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Stephen Lee | Eat the Eyeball - Pretend
This is Pretend Night.
Pretend Night is a whole evening of improvised theatre from The Pretend Company consisting of an improv skill raiser workshop from 6-7:30pm and a show at 8pm.
The class size will be limited to 14 people maximumCost is £20 and includes a voucher code for 50% off attending the show (normally £10) - which starts at the same venue at 8pm - you can buy tickets here: https://www.omnibus-claph…
This month: Stephen Lee - Eat the eyeball! Let nothing go to waste in your scenes
Asians use every part of the fish in cooking, not letting anything go to waste. In fact, eating the eyeball is considered the best part—good for your eyes! We’ll apply this philosophy to our scenework. Often in improv when we find ourselves stuck in awkward scenes, we panic by adding extra offers, escalating the plot quickly or sweeping everything away. But long, grounded sets of 30-60 minutes can flourish from thoroughly mining the first 2-3 minutes of scene-building with no special fireworks or gimmicks needed. Starting with “If this is true, what else is true?” we’ll use every bit of the fish—starting scenes from very few initial conditions and seeing what we cook up.
Experience level and core skills required:
This workshop is designed for people with some experience in long-form improv and a desire to create more grounded, character-based scenes.
Pretend Night is a whole evening of improvised theatre from The Pretend Company consisting of an improv skill raiser workshop from 6-7:30pm and a show at 8pm.
The class size will be limited to 14 people maximumCost is £20 and includes a voucher code for 50% off attending the show (normally £10) - which starts at the same venue at 8pm - you can buy tickets here: https://www.omnibus-claph…
This month: Stephen Lee - Eat the eyeball! Let nothing go to waste in your scenes
Asians use every part of the fish in cooking, not letting anything go to waste. In fact, eating the eyeball is considered the best part—good for your eyes! We’ll apply this philosophy to our scenework. Often in improv when we find ourselves stuck in awkward scenes, we panic by adding extra offers, escalating the plot quickly or sweeping everything away. But long, grounded sets of 30-60 minutes can flourish from thoroughly mining the first 2-3 minutes of scene-building with no special fireworks or gimmicks needed. Starting with “If this is true, what else is true?” we’ll use every bit of the fish—starting scenes from very few initial conditions and seeing what we cook up.
Experience level and core skills required:
This workshop is designed for people with some experience in long-form improv and a desire to create more grounded, character-based scenes.
Omnibus Theatre, SW4 0QW
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