# Improv

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# frayed

'What was Zeus playing at?': A tour with a difference is hoping to get more people into art

It’s part of a new arts festival taking place in Dublin next week.

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Sep 7th 2019, 10:30 AM

# Improv

Woods makes miraculous saving shot but slips to defeat in Texas

Meanwhile, Bubba Watson and former world number one Jason Day were eliminated from the WGC-Match Play Championship.

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Mar 29th 2019, 9:24 AM

Voices

Opinion: CBT and improv helped me to conquer my social anxiety (people-terror)

‘I’ve failed job interviews, turned down opportunities and ruined relationships because of anxiety’, writes Stephen Buggy.

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Jan 19th 2019, 9:30 AM

# Improv

'What is this magic, how are they making this up as they go along?'

Improvisers from all over the world are performing in Dublin this week.

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Dec 1st 2018, 6:30 PM

# the walls have ears

This empty old house is being turned into a unique venue for a Sligo festival

A building called Breda Murphy’s House is being turned into a temporary gig venue.

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Jul 9th 2017, 4:00 PM

# ditch the script

'Improv can tell us a lot about ourselves, it's very liberating'

There’s a greater vulnerability associated with improv than other forms of performance, Neil Curran explains why that doesn’t have to be scary.

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Nov 26th 2016, 6:30 PM

# improv diary

Be silly, have fun and don't worry what you look like

Silence that inner giraffe – or whoever tells you to stay quiet.

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Mar 19th 2016, 8:00 PM

# improv diary

You're having a baby, then learning interpretive dance - that's the joy of improv

Our show is now less than a week away.

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Mar 12th 2016, 8:00 PM

# improv diary

You probably won't spontaneously combust, just get up and say something

You can’t really prepare for improv – that’s what makes it scary … and fun.

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Mar 5th 2016, 8:00 PM

# improv diary

'You find the game, then you play it'

And you should never leave a soldier behind.

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Feb 28th 2016, 7:30 PM

# improv diary

It's week six and we're running the gauntlet

…And looking at how long-form improv can make us better listeners.

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Feb 20th 2016, 8:00 PM

# improv diary

We're halfway through and seeking guidance from the Karate Kid

This week we’re getting more physical and thinking less.

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Feb 13th 2016, 8:00 PM

# improv diary

Four weeks in and I'm doing my best impersonation of the pope

It’s uncanny.

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Feb 6th 2016, 8:00 PM

# Improv

'There's always a desire to create an alien invasion, resist it'

Week three of learning long-form improvisation explores going ‘too big’ with problems.

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Jan 30th 2016, 8:00 PM

# Improv

'One minute you're a drug dealer, then a ballerina'

Here’s how my second class went.

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Jan 23rd 2016, 8:00 PM

# baptism of fire

Will learning improv cure my fear of public speaking? Let's find out

I need to silence my inner giraffe.

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Jan 16th 2016, 7:30 PM

# don't make me laugh

Make me a stand-up comedian: Week 5

We’re half way through, but my routine is nowhere near even started…

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Nov 7th 2015, 10:00 AM

# Improv

Rugby league gave us another outrageously instinctive piece of skill yesterday

Still one touch short of Steph Roche though…

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Jul 3rd 2015, 7:57 PM

# Improv

Neil Diamond singing ‘Sweet Caroline’ at Fenway Park was as spontaneous as it looked

All together now…

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Apr 22nd 2013, 6:08 PM

# Improv

GAA player scores a header in today's Ballinderry-Donagh clash

An Ulster U-21 game was lit up by the amusing moment this afternoon.

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Jan 27th 2013, 10:37 PM

# Surrealism

WATCH: Ron Artest’s duelling egos do stand-up gig

The LA Lakers’ most intriguing squad member took at stab at improvised comedy last week. As you’d expect, the results were pretty interesting.

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Aug 3rd 2011, 1:22 PM