Beginners improv courses
6 - 8 week courses
NEXT Beginners LEVEL 1
Next course Fri 17th Jan - Fri 21st Feb 2025
A 6 week Beginners course will introduce you to the foundations of improvised comedy.
What is Improv?
Improvised Comedy is the art of making up scenes as you go. All scenes, dialogue and characters are made up on the fly. You may have seen or heard of improv comedy through the TV show Whose Line is it Anyway.
Transferable Skills:
Improv is more than a skill-set used by performers and actors, the skills you learn are hugely transferable to every day aspects of life such as:
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Building confidence personally, socially and professionally.
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Unleashing your self-expression and creativity.
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Boosting your mental health and wellbeing.
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Developing spontaneity, cognitive adaptability and flexibility
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Enhancing work presentation & public speaking skills.
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Meeting new people and making new friends.
Not Stand-up Comedy:
Don't worry - Improv Comedy is not stand-up comedy. You are not on your own ‘making jokes’. In fact, you don’t even have to consider yourself to be a 'funny person' to do improv.
All About Teamwork and Fun:
Improv is about working together as a team to spontaneously create scenes & sketches. Laughter is guaranteed because comedic moments and humour are a natural by-product of playfulness, trust, non-judgmentalism and creative flow.
About the Course:
In this 6 week term, you will get to know each other in the group, build trust, cooperate, and validate each other’s ideas. You will progress together as a team, and have each other’s back as you learn to play, laugh, gain confidence and succeed.
Course Overview:
Each week we will ...
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Play improv warm up games and scenes
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Listen and accept ideas
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Co-create scenes together
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Appreciate your own and others' creativity
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Build confidence
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Commit to self and each other
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Boost your social connections and wellbeing
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Laugh solidly for two hours!
Testimonial:
“A wonderful and nurturing environment where the main aim is to cut loose and have fun. I’ve been loving it to pieces and it’s been doing me the world of good as well. Highly recommended for anybody.”
Level:
Suitable for absolute Beginners
This is an in-person class in Liverpool city centre. LCI has a code of conduct which can be found on the website.
Introduction to Long Form Improv
Coming soon!
A 6 week Introduction to Long Form course introduces you to the essential skills needed to play and perform longer styles of improvisation.
What is Long Form Improv?
Long Form Improv is so varied but the main difference between short form improv games (which typically have 'rules' and last 3-5 minutes and don't connect to the scenes that came before or after it); is that long form improv uses skills you need to create longer improvisation. Building a story or narrative or working in a genre or using a suggestion to jump off and create multiple scenes and characters that are linked together, may repeat and return and should be linked to scenes coming before or after it.
Course Overview:
Editing - learn how to edit scenes, move the story on and support each other.
Object Work - learn how to use the environment by miming objects to establish place and character
Thinking thematically - make connections between scenes and characters
Character and Relationship - understanding that all theatre (drama or comedy) is interesting when stories are about people and how they behave and feel toward each other
Point of View - developing your character's point of view; their opinion or attitude toward things, people and the world deepens your character's believability.
Game of the Scene - establishing or developing a reccuring pattern that could be very funny or unusual; repeating it so it becomes the heart of the 'funny' in the scene.
The course also touches upon a variety of long form formats (there are SO many), such as a Montage, The Commando, The Slacker, Documentary... playing these formats helps you explore and develop long form skills.
Course Pre-requisites:
You must have at least three months experience at LCI drop in (or elsewhere)
Or have completed previous courses such as Beginners Levels 1/2/3 at LCI or elsewhere)
This course if for you if you want to deepen and enhance your improv skills. Or, if you want to refresh your skills relating to longer forms of improvisation
When is the next course?
Coming soon in 2025!