Do something fun and active. Be creative! Get confident! Join us for an improvisation, storytelling or presentation skills class. See, our lives are unscripted.
Marbles improv provides training and shows to companies or individuals who are keen to reap the benefits of improv training. Improv as a way of 'coming out of your shell' or accessing creativity, isn't a new idea. However, its value as a training tool is increasingly being recognised. We all make up stuff as we go along. At Marbles Improv we give you the tools and training to become more comfortab
14/08/2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/movies/second-city-black-lives-matter.html
Second City Is Trying Not to Be Racist. Will It Work This Time? For more than 60 years, the premier home for improv comedy was a bastion of whiteness where performers of color were consistently demeaned. Now it is trying to remake itself entirely.
25/04/2020
I just launched 'Storytime at Home' over on my YouTube channel. A couple stories up now, and more to come.
06/03/2020
Study: Chicago Improv Audiences Will Run out of Suggestions by 2030 “If you’re an improv group, just get one suggestion and then keep it. Reuse it for every show. That’s the only way we’re gonna save the planet’s delicate improv ecosystem.”
30/07/2019
Fringe-goers... Put this in your calendars!
Blind Date - Summerhall - Open Minds Open Doors A sexy French clown goes on a blind date with a willing gentleman from the audience. Naughty clowning, strong language, spiritual nudity and hilarity.
25/05/2019
Why I Am Leaving the Troupe Dear Tim, When I first came on board Hilarity Ensues, I was thrilled. I thought being in Oswego’s only improvisational comedy troupe was the beginn...
18/05/2019
Improv has got big, and keeps getting bigger!
Improv has got big! - British Comedy Guide Hoopla Impro director Steve Roe offers up five reasons why improvised comedy has exploded in popularity in recent years.
08/03/2019
Try it at least once
Becky Portman: Am I describing improv comedy or psychedelics? It’s illegal in some countries.
09/08/2018
Submit your proposal!
Do you belong to an improvisation group and are looking for a venue (and audience) for your show?
easylaughs is looking for groups to perform during our early show on Friday’s at 8pm. We have both 20 minutes and 45 minute slots available.
If this sounds like you and your group, send an email to [email protected] detailing: your group name, name of the players and a short description of what you’d like to do.
We are especially looking for shows that:
1. give stage time to easylaughs graduates
2. inspire or push improvisation as an artform.
3. give stage time to players who do not have many opportunities to play.
26/07/2018
What an important, thoughtful, and respectful exchange. Improv has more power than you may think - examine your biases and choose positivity.
Colin Mochrie This isn’t really a blog post in the traditional sense, but a re-posting of a letter that I recently wrote Colin Mochrie, on the occasion on his daughter’s coming out as Transgender. He…
06/04/2018
Good words from the wonderful Chris Mead
Make ’em laugh: Does improv have to be funny? – Improv – Medium There’s nothing like making a room full of people laugh.