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#Improv

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

# Frayed

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

Sep 7th 2019, 10:30 AM 8,768 Views 2 Comments

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

Woods makes miraculous saving shot but slips to defeat in Texas

From The42

# Improv

Woods makes miraculous saving shot but slips to defeat in Texas

Mar 29th 2019, 9:24 AM 4,374 Views 0 Comments

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

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

# Anxiety

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

Jan 19th 2019, 9:30 AM 19,852 Views 15 Comments

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

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

# Improv

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

Dec 1st 2018, 6:30 PM 18,604 Views 3 Comments

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

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

# The Walls Have Ears

# The Walls Have Ears

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

Jul 9th 2017, 4:00 PM 26,832 Views 7 Comments

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

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

# Ditch The Script

# Ditch The Script

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

Nov 26th 2016, 6:30 PM 8,210 Views 5 Comments

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

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

# Improv Diary

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

Mar 19th 2016, 8:00 PM 20,585 Views 14 Comments

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

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

# Improv Diary

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

Mar 12th 2016, 8:00 PM 15,220 Views 8 Comments

Our show is now less than a week away.

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

# Improv Diary

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

Mar 5th 2016, 8:00 PM 12,313 Views 2 Comments

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

'You find the game, then you play it'

# Improv Diary

'You find the game, then you play it'

Feb 28th 2016, 7:30 PM 11,466 Views 3 Comments

And you should never leave a soldier behind.

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

# Improv Diary

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

Feb 20th 2016, 8:00 PM 14,287 Views 7 Comments

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

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

# Improv Diary

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

Feb 13th 2016, 8:00 PM 12,815 Views 4 Comments

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

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

# Improv Diary

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

Feb 6th 2016, 8:00 PM 15,437 Views 11 Comments

It’s uncanny.

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

# Improv

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

Jan 30th 2016, 8:00 PM 12,690 Views 11 Comments

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

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

# Improv

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

Jan 23rd 2016, 8:00 PM 22,980 Views 7 Comments

Here’s how my second class went.

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

# Baptism Of Fire

# Baptism Of Fire

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

Jan 16th 2016, 7:30 PM 13,863 Views 18 Comments

I need to silence my inner giraffe.

Make me a stand-up comedian: Week 5

# Don't Make Me Laugh

# Don't Make Me Laugh

Make me a stand-up comedian: Week 5

Nov 7th 2015, 10:00 AM 6,339 Views 17 Comments

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

Rugby league gave us another outrageously instinctive piece of skill yesterday

From The42

# Improv

Rugby league gave us another outrageously instinctive piece of skill yesterday

Jul 3rd 2015, 7:57 PM 9,092 Views 4 Comments

Still one touch short of Steph Roche though…

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

From The42

# Improv

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

Apr 22nd 2013, 6:08 PM 2,810 Views 1 Comment

All together now…

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

From The42

# Improv

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

Jan 27th 2013, 10:37 PM 4,293 Views 0 Comments

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

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

From The42

# Surrealism

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

Aug 3rd 2011, 1:22 PM 137 Views 0 Comments

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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