In the last of the long-awaited Slapdash Specials, Jules talks to Will and Dave from Big Bang about empowerment, play and the origins of Freeform Improv. Dave Sawyer is an improviser and producer based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has performed at over 40 comedy festivals around the world and is a...
Trent is the man for English Speaking Improv is Finland. He is head of Improv International and founded the Finland International Improvisation Festival. In this podcast he talks to Jules about improvising in other languages, what Finnish humour looks like and why some people want training to hurt. They also re-open...
In the second of this year's Slapdash Specials, we caught up with Alex Berg to talk about negative experience, his military history of Game of Thrones and why he has problems with the word 'art'. Alex spends the bulk of his waking hours writing, acting, and improvising. Currently, he performs with...
Kevin Scott was here for Slapdash and we grabbed him for a chat. Kevin is the founder of three renowned improv ensembles- Chicago's Bang Bang, Burn Manhattan and Centralia. Kevin has been an educator and director for The Second City Training Center and People's Improv Theater. He is also a...
In a first for the Nursery Podcast, this week Jules talks to Chris about narrative, expectations and what the audience wants. With special mentions of Mark Meer and PGraph. Chris performs with the Maydays and Project2. He directed [EMOTION] Play as part of the Nursery Originals series and teaches for Hoopla...
Adal is a teacher and performer at iO and plays with Revolver (just like Jorin) and Whirled News Tonight. In this podcast, recorded in his office at iO, he shows Jules and Heather Jason Chin's ashes and they talk about mentors, Harold teams and how to be a Brit in an American...
Jorin is an improviser and teacher at iO and CIC. He performs with Friday night mainstage Harold team Revolver, as well as having played with Felt, the Scene and many other shows. He has been improvising since 1991. In this episode, Jorin talks to Jules and special guest Heather Urquhart about...
Richard and Rebecca are two of the most experienced players on the Chicago scene, having trained with Del Close and Mick Napier. In this episode, they talk among other things, about why improv is like sex and drugs, and the conversations going on right now about gender and power in improv. Follow...