Dear friends, First of all, thank you for all of the support we have had over the last 18 months of running the Nursery Theatre in Broadgate (and indeed the last nine years of running the company). To all the volunteers, staff, acts, and audience member who have together made our...
Parent: How many times have I told you to wash your hand before you come to dinner? Child: (sighs) Six hundred and thirty four. There are some improv moves that irritate me more than they should. Now, in fairness, I am by nature a little grouchy and it is only through the...
Slapdash International started in a way entirely deserving of the name. One short year after the Nursery ran its first improv festival of new theatre, I met a guy on an improv workshop who was involved with the Old Vic Tunnels back before that space became a skatepark. Two weeks...
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OK, so we opened a theatre. We did something like a gazillion shows and even more people watched them. So what's next? After (and during) the summer season, we had a good think about what we can do better. And while most reasonable improvisers are flyering in the rain in...
We know, we know, the summer isn't even over yet, and many improv shows are looking ahead to Edinburgh, but here at the Nursery we are already planning the autumn. For those of you newer to the Nursery, Nursery Originals is an idea which we have lovingly stolen from the Hideout...
Hello folks. Here is a joint statement from the Nursery and C3Something. Have a read and mail us on mail@thenurserytheatre.com or improv@c3something.com or hit us up on all of our respective social media channels! [vc_row][vc_column width='1/2']From the Nursery: London is exploding with diversity and quality in improvisation. With Harolds and Armandos, freeform,...
Ah, the New Year. A good opportunity to take a breath and reflect on all of the things you are doing. And to set idealistic goals for the months to come. I have not had a cigarette in 13 days and have even being exercising fairly regularly. This is not...