How to Build Base Reality in Long Form Improv

Overview

Do your scenes lose touch with reality as soon as you step off the back line? Do they spin off in too many wacky directions at once? Have you become a permanent resident of Crazy Town? If so, this course is for you! Our priority in the first part of this course is to explore how to create grounded characters in grounded scenes. You’ll have the time and space to build interesting, engaging and genuine realities.

Then, in the later stages, you’ll explore how to identify and play with a natural, unforced comic idea. You’ll practice making these ideas shine against the grounded backdrops you create.

Logistics

• Six classes and six consolidation sessions(12 sessions total) + a graduation show
• Every Thursday beginning 5th February until and including 23rd April 7pm-9pm
• Our venue, The Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre, is located near to Queens Park and Crosshill stations, with on-street parking outside (subject to availability). It is fully accessible.

• Graduation show Monday 4th May (venue TBC)
• Cost is £85 with up to six scholarship places
• Scholarship places are free. If you need a scholarship, please email theimprovcooperative@gmail.com.

We will not ask you why, and there is no application process, though they are given on a first come first served basis.

Who’s it for?

This course is suitable for people who:

• have done long-form improv before
• are familiar with the theory of “game-based improv”
• and who are interested in building their skill by taking a methodical approach

Your Teacher

Charlie Bailey

Charlie trained as an improviser at The Free Association and The Glasgow Improv Theatre and as an actor at Rose Bruford College. He’s a regular cast member in Looking for Laughs and Squeaky Bum Time and he’s in an improv duo with Mark Deas. His favourite thing about improv is when you do something funny by accident and you have to ask your team mates why the audience was laughing. Comedy happens when you least expect it!

About The Improv Cooperative

The Improv Cooperative was founded in 2023 with the intention of providing a fun, supportive, and inclusive setting for people to do improv.

By coming to this class you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct, which you can find at www.linktr.ee/theimprovcooperative

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