In Person Improv Course: Freeform

The Nursery is back with in-person classes! Now that we are creating stories in the same room, we want to make sure they are more expansive than ever before.

Freeform is exhilarating, liberating and joyful. Whether you’re looking for the next step in your improv journey, or you’re simply keen to rediscover those wonderful feelings of inspiration and mischief, freeform will open up new worlds for you.

Early bird discount- buy a ticket before April 10th and get 10% off.

In this course, you’ll learn the techniques that make for seamless, well-timed edits and allow you to always follow the fun. You’ll gain a broader understanding of theme and how to perform improvisation that is not only entertaining but also meaningful and alive to all possibilities. You’ll also revisit well-known games and skills to see how freeform improv builds on what you already know, to create vibrant, dynamic theatre.

What to Expect:

Edits: how to move between scenes with maximum pace, inspiration and theatricality

Theme: how to make sense of your show when anything can happen

Pacing: how to invest in a variety of scenes, and pay them off for impact and comedy

What the show needs: how to be playful and confident, but always at the service of the show

End of course performance will take place during the evening on 29th May.

When is It: Sundays, 24 April – 29 May, 15:00-17:00

Where is it: Theatre Deli (2 Finsbury Ave, London EC2M 2PF, United Kingdom). Closest tube station are Liverpool Street and Moorgate.

Dan Ryan is a London-based improviser and coach, and currently plays in Nursery house team Parkin, and in Soundcheck, the show of amusing musical musings. After doing his first improv show in Slovenia in the late nineties, he co-founded Barcelona Improv Group in 2011, before joining Ripcord, London’s first freeform team, in 2014. His biggest passion is organic freeform as developed by Kevin Scott and Improv Boston under Will Luera.

Level: Experienced (12 months+) A class for skilled players, especially those who have finished improv training programmes at their school and are looking to widen their horizons. These classes will make the assumption that you are comfortable performing longform improvisation and will push you.

We have 3 Courses : Improvised Opera, Choose Your Own Adventure and Freeform, all beginning on April 24th March and running consecutively on the day. If you buy an Additional Course, you get 15% off the 2nd course. If you join all 3 courses you get 20% off all three.

Accessibility

Theatre Deli has a level access for wheelchair users via its Sun Street entrance. Its performance studios (where the workshops will be held) are accessible via lift. You are not likely to encounter any closed or heavy doors during your visit, however some routes are not in constant use and might require the Nursery staff to guide you in. If you require any sort of assistance on the day of your visit, write to us at staff@thenurserytheatre.com in advance.

Scholarships and Bursaries:

We offer full and partial scholarships for all online courses in order to make sure that the fun and community of improvisation is available to as many people as possible across the globe.

You are encouraged to apply if you would not normally be able to:

Afford these courses

Be unlikely to attend a course for any other reason

No set criteria

Apply HERE for any course that is live on the Nursery website

About the Nursery

The Nursery Theatre is a UK-based improvisational theatre arts charity with students, performers and audiences across the world. With over ten years of experience teaching confidence, creativity and communication to everyone from beginners new to acting and comedy to seasoned veterans polishing their skills both online and in the UK, the Nursery is a leading light in improvisation. Read more about us at www.thenurserytheatre.com

The Nursery does not tolerate harassment of any kind, be it in our virtual or live spaces, or on our social media. People who engage in this kind of behaviour at The Nursery, or at any other organization, will not be allowed to participate in our community, in any capacity, online or in person. For more information, please read our Code of Conduct. If you wish to report any incidents, you can send us an anonymous message here or get in touch to our team directly.