Introduction To Improv Course (101)

TBC Improv UK

Discover and learn the foundations to creating improvised performance in this 8-week course!

Edinburgh Palette

Classes!

Learn your improv ABCs with TBC. Keep an eye out for our classes for beginners, intermediate and beyond.
We run classes, course, and immersive workshops with international guest teachers. Join us! All are welcome, always.

OverviewWatched improv comedy and thought "I'd like to give that a try"? An actor looking to train up on ever popular improv skills? Needing help with public speaking skills? Just wanting to be comfortable not knowing what'll happen next? Whoever you are, whatever your background, if you're wanting to learn the skills of improv from the start and to be left with a solid grounding in improv, then this is the course for you. Over 8-weeks, discover - through the supportive, collaborative process we call improv performance - how to create stories, characters and ideas to captivate an audience right before their eyes. Develop those public speaking skills to allow easier and more natural dialogs with your audience. Learn how to relish the opportunity to embrace the unexpected! Topics covered by workshop<ul><li>Trusting yourself and others</li><li>Yes And</li><li>Giving and receiving offers</li><li>Spatial understanding and physical awareness/mime</li><li>Gibberish and Non-verbal communication</li><li>Character</li><li>Status</li><li>Finding and emphasising 'the game' of comedy/improv</li></ul> Dates and Times:Thursday evenings, 6:15pm-8:45pm Jan 16, 23 Feb 6, 13, 20 Mar 6, 13, 20 No class Jan 30 &amp; Feb 27 as these are our monthly public open drop-in nights.