You don't have to be clever, fast or funny either! Improvised comedy is not the same as stand-up - you're not alone on stage, and it's not about telling jokes.
It's about working together as a team with other improvisers to spontaneously create group stories, scenes and sketches.
Will's improv workshops are always a low-stakes, safe, and extremely supportive environment. The pressure to be funny and clever is non-existent! Instead, participants are encouraged to be obvious and to have fun.
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This course will take place in the basement of the Safari Lounge, 21 Cadzow Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5SN.
(Free on-street parking available from 6.30pm)
Dates: Every Tuesday evening, May 3rd - May 24th
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm
Cost: £60
100% of all booking fees go to charity via Humanitix.
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About the instructor:
Will Naameh is a performer with multi award-winning improv troupe The Spontaneous Players, known for their Edinburgh Fringe smash hit show Spontaneous Potter.
He has trained in improv with some of the world's leading schools and instructors, including Second City, iO Chicago, UCB, Annoyance Theatre, Susan Messing, Keith Johnstone, TJ & Dave and The Groundlings.
As a solo act, he performs improvised hip hop comedy under the rap name MC Hammersmith. In this guise he has won multiple Scottish Comedy Awards, headlines comedy clubs across the UK and internationally, and has supported Jason Manford and John Bishop on tour.
He is a former UK Improv Smackdown Champion and has taught improv for groups, individuals, corporations and festivals worldwide.