Online Improv Classes for Beginners

Since starting improv classes with AndAlso I have laughed in ways I didn't know were possible, I've become so much braver and more confident, and there is so much more joy in my life. I feel lighter and happier all... read more the time. I've made some wonderful friends and only wish I had discovered improv sooner, as it's completely changed my life for the better. If you're considering improv, and especially with the AndAlso team, don't wait another second! You'll discover straight away how accessible and inclusive the space is, how capable and caring the teachers are, and that there's no need to be funny or have any acting skills. Simply show up as you are and have the time of your life!

What a fabulous 12 weeks (L5 narrative) that was. Heather created and held a safe space in which she generously shared her craft and delighted in our progress. We played, we questioned, we learned new things, we told stories we... read more didn’t know we knew and we cared. Also we laughed, a lot. Thank you!

A brilliant week of musical improv training with Heather Urquhart and Joe Samuel in Brighton. The teaching builds steadily through real songwriting craft: verse structures (restatement, AABB, ABCB, recombination), how to use bridges effectively, and ways into song through "suddenly" moments. Heather... read more teaches technique without ever making it feel dry. She supplies practical notes you can immediately apply. Feedback throughout was specific and individual, never generic. Heather and Joe are technically brilliant, but they are also leaders when it comes to fostering community. This was a warm mix of first-timers and returners, all generous and supportive of each other on and off stage. Brilliant songs came out of nowhere as people built on each other's offers, and there was a lovely sense of everyone rooting for each other to succeed. Add in beach hangouts, shared meals, and evenings exploring Brighton together, and it felt as much about community as craft. I left feeling more confident, more grounded, and already looking forward to the next one. Highly recommended.

All my Improv experiences have been excellent - the teachers are the perfect mix of fun and informative. The workshops feel like a very safe space.

I've been taking various regular musical improv online classes with various andalso Improv teachers since 2021 and am so grateful to the person who pointed me to this brilliant, high quality offer. If you have always been attracted to musical... read more improv but are still mustering up the courage to try it out, don't wait any longer and join the international Sunday drop-in at least once. If you have already fallen in love with musical improv, you have come to the right place! I really hope that these classes will go on forever. My life is better because of them. Update: I just attended my first musical improv retreat with Heather and Joe and it was perfect in all ways that matter. If those retreats didn't exist yet, someone would need to invent them.

A wonderful week of musical improv with Heather. Highly recommended. An outstanding coach.

Just completed the “Slow Burn” intensive workshop with Jules Munns. Jules is a very well organized, articulate and experienced teacher. He considers each participant’s wishes for growth in improv skills and follows through with that in the course. The workshop... read more is fun, supportive, and focused. I highly recommend it for all who want to up their improv game.

I've now completed four improv courses with AndAlso over the last year or so, starting from a base of zero improv knowledge or experience. No regrets! It's masses of fun and all the tutors I've had are funny, proactive and... read more kind, and a lot of thought has gone into the structure of courses so that you build up skill and experience (and therefore confidence) over time. So much work must go into it! And it's amazing that there's an end of course showing in an actual venue at the end to share what you've learned with friends and family. Our classes have opened into proper friendships and a sense of community too, which is a wonderful bonus. I've never had any issues or problems and I've felt able to ask questions and try stuff out and basically it's great. Come for a taster, stay for the course!

Superb Superb Superb. If you're looking for an addiction that is healthy for the mind, body and soul. Go no further than AndAlso Improv. It is for everyone and all inclusive. Two and a half hours of belly aching laughter is guaranteed... read more every session. Give it a try, you will not be disappointed.

Taking classes with AndAlso is one of the best moves I've made. I regularly laugh till I cry; I've learnt so much - both in terms of improv skills but also about myself; the teachers are exceptional at creating a... read more warm, supportive environment, yet still challenging you to push yourself and improve. And being around funny, creative, open-hearted and open-minded people has done wonders for my social life. Highly recommend.

I've loved every step of my improv journey with AndAlso. I've made lifelong friends, the teachers are great and each class has been a celebration of play and laughter. Would definitely recommend!

I've just completed the level 1 course, and I'm already signed up to level 2. An invaluable experience in gaining confidence, creativity, and self-expression. It is a welcoming safe space for people from all walks of life, and I've thoroughly... read more enjoyed being taught by the absolute icon that is Jen. 🙂

Got to do a musical improv intensive from AndAlso Improv! SO WONDERFUL. I was lucky enough to be able to work with Heather and Jules and Joe and this crew has some mad chops for improv. They are incredibly attuned... read more coaches and create an emotionally supportive environment to learn and grow, which in turn helps individuals feel safe enough to unleash the most creative and daring parts of themselves and care greatly for their teammates. Highly recommend.

Very well run local, inclusive improv community doing courses and shows. I strongly recommend it!!

Fantastic improv company!

The weeklong longform workshop with Heather was one of the most insightful improv learning experiences I ever had. So many tools I could bring back to my own team and share. Highly recommended!

I participated in the 1-week, slow-burn improv intensive in the summer of 2025. It was excellent! World-class teaching, well organized, safe & supportive culture, and both fun and educational. I highly recommend.

AndAlso Improv offerings open new doors into what's possible with improv theatre. What's delightful about their approach is how it centers around what's enjoyable and unique to the individual improviser's personality, tastes and weirdness. I recently finished a 12-week online course... read more on improvised high school/teenage musicals. It pushed the limits of what I've seen in the genre of High school musicals, resulting in each session with an enriched toolkit to create compelling characters, compelling narrative structures and kickass improviséd musical numbers. As a player, it re-established the personal connection to being a teenager and all the creative possibilities emanating from that. As a regular at AndAlso, the classes and the community have contributed immensely to my improv practice and coaching. Can't recommend enough joining them. Your improv and life will be all the better for it!

Both for beginners and those with experience! Over the last decade I've taken improv classes in the Bay Area, Dublin and the UK. This was one of my favourite experiences (I took the “Slow Burn” intensive with Jules Munns). I... read more was not feeling super confident about meeting a whole new set of people beforehand but Jules set the tone so that everyone was gentle and supportive to each other and he also structured the class and provided side coaching so that everyone felt comfortable, inspired and came away being sad the week was over. The scenes had both profoundly emotional moments and very funny talking-about-nothing. I'd do it again in a second. It was also lovely to be able to get to know people from the US, Italy and UK and to hang out in the evenings.

Beginners Improv Classes in Brighton with And Also A review by Richard, 55, from Worthing I’d done improv classes in the past and even an improv retreat, but a really long time ago. I deflected and stalled from starting up again, in... read more spite of my friends' enthusiastic insistence, and right now, one week in, I’m really not sure why I held back… Well actually I know exactly why. Because I’d been shutting down for the last 5 years. Like plenty others, I’ve come to realise - through the endeavours of my grown up kids to get their own clarity - that I’m quite a bit more spectrum-y than I ever understood in my 20s, 30s and 40s. Whilst that’s answered a lot of questions for me, my tisms or my age, and the whole Covid era have conspired and caused me to recoil further from social situations. I knew that wasn’t a sustainable path, but I didn’t really know what to do to get past that, and get back to the former me. Well enter Level 1, week 1 of Improv Classes in Brighton… I spent a good fortnight feeling nervous about the impending classes. It felt like such a massive leap to launch into a group of people I didn’t know and spend two and a half hours with them on a random Thursday night. I didn’t want to look stupid. I didn’t want to be the only one in their 50s in the room. I didn’t want to be rubbish at improv. I didn’t want to not get the references people half my age might come up with. I didn’t need to worry. Our excellent, irreverent, super-experienced, been-round-the-acting-and-improv-block teacher Rosy, sought to reassure us from the outset that we couldn’t get it wrong. “Look in the middle of the circle - there’s literally nothing there. There’s nothing to mess up” she proclaims. And then most of the night is spent playing the gentlest, most accessible, non-threatening warm up improv games which are just stupid and funny and keep us riveted in the present moment. And that’s what I’d been missing… the play, the laughter, the absence of judgement, the collaboration and the low-stakes involvement. I know much talk about improv is to do with people stepping out of their comfort zones. Personally, I felt that, rather than doing something uncomfortable, my comfort zone just expanded, quite naturally and effortlessly, to accommodate the things we were being asked to do. The end result was everyone stepping up to take part in one-word-at-a-time scenes. My trio dictated a particularly terse letter to god about the bad weather we’d been having, to our warm, supportive and celebratory group. It felt cathartic in more ways than one. The forgotten benefit of improv is that my week since has felt that bit lighter. I’ve not been overthinking work quite so much. I’ve taken more in my stride. I’ve chatted more to strangers without by brain feeling the need to process, edit and second-guess what I’m about to say, and that’s boosted my self-confidence too. Roll on Beginners Improv Lesson 2. I already know nothing can possibly go wrong.

Brilliant empathetic instructors who make classes interesting and fun!!!

Most amazing teachers: inspiring, supportive, challenging and hilarious. Can't recommend Andalso improv courses highly enough

I flipping love what improv with AndAlso has given me. Not only a fabulous inclusive community but also skills and fun and utter joyful playfulness which I carry into my work and home life too. These talented facilitators are serious about having... read more fun and make classes the right level of challenge and learning: a couple of hours a week of mindful surrender to the Gods of Improv seems to take away all the mess of daily life and energise you for the week ahead. I love learning to fail gloriously and then build something beautiful from nothing in great company. It’s the highlight of my week.

Having had a break from Improv for a few years, I found my way back to musical improv at &Also Improv, and it's been the thing I most look forward to all week! Heather is such a wonderful teacher, and Joe... read more is an incredible musician, and together they create a fun and challenging course where, incredibly, we made a half-hour improvised musical that we performed to actual people, and it was really quite good. Whether you are a total beginner or more seasoned improviser, the courses &Also run are fun, welcoming and inclusive, and there's a really lovely community of improvisers to become part of too.

I attended a musical improv intensive in Brighton for 5 days in August of 2026 and I was beyond impressed with the course. I travelled from Switzerland on a whim and was not dissappointed. I joined with no prior contact... read more with the school, and they were very welcoming. I also had zero experience with musical improv (but about 1 year of regular improv) beforehand and consider myself a poor singer, but I was welcomed and able to achieve beyond my expectations in the short 5 day course. Heather is an incredible performer and an even better teacher, bringing high energy and positivity to every minute of each day. Optional daily social activities were set up by the course for each day, allowing the class of around 16 to form a tight-nit troupe from around the world. Emotional safety was heavily prioritized, and it was incredible to see every performer grow over the week as we sung the days away. The musical accompaniment throughout the week was also incredible - just having a skilled musician to accompany you all day every day was super valuable. I hesitated before booking quite a bit, but I am so glad that I did the course! Just take a punt and rest easy that you are in good hands!

I've thoroughly enjoyed the classes and courses I've attended with And Also. The brilliant teachers and fellow students have helped me to grow and develop my improv skills whilst having a lot of fun in a really supportive environment with... read more lovely people. Thank you! I'm looking forward to the next course already.

Really fun and friendly classes with outstanding teaching