Gem has taught comedy and creative writing with various organisations including BBC History and The Ministry of Stories and she runs the BIFA qualifying The Shortest Nights film festival.
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James Abraham is a writer, comedian and business consultant, based in London. He studied improv with The Free Association and Second City.
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Ginevra Tortora is a London based freelance journalist specialising in arts and culture and international law. She's been a professional classical actress for a decade and is a graduate of the Stella Adler Studio in New York.
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Kate is a Canadian writer and performer based in Glasgow. She studied improv with Upright Citizen’s Brigade, Montreal Improv, and runs INFEMOUS, a show for fem and NB performers.
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As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – which runs from 10-16 May – we’ve commissioned a mini series of blog posts from writers in our improv community, in the UK and internationally, who are living with anxiety, on the ways improv has improved their mental health.
Improv, Creativity and Wellbeing w/ Nathan Dean
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As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – which runs from 10-16 May – we’ve commissioned a mini series of blog posts from writers in our improv community, in the UK and internationally, who are living with anxiety, on the ways improv has improved their mental health.
This post is- Improv and Listening w/ Grace Smith
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As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – which runs from 10-16 May – we’ve commissioned a mini series of blog posts from writers in our improv community, in the UK and internationally, who are living with anxiety, on the ways improv has improved their mental health.
This post is- Improv Helped Me Come Home To Myself w/ Jennifer Tyler
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Growing up on the autistic spectrum, though undiagnosed at the time, my most distinct memories are of sitting in the back of the car with my sisters on long journeys and keeping myself entertained by playing characters. The earliest one I remember was Farmboy…
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Lorna Rose Treen is an improviser, writer and clown. She’s originally from Birmingham, but lives in London, and works as a freelance producer for BBC Radio 4.Belladonna comedy and Reductress. They have performed at iO, Second City; and the Annoyance Theater.
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As I started my improv journey, I found more than just a community of people. I found what it means to be “gender queer.”
Meggie Gates is a Chicago based comedian and writer. Their work has appeared in Belladonna comedy and Reductress. They have performed at iO, Second City; and the Annoyance Theater.
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James Abraham is a writer, creative and comedian, based in London. He studied improv with The Free Association and Second City.
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Miztli Rose is a London based actor-comedian and qualified yoga teacher. She trained as an actor at RADA and has studied improv and sketch with The Free Association and Upright Citizens Brigade.
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Rachel Copel is a theatre maker and performer originally from Chicago. She received her MFA from The Central School of Speech and Drama, and currently resides in London.
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Verity Babbs is a History of Art graduate, art writer, and curator. She hosts ‘Art Laughs’ on YouTube, interviewing the UK’s rising comedic stars about their favourite works of art.
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Aram is a documentary photographer and feature writer from London. His work has been featured in The Guardian, Narratively, and The Calvert Journal, as well as on BBC television. So far, the same thing cannot be said about his improv.
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Kasia Kugay is a singer-songwriter from San Francisco, California currently exploring her cultural roots in Istanbul, Turkey. Her earlier studies in psychology have given her a fascination with the healing power of art and self-expression.
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We spoke to FA improviser and actor Nadège Nguyen about how an improv class in LA led to her becoming an actor and why every actor should train in improv.
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When I started out in sales, I was trained in specific techniques, such as how to get people to open-up and talk; how to get your prospective client to talk about something specific by asking leading questions; how to make your desired fee totally reasonable and valuable; how to get your client to say ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘sure, let’s book a zoom call for next Friday at 11am’ – and many more…
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I did my first Free Association course in late 2018, armed for the first time in my life with both the time and the money, and recklessly determined to spend both on something purely for me. I’d wanted to do improv for years but a less than stellar experience with a boy in my university’s improv society had put me off…
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As part of our new blog series, Improv In Real Life, we chatted to Megan Blair, an improviser in the FA community and hospital pharmacist, about how taking an improv class has impacted on her life inside and outside the NHS.
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