The next in our series of workshops will be:
Sunday 15 November – Warming up and using improvisation in rehearsals
This workshop will give you a variety of exercises that can be used as stand-alone warm-ups in themselves and / or to build up readiness for using improvisation in rehearsals.
The exercises we will look at will build up skills and confidence in initiating a scene, agreeing with their scene partner to build up the world of the scene, listening to their scene partner, supporting their scene partner or as an ensemble, and committing to the scene and their character.
We will then work though how to use improvisation in the rehearsal process, looking at creating backstory, helping actors move past their comfort zones to stretch their characters, using attitudes to explore character and relationships, and using improvisation to test a character’s intentions in a scene.
Led by Jonathan Reed
 Jonathan Reed is an improviser, writer and director. He performed improv across London for over 10 years and was on the writing team for the sketch show Vice Captains (Edinburgh Fringe, 2018) and for a follow up podcast (Vice Captains: How to Life Life, 2021). He is also part of the Tower Theatre Writer’s Room. Jon directed Seagulls in 2023, The Children in 2025, and Jerusalem in 2026 at the Tower, and One Day When We Were Young in 2025 at the Hen and Chickens Theatre. |