The ‘Harold’

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, a new show emerging from the genius of the group that night. The Harold is a few evenings to learn and a lifetime to master.

AndAlso approaches the Harold not as a problem to be solved or a magic trick to be learned, but as something like group meditation. A version of collective creativity where process is as important as product, the shared and individual experiences supporting and merging into each other. Learning Harold will make you bolder in your own ideas and more flexible to others’. It’s an improv full-body workout and the cumulation of your first year of training.

5 skills you’ll learn with us in Level 4 The 'Harold':

Creating group games and openings
Creating contrasting scenes from those openings
Using streams and beats
Understanding the rhythm of a show
Your role in a team
  • "Proud to be on board. I feel like I've grown at a cellular level!"

    Sam - Level 4 Graduate 2024
  • “We were made to feel like a team, and felt ready to face the music, as it were, when it came to the show.”

    Level 4 Graduate 2024
  • “Don't think twice. Good for the soul.”

    Ryan - Level 4 Graduate 2024
  • “Joyous. Heather did an incredible job uniting us.”

    Level 4 Graduate 2024

An intro to level 4 from AndAlso director, Jules Munns

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