Improvisation for Page & Stage

How does Improbable brings the philosophy and practice of improvisation to performance improv, devised theatre, plays, operas and social activism?

This five-day workshop with Improbable co-Artistic Director Lee Simpson explored, among other things: improvising live onstage; various devising techniques; creating and shaping narrative; Open Space as a rehearsal tool; Process Work; and improvisation with a script.

This workshop primarily focused on Improbable’s approach to improvisation. This approach underpins every aspect of how we run the company and has helped the company to create work on a wide range of scales and in many different forms. Improbable have developed this philosophy and practice by adapting and creating hybrid techniques from both within and outside theatre, as well as through originating our own processes. This workshop was for anyone interested in developing their improvisational experience, whatever the form in which they worked – they could’ve been a performer, director, designer, writer, improviser, actor or none of the above.

This paid workshop took place at Toynbee Studios in London in March 2018.