I’m looking forward to getting back to Impro theatre classes this week. I finished the stage 1 course a couple of weeks back and then jumped straight in, performing in Impro Theatre ACT’s first public performance (1.3 MB PDF) in front of about 200 people. It’s was a pretty big step out of character for me, but a lot of fun, and apparently I didn’t crash and burn too badly.
I’ll be interested to find out what the stage two course covers. I’m assuming that there is more to it than just more practice, but I’m not really sure how it will all fit together. Anyway, I’ll be back into it this Tuesday, and I’ve roped three people in for the new stage one course also starting this week. No doubt they’ll be upstaging me soon.
And speaking of Impro, I saw the scared scriptless guys up in Sydney last weekend. There were some really great games, and it makes it pretty clear how much I have to learn/practice. They also ran, for the first time apprently, a 45 minute (longform?) performance at the end which was really impressive.
Anyway, I’ll attempt to post a note here in advance of our next performance whenever that may be, and anyone who is interested in the classes can let me know and I’ll pass on the details. Unfortunately the group doesn’t have a website as yet, but with the (surprisingly large) number of IT people involved, there probably will be one sooner or later.