Speciality Workshops

Learn from the best in the biz

 

Broaden your horizons and deep dive with the finest minds on improv, writing for TV, clowning and more!

Over the years we’ve been lucky enough to have been visited by some of the finest improv, comedy and theatre minds in the world, to run one-off workshops sharing their skills and wisdom, including: Adam Cawley, Amanda Buckley, Amy Hume, Amy Shostak, Andrea Ferpo, Ben Russell, Beth Appel, Colleen Smith, Elf Lyons, Feña Ortalli, Gary Starr, Holly Mandel, Janette McBride, Jason Geary, Jeromaia Detto, Joe Bill, Kaisa Kokko-Palmer, Katherine Weaver, Keng-Sam Worbz, Kim-Thanh Lê, Laura Buskes, Lyndsay Hailey, Mark Grimes, Matt Powell, Nate Starkey, Navaris Darson, Nick O’Regan, Patrick Bristow, Patrick Rowland, Patti Stiles, Paweł Najgebauer, Peter Nordstrand, Rama Nicholas, Rob Norman, Scott Witt, Susan Williams, Tanine Dunais, Tiana Hogben, Will Hines and Zach Zucker.

See what’s coming up next!

Elf Lyons: Clowning and the Five Senses

In this intensive, fun and physical workshop we will explore a mixture of Clown Exercise, Mime exercises and Bouffon exercises – exploring how you can utilise these elements in your own work and how they can work as a springboard of creativity when on stage, with others or in the rehearsal room.

Clowning and the Five Senses 2 Day workshop | Sat 26 and Sun 27 April | 11am – 5pm

Elf Lyons is an award-winning comedian, clown and theatre practitioner. With over ten years of experience working as a professional comedian Elf spends her months touring internationally with her solo shows and directing and teaching artists all over the world.​

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Stacey Hallal: Dynamite Dynamics

What do the words dynamite and dynamics have in common? The root DYNA – which means power. Often, when people refer to POWER IMPRO they mean fast, hard, loud, and unrelentingly funny. But sometimes the most powerful way to play is slow, soft, silent, or poignant. In this workshop, you will learn how to build and harness your own impro superpowers to play within a dynamic range – physically, verbally, and emotionally.

Dynamite Dynamics workshop | Sat 3 May | 10:30am – 4pm

Stacey Hallal has been teaching, directing, and performing improv for over 24 years. She trained at Chicago’s Second City, iO, Annoyance, and ComedySportz theaters. At Second City, she also taught and assistant directed the main stage before moving to Portland to open Curious Comedy Theater in 2008 where she has worked as Artistic Director ever since. She has performed and taught improv and sketch at over 150 festivals across North America!

For more info and to book follow the link below

NARRATIVE IMPROV WITH JIM FISHWICK (SOLD OUT!)

What comes next? Join Jim Fishwick for an an 8 week Narrative Improv course exploring how to build story platforms, find a protagonist, be changed, raise the stakes, and tie things together at the end.

For more info and to sign up for the waitlist follow the link below.

WHAT ELSE WE GOT?

Wanna dip your toes in first?

Try our no-commitment Taster Classes!

Looking for something more casual?

Check out a Jam, our weekly drop-in class.

Looking for something more… musical?

Check out our musical improv classes!

Or are you looking for Stand-up or Sketch?

Dare I say, we do it all? Check out our Stand-up and Sketch courses here!

Narrative Improv with Jim Fishwick?

Starting 1 Feb and running for 8 weeks. Don’t miss out on this narrative deep dive with Jim!