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This week on Yes But Why, we talk to Nick Byrne, one of Australia’s most prominent improvisational trainers and producers.

Nick Byrne is Artistic Director of the Impro ACT theatre in Canberra, Australia. Starting in 2005, Impro ACT has been providing improv classes at all levels, performances of comedic, dramatic, musical, physical, and experimental unscripted theatre, as well as the Canberra International Festival of Improvisation (aka “Improvention”).

Nick is also the Artistic Director of “Improvention,” Australia’s international festival of Improvisation. Since 2009, “Improvention” has hosted hundreds of improvisers from every continent to participate in half-day workshops and perform every night in shows, over the course of eight days.

In Nick’s career in entertainment, he has played the role of trainer, director, producer, actor, musician, and comic. He has worked in political satire, musical theatre, corporate comedy, theatre in education, theatre restaurant, street theatre, film, advertising, and radio comedy.

Focusing for the last fifteen years on improvisation, Nick has taught hundreds of hours of workshops on spontaneous thinking, problem-solving, improvised theatre, team-building, and adaptability to change.

In the most recent before times, Nick had been found touring the globe. He has worked in 35 international cities as a director/performer/teacher of improv at festivals and with theatre companies; including Vienna’s ‘Moment’ Festival, St Petersburg’s Russian International Improvisation Festival, Singapore Improv Festival, and Mt Olymprov Festival in Athens.

In our conversation, Nick and I chatted about the global improv community and how our current connectedness is helping to shape innovation in improv across the world.

We talk about the improv festival circuit. Nick gives us a glimpse of the world of a traveling improviser! We talk about mixer shows, marketing, and audience connection.

Nick tells me about how his improv festival came to be. Nick’s focus on education and providing a good experience for his attendees is the cornerstone of “Improvention.” It was really fascinating to hear his perspective on this because building an improv festival seems like such a herculean task. And it was great to connect to another corner of the improv universe.

Support Nick Byrne! He is continuing to operate Impro ACT, in Canberra, produce “Improvention,” and participate in various other theatrical arts activities around the city. Canberra, he says, is almost back to normal so Aussie listeners, swing on by! And other international listeners, check out impro.com.au to look for online workshops you can try!!

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This episode of Yes But Why is also sponsored by PodcastCadet.com. Go to PodcastCadet.com and put in offer code YBY20 to get 20% off your first consultation!

This week on Yes But Why, we talk to Nick Byrne, one of Australia’s most prominent improvisational trainers and producers.

Nick Byrne is Artistic Director of the Impro ACT theatre in Canberra, Australia. Starting in 2005, Impro ACT has been providing improv classes at all levels, performances of comedic, dramatic, musical, physical, and experimental unscripted theatre, as well as the Canberra International Festival of Improvisation (aka “Improvention”).

Nick is also the Artistic Director of “Improvention,” Australia’s international festival of Improvisation. Since 2009, “Improvention” has hosted hundreds of improvisers from every continent to participate in half-day workshops and perform every night in shows, over the course of eight days.

In Nick’s career in entertainment, he has played the role of trainer, director, producer, actor, musician, and comic. He has worked in political satire, musical theatre, corporate comedy, theatre in education, theatre restaurant, street theatre, film, advertising, and radio comedy.

Focusing for the last fifteen years on improvisation, Nick has taught hundreds of hours of workshops on spontaneous thinking, problem-solving, improvised theatre, team-building, and adaptability to change.

In the most recent before times, Nick had been found touring the globe. He has worked in 35 international cities as a director/performer/teacher of improv at festivals and with theatre companies; including Vienna’s ‘Moment’ Festival, St Petersburg’s Russian International Improvisation Festival, Singapore Improv Festival, and Mt Olymprov Festival in Athens.

In our conversation, Nick and I chatted about the global improv community and how our current connectedness is helping to shape innovation in improv across the world.

We talk about the improv festival circuit. Nick gives us a glimpse of the world of a traveling improviser! We talk about mixer shows, marketing, and audience connection.

Nick tells me about how his improv festival came to be. Nick’s focus on education and providing a good experience for his attendees is the cornerstone of “Improvention.” It was really fascinating to hear his perspective on this because building an improv festival seems like such a herculean task. And it was great to connect to another corner of the improv universe.

Support Nick Byrne! He is continuing to operate Impro ACT, in Canberra, produce “Improvention,” and participate in various other theatrical arts activities around the city. Canberra, he says, is almost back to normal so Aussie listeners, swing on by! And other international listeners, check out impro.com.au to look for online workshops you can try!!

Yes But Why Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Visit us at HCUniversalNetwork.com to join in on the fun.

#YesButWhy #Podcast #HCUniversalNetwork

This episode of Yes But Why podcast is sponsored by audible - get your FREE audiobook download and your 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/YESBUTWHY.

This episode of Yes But Why is also sponsored by PodcastCadet.com. Go to PodcastCadet.com and put in offer code YBY20 to get 20% off your first consultation!

Welcome, welcome to Episode 172 of the Scarydad Podcast. This episode is a week delayed by Texas Snowpocalypse 2021 and…

Welcome, welcome to Episode 172 of the Scarydad Podcast. This episode is a week delayed by Texas Snowpocalypse 2021 and…

The Gentlemen gather round the table and discuss this awesome new phenomenon, WandaVision and where the MCU is going in the future! Special guest Kyle Durst

The Gentlemen gather round the table and discuss this awesome new phenomenon, WandaVision and where the MCU is going in the future! Special guest Kyle Durst

In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcome to the show W Wallace Wagner, independent researcher and author of the book Beyond the Crevasse. Are UFOs just a modern phenomenon or have they been seen by humanity for thousands of years? Are there actually passages in the Bible as we know it that reference the presence and sightings of these craft by those who lived in Biblical times? For the first time someone has authored book that raises the question of why the presence of UFOs in the Bible does not negative belief in God. But what does this possibility mean for the known history of the Bible, the societies and people mentioned in it and did these sightings possibly influence history and even religions as we know them…without us ever being aware of it?!

From the heavenly host, in whose images we were created in the book of Genesis, to the Ladder seen by the Prophet Jacob, the pillar of fire in the sky that led the Israelites, and even the famous chariot of Ezekiel who was assumed body and soul into the heavens, there are passages in the Bible that seem to show encounters with strange lights in the sky, and even on the ground. But are there more passages that are present and may have been misinterpreted or misunderstood? Can we, through modern understanding of ancient languages as well as access to original manuscripts and better translations, find the truth that may have been buried for so long? That we have as a human race, had a long and storied relationship with beings from other worlds.
Join the Dudes n Beer podcast as we discuss the long debated topic of UFOs in the bible with researcher and author of Beyond the Crevasse, W Wallace Wagner.
The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com.
The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today!

In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcome to the show W Wallace Wagner, independent researcher and author of the book Beyond the Crevasse. Are UFOs just a modern phenomenon or have they been seen by humanity for thousands of years? Are there actually passages in the Bible as we know it that reference the presence and sightings of these craft by those who lived in Biblical times? For the first time someone has authored book that raises the question of why the presence of UFOs in the Bible does not negative belief in God. But what does this possibility mean for the known history of the Bible, the societies and people mentioned in it and did these sightings possibly influence history and even religions as we know them…without us ever being aware of it?!

From the heavenly host, in whose images we were created in the book of Genesis, to the Ladder seen by the Prophet Jacob, the pillar of fire in the sky that led the Israelites, and even the famous chariot of Ezekiel who was assumed body and soul into the heavens, there are passages in the Bible that seem to show encounters with strange lights in the sky, and even on the ground. But are there more passages that are present and may have been misinterpreted or misunderstood? Can we, through modern understanding of ancient languages as well as access to original manuscripts and better translations, find the truth that may have been buried for so long? That we have as a human race, had a long and storied relationship with beings from other worlds.

Join the Dudes n Beer podcast as we discuss the long debated topic of UFOs in the bible with researcher and author of Beyond the Crevasse, W Wallace Wagner.

The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com.

The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today!

This week on Yes But Why, we talk to theater artist and podcaster, Paul Deichmann.

Paul Deichmann is an improviser from just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Paul is a performer, a director and a producer of improvised and devised theater pieces. At home like the rest of us in live entertainment, Paul currently produces an improvised long form podcast called The Offer with Cesar Gozurreta.

Our chat goes deep into improv theory straightaway. This conversation starts with an examination of improv as meditation and ends with a discussion about finding yourself through performance. Yeah. Paul was a fun person to talk to.

We discuss Paul’s voracious appetite for learning all things theatrical. Paul has explored all the different disciplines of improv, by taking classes, reading books, or going down a Google search rabbit hole. Paul shares his love for improv, as well as storytelling and creating shows.

Paul has been improvising theater since his first role as a bench in his high school’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. We talk about crazy team building exercises, about his interest in dramaturgy, and about the difficulty of finding collaborators.

Support Paul Deichmann by listening to his podcast, The Offer. The Offer is an improvised stories podcast hosted by Paul and Cesar Gozurreta. They create a completely original long-form story alongside an amazing guest. The Offer releases new episodes every week! In March and April of 2021, The Offer team is developing further the stories they loved improvising from throughout their first year. Check them out! Also, check out Pig Iron Theatre Company where Paul mentioned he has been enjoying taking workshops!


Yes But Why Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Visit us at HCUniversalNetwork.com to join in on the fun.

This episode of Yes But Why podcast is sponsored by audible - get your FREE audiobook download and your 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/YESBUTWHY.

This episode of Yes But Why is also sponsored by PodcastCadet.com. Go to PodcastCadet.com and put in offer code YBY20 to get 20% off your first consultation!

This week on Yes But Why, we talk to theater artist and podcaster, Paul Deichmann.

Paul Deichmann is an improviser from just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Paul is a performer, a director and a producer of improvised and devised theater pieces. At home like the rest of us in live entertainment, Paul currently produces an improvised long form podcast called The Offer with Cesar Gozurreta.

Our chat goes deep into improv theory straightaway. This conversation starts with an examination of improv as meditation and ends with a discussion about finding yourself through performance. Yeah. Paul was a fun person to talk to.

We discuss Paul’s voracious appetite for learning all things theatrical. Paul has explored all the different disciplines of improv, by taking classes, reading books, or going down a Google search rabbit hole. Paul shares his love for improv, as well as storytelling and creating shows.

Paul has been improvising theater since his first role as a bench in his high school’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. We talk about crazy team building exercises, about his interest in dramaturgy, and about the difficulty of finding collaborators.

Support Paul Deichmann by listening to his podcast, The Offer. The Offer is an improvised stories podcast hosted by Paul and Cesar Gozurreta. They create a completely original long-form story alongside an amazing guest. The Offer releases new episodes every week! In March and April of 2021, The Offer team is developing further the stories they loved improvising from throughout their first year. Check them out! Also, check out Pig Iron Theatre Company where Paul mentioned he has been enjoying taking workshops!

Yes But Why Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Visit us at HCUniversalNetwork.com to join in on the fun.

This episode of Yes But Why podcast is sponsored by audible - get your FREE audiobook download and your 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/YESBUTWHY.

This episode of Yes But Why is also sponsored by PodcastCadet.com. Go to PodcastCadet.com and put in offer code YBY20 to get 20% off your first consultation!