Simon Says, give me some cognitive overload
Simon Says is a call and response game which many of us will remember from when we were kids. One person is nominated as Simon and everybody else watches Simon and listens for instructions, which could be pretty much anything. For example, jump up and down, or touch...
Megagames and your improv life journey
In recent months, several of our students and teachers have been introduced to and participated in megagames. A megagame is a large-scale, immersive multiplayer experience, where dozens or even hundreds of players interact either co-operatively or competitively over...
The Ubiquitous Age of Improv – now is the best time to take an improv class
Most people join our improv classes because someone recommended it to them. Often, it’s a friend or family member who thinks it would be good for them or because they’d be good at it, especially if they’ve tried improv themselves. Other times, it’s a mentor, boss,...The Living Newspaper
The Living Newspaper was an early 19th century travelling theatre programme for the dissemination of news before the invention of television. The first version of this to be used in an “improv” show was by Jacob Moreno, a Romanian doctor who later became the creator...