Are you ready to experiment with your improv and learn to play in different ways? Do you want to break the show and reform it, and see what happens when you do? Want to be whimsical, comical, and human in scenes one after the other?

Our level 5 introduces you to other classic improv forms that go beyond the Harold. Still with close feedback and teacher guidance to help you improve, level 5 shows how the form creates the content, and the content powers the form. Not just what are we doing, but why? How does this all work?

For more confident improvisers with a solid grounding in longform core skills and how to apply them in performance, our level 5 introduces three new structures, each with its own challenges, rhythms, secrets and delights. You will see what connects them and how they are different, developing the taste and discernment that comes with in-depth knowledge. 

Each course is based around three classic Chicago-style longform structures, all of which share some structural similarities, but are very different in their execution. These three forms are chosen from the following by your teacher:

• The Deconstruction: One recurring core scene surrounded by shorter scenes that unpack, comment on, satirise and investigate the relationship in the core. A great grounding for narrative improvisation. 
• Detours: Repeat, repeat, vary, and repeat. Detours take a single short scene and replays and varies it, examining what did and did not happen, how the elements can be mirrored in other contexts, and asking the impossible: can you replay a scene that you have only seen once?
• The Bat: Like a Harold, but performed in the dark, and with all of the formality thrown out the window. Snatches of scenes, monologues, textures and soundscapes appear and disappear in a dreamlike, surreal fashion. The imagination does the rest. 
• The Eventé: One big day, seen from every angle. Starting from a a wedding, graduation, restaurant opening or other significant event, this form opens up the causes, consequences, characters, and atmosphere. What made this wedding unique?

• Duration: 12 weeks
• Start Date: Wednesday, September 17th
• Mid-Course Break Date: Wednesday, October 29th
• End-of-Term *Showing (Week 12): Week commencing Monday, December 8th – date TBC

*Although most of our students perform at the end of their courses, all showings are optional. They are not tests or graduations; they are just a chance to do what you have been doing in class and receive the adulation of your loved ones.

Important Note on Showcase Dates: While we strive to maintain the advertised showcase schedule, dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Refunds will not be issued in the event of a showcase date alteration.

Course Payment & Support

• Duration: This is a 12-week course.
• Payment Plans:
  • PayPal: You can spread payments using PayPal’s “Pay Later” or “Pay-in-3” options at checkout.
  • Invoice Schedule: If you prefer not to use PayPal, email us, and we’ll set up an invoice schedule for you.

• Support Tickets:
  • Scholarships: Two scholarship tickets are available for every course.
  • Concessions: Unlimited concession tickets are available.
  • No Proof Required: You don’t need to provide proof for scholarships or concessions.
  • Full Details: Please review our Course Policies for complete information on support ticket options.

Please note: We’re excited about the possibility of moving classes to The Ampersand this term! Our current venue isn’t accessible, so if you have accessibility needs, we’ll ensure your classes remain at BHASVIC. We’ll let you know as soon as the move to The Ampersand is confirmed.

If you have already completed a Level with us and then took a little break, we offer a 30% repeater discount to help you get back in the improv-groove when you purchase the course again. Just pop us an email for your discount code to hello@andalsoimprov.com.