What do you do when your parnter is COOKING, and you are clearly not?  In this episode, Adam and Rob discuss how deal with a partner who seems to be dominating a scene and you feel stuck.

In this episode, Rob and Adam discuss DEAFO - a new system for creating more dynamic, intersting stage pictures.  Also on this episode, heightening through proximity, intentionally throwing your scene off-kilter, and Adam's pathological obsession with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Amongst the many terms improvisers have invented to describe a bad scene, "Crazytown" might be the most evocative.  This week Rob and Adam discuss scenes that try to do too much, too soon - and how to prevent your scenes from going off the rails.

Rob and Adam discuss what to do when a scene fails, how to fail gracefully, and how to get a struggling scene back on track. Also on the episode: recent travels across the US, Rob's artistic residency in Sweden, the best pizza and an adult love of trains.

In this epsiode, Rob and Adam discuss what to do if you are obligated to create the who, what, where in the first 30 seconds of your scene. How much information should you add? How much room should you leave for you partner to contribute? PLUS - an update from the Backline's recent experience with The Heat.

This week Rob and Adam chat about improv festivals: how to run it, how to market it, and the small perks that make it all worthwhile. If you're in Vancouver for the week of January 24th - 27th, join both Rob and Adam for THE HEAT, and The Backline Improv Intensive (details found @thebacklinepodcast on Instagram).

This week, Rob and Adam discuss Beatprov, semi-scripted works, and improvising through a script. From marketing to technique to past formats - this episode covers it all.

Also, The Backline will be travelling to Vancouver January 23rd to January 27th and running a longform intensive. Details can be found @thebacklinepodcast on Instagram or here:
www.eventbrite.ca/d/canada--vancouver/backline/

We all know the Harold, and The Montage - but what's in the in-between? Are there some formats better for new players than others?

In the final rundown of 2023, Rob and Adam share the gifts of what's making them feel thankful this holiday season.

Improv dogma tells us, "Mistakes are a gift" but are they always ... Certainly, there are miskakes you can make that derail, confuse, or even ruin a scene. So are there some moves that are better than others? What are the difference between "good mistakes" and "bad mistakes"? Is there a right kind of recklness onstage?