This is a five-class training cycle designed with people of all experiences and backgrounds in mind. This “one-room-schoolhouse” approach enables experienced improvisers to enhance their skills by taking leadership roles in exercises, and allows people new to improvising, or looking for other professional development, to be introduced to the core concepts behind improvisation, and how they relate to activities outside of the stage. Everyone will share in some laughs.

• Wednesday, March 11 from 7:30-9:30pm
• Wednesday, March 18 from 7:30-9:30pm
• Wednesday, March 25 from 7:30-9:30pm
• Wednesday, April 1 from 7:30-9:30pm
• Wednesday, April 8 from 7:30-9:30pm

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This workshop splits the tenets of improvisation into the following five classes:

Unbridled Creation

The focus is on how to maximize your creativity by getting out of your own way. We are all naturally creative individuals and, like any ability, we just need to practice accessing that creativity.

Absorption

Improvisation is a collaborative endeavour. To best work together, we need to be able to devour all the information around us from our team, partner and/or audience in a productive and supportive manner.

Expand & Advance

When communicating an idea, we need to understand when to fill in details and elaborate on a concept, and when to move on. Too much of one or the other, and our work feels stagnant or rushed.

The Pickle

In improvisation, things get interesting once you find yourself “in a pickle” or, in other words, a situation with no easy answer. But, before you can break free, the trick is to accurately identify the root of that pickle.

The Mirror

An awareness of how your work is seen by others is key to effectively engaging an audience. How you deliver your content is just as important as the content itself, so maximize your impact by keeping one eye on the mirror.

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About AL

Cofounder of Ottawa’s Canadian Comedy Award winning Crush Improv, AL’s worked with thousands of improvisers across Canada. As President of Canadian Improv Games, AL helped produce training materials and develop curriculum taught in schools nationally. He also teaches improvisation for leaders as a part of the Telfer School of Management’s EMBA in Complex Project Leadership at uOttawa. AL believes that working with a group of folks of varied backgrounds and experiences is what maximizes the potential for learning, for everyone.