Level 3 Improv Course

About this course

The course develops ensemble improvisation through listening, agreement, support, commitment and the Yes And principle. Participants explore how to establish locations, relationships and shared activities, using physical actions, entrances, mime and spontaneous character creation. Work on truthful comedy focuses on realistic behaviour in imaginary situations, emotional honesty and drawing on personal experience. Further topics include status, power, character objectives, emotional escalation and finding character through physical and emotional changes.

What you'll learn

• Apply listening, agreement, support and Yes And techniques in ensemble improvisation.
• Establish locations, objects, environments and relationships within improvised scenes.
• Create spontaneous characters using emotional, physical and status-based choices.
• Use realistic behaviour, personal experience and emotional honesty in imaginary situations.
• Develop scenes through character objectives, reactions, emotional escalation and shared activities.

Is this course right for you?

Listed at Intermediate level, the course is designed around collaborative scene work rather than individual practice. Participants engage with emotional and physical choices, relationship-building and spontaneous performance within an ensemble.

• Centres on collaborative work with scene partners and an ensemble.
• Includes physical approaches to establishing locations, actions and characters.
• Involves emotionally honest responses and playing relationships in the present moment.
• Uses spontaneity and personal experience within imaginary situations.