Do you want to feel more relaxed and creative? To learn improvisation in a sociable, collaborative way? Or maybe meet new people in a friendly environment, to laugh hard and maybe even surprise yourself. AndAlso’s first level introduces the core skills of improvisation in the form of listening, saying ‘Yes And’ and trusting the process. […]
In your third course with us, as well as continuing to strengthen your scenework skills, you will start to link scenes together to make a show. You will make connections both by character and theme to build a rich, fascinating world that exists just for one night. In doing so, you will learn more about […]
Our fourth level builds on the combination of boldness and collaboration of previous levels towards probably the most famous form in improv: the Harold. Based on ‘group games’ and scenes structured together in patterns of three over roughly half an hour, the Harold allows for stories, ideas and characters to be woven together without obligation, […]
In improv and in life, there is rarely a perfect choice. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make strong ones. It is so easy to lose faith in what you are doing, to sabotage your own ideas before they are even formed. Making a choice and sticking to it is very valuable, onstage and off. […]
The writer’s job, Nabokov supposedly wrote, is to put a character up a tree and once they are up there, throw rocks. New for 2025, our Introduction to Stories course builds on your longform skills and enables you to link scenes together to tell the story of a specific set of characters. Over twelve weeks, […]
What is frustrating and inspiring you in improvisation right now? Starting each time from this question, this course has no syllabus apart from what you bring and what we discover together. In the past, focuses have included dialogue, variety in relationships, being bold, structures of scenes and many other things. The aim of this class […]
Do you want to feel more relaxed and creative? To learn improvisation in a sociable, collaborative way? Or maybe meet new people in a friendly environment, to laugh hard and maybe even surprise yourself. AndAlso’s first level introduces the core skills of improvisation in the form of listening, saying ‘Yes And’ and trusting the process. […]
In your third course with us, as well as continuing to strengthen your scenework skills, you will start to link scenes together to make a show. You will make connections both by character and theme to build a rich, fascinating world that exists just for one night. In doing so, you will learn more about […]
Lyrics from nowhere, harmonies like magic and all-singing all-dancing choruses, musical improvisation looks a bit like a miracle. And it doesn’t require special skills, knowledge of musical theory, or a background in musical theatre. You don’t even need to be able to sing. Like any improv, you create a character, build the emotion, and work […]
Some improvisation can be theatre-unscripted. Beautiful and meaningful. Some can be raw and unfiltered. Some is dreamlike and meditative, meandering through the human experience, touching a little on everything. Some can be challenging high art. Is it boring, or a Hard Watch? It can be hard to tell. Some improv is less aspirational. It’s earthier, […]
In improv and in life, there is rarely a perfect choice. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make strong ones. It is so easy to lose faith in what you are doing, to sabotage your own ideas before they are even formed. Making a choice and sticking to it is very valuable, onstage and off. […]
Do you want to feel more relaxed and creative? To learn improvisation in a sociable, collaborative way? Or maybe meet new people in a friendly environment, to laugh hard and maybe even surprise yourself. AndAlso’s first level introduces the core skills of improvisation in the form of listening, saying ‘Yes And’ and trusting the process. […]
Improv is theatre (or comedy) without a script. It’s stories and scenes made up on the spot. But it is many other things as well. It is a great way to build confidence and calm under pressure. And to work on your creativity. And to just meet people. It is also a way of looking […]
You’ve put in the hours. You’ve been to courses, read books, listened to podcasts, run jams and played played played. And you feel like you want to give something back. So how do you take the next step and start to teach? What do you want to say? How do you structure a class? What […]