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Mirror, Mirror
“Symmetry looks good to us; we want more of it.” – Susan Messing Mirroring is a fast and powerful way to connect with your scene partners and, oh yeah, impress your audience. Photo © Kevin Thom When...
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Guest Post: How Not To Get Sued (A Guide For Canadian Comedians) by Rob Norman
Photo © Kevin Thom If you’re a comedian living in Canada, it’s likely you’ve heard about this Guy Earle case. And for good reason. In 2007, while dealing with a table of hecklers (Lorna Pardy and her...
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Long Format: The Living Room
Photo © People and Chairs The Living Room is a deconstruction-based long-form set that uses storytelling to inspire scene work. After grabbing a suggestion, this form opens with the cast having a...
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Podcast: The Backline With Rob And Adam
There’s an old joke that analyzing humour is like dissecting a frog: few people are interested and the frog dies of it. But for students of improv (and we’re all students, really), there’s nothing more...
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Rob Norman On Winging It, Nerding Out, and Improvising Now
Rob Norman is a pillar of the Toronto – make that Canadian – improv community. If you’ve seen him perform or taken a class, you’re a fan. We asked him about the serious subject of make-‘em-ups on the...
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When Ralph Met Becky
Improv is filled with moments of brilliance. But once in a while something so unexpected and special happens, everyone in the room feels it. It happened at Rob Norman’s book launch this past week....
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Guest Post: The Power of Group Games by Rob Norman
Photo © John Roiniotis All longform wants to be boring. It wants a parade of two-person relationship scenes. Each one familiar to the one that came before. It craves scenes of a similar length,...
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Guest Post: What LSD (And Other Psychonauticals) Can Teach You About Improv...
You already know the secret to transformative improv. Sprawled on the floor of your college dorm room, Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief on repeat, waiting for an electric buzz to drop you through the...
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