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Workshops featuring diverse improvisational skills - acrobatics, spoken word, stage combat, music, mask and more!
Workshops featuring diverse improvisational skills - acrobatics, spoken word, stage combat, music, mask and more!
New workshops
Improvisation isn't just about funny games played onstage, it has also been used worldwide in the workplace, in the academe, in non-profit organizations and in many other settings to build better teams, deliver more authentic stories and even spur more personal growth.
Join long time Applied Improvisation Network members Gabe Mercado and Kim Tan as they explain how they use applied improvisation in their work and share stories of successful applied improvisation interventions with their clients.
'Solo Improv' is a workshop that will focus on developing skills for solo improv: Transitioning characters, commanding the stage and connecting with the audience.
Group scenes can be challenging, but rewarding. Learn different approaches to having fun, focused group scenes in this workshop all about ensemble, group dynamics and supporting each other.
Use the essence of the works of world-renowned film director Akira Kurosawa - and find the “pause” and “action” that makes a performance brilliant.
Expand your acting range and horizons by exploring authentic emotional expressions to dramatic effects with exaggerated flair. Learn to adapt flexibly across a range of theatrical genres.
A workshop and show where everyone falls in love with everyone else <3
All workshop participants will be invited to perform in a related show on Monday 30 Sep.
Dive with us into the Wishing Well. Will the wishes be granted? Will fate be kind? Will the universe of characters support and listen? Only improv scenes will tell in this long-form format workshop.
In 'Tabloids', each performance begins with headlines from local popular tabloids or magazines. Our focus is on light-hearted, amusing, and unusual local stories.
Workshop participants may be invited to perform in a related show.
How do we make our improv songs sound more like real songs? Wei-Hsiang has a few tricks for you that are fun and easy to learn.
This exciting workshop will involve exploring the world of acrobatics, fostering teamwork and trust among participants. No prior acrobatic experience required! (6 hours)
Do you desire power? Do you long for the breathtaking actions of the superheroes like Batman, Deadpool, and Wolverine?
In the world of improv, there is no impossible.
All workshop participants will be invited to perform in a related show.
‘Stuck in the Middle’ is an energetic and entertaining format which involves one performer being ‘stuck’ on stage for the entirety of the performance, with no option but to go along with every offer, character, scene or genre that is being thrown at them.
If you’re looking for a way to slow down the tempo, gently process and make intentional connections right from the get-go — all while still being in the community — then this session is for you.
This is more a participant-driven session, than a teacher-led workshop.
Expand your acting range and horizons by exploring authentic emotional expressions to dramatic effects with exaggerated flair. Learn to adapt flexibly across a range of theatrical genres.
Using your body in an acrobatic way on an improv stage can look risky - but with the right techniques, it can have a huge payoff while being perfectly safe!
This workshop takes place at a separate gym venue. No acrobatic experience necessary!
What’s on your mind today that you probably won’t discuss with anyone, but lingers powerfully in your thoughts and secretly drives you?
Workshop participants may be invited to perform in a related show.
Find the joy in words and use Spoken Word poetry to free our minds and our tongues at the ‘Beat Cafe’.
Workshop participants may be invited to perform in a related show.
How do we allow ourselves to be affected by our emotions, and what effect do these bring to our scenes?
Deepen your emotional awareness in scenework for greater connection to your partners and audiences in this workshop.
Learn to create songs on the spot with A II Z, the award-winning musical improv duo from the Philippines!
Referencing the book “Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No, to Take Control of Your Life” - we get to play some types of characters and create some kind of relationships we don’t normally play.
With this deep dive into physicality techniques, wordless storytelling and kinesthetic reactions, students in the workshop will culminate in a performance of ‘The Movement’ - an improvised show of physical improvisation, music, and imagination.
All workshop participants will be invited to perform in a related show.
This Mask and Butoh multidisciplinary workshop will gently introduce two approaches to preparing a neutral body, empty body so that it is ready to be fully expressive and free to improvise.
Challenge your brain and body to think differently about stereotypes, using combinations hardly ever seen onstage. Go beyond cliche to explore the many different faces residing within us in this workshop.
Broaden your character toolkit and ability to transform in the moment with one of our sharpest character and narrative improvisers.
