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Monthly Archives May 2008

the runt in the theatre litter

Brian Logan’s claim that improvisation is “finally catching on in Britain” seems to step over a rather substantial history of companies and performers using the form in this country.
At the very least, any company working with forum or playback theatre forms is heavily dependent on the skills and conventions of improvisation. I’m thinking here of [...]

Posted 30 May 2008 § improvisation ‡ Comments Off °

reading (without) comprehension

A brief twitch before my brain caught up:
If, like me, you’ve been to all previous 10 years of the Chicago Improv Festival, you might have been wondering what happened to the annual April confab of spontaneously funny people. Isn’t it now almost June?
Well, this year the writers’ strike got in the way.
That’s the recognition that [...]

Posted 28 May 2008 § comedy § improvisation ‡ Comments Off °