Drew McCreadie, Canadian-based actor, playwright and award-winning improvisor. Drew is the creative director and co-founder of Thailand's only dedicated English language comedy venue, the Comedy Club Bangkok. He has won numerous comedy awards, such as Best Male Improvisor in Canada and his play The Cat Who Ate Her Husband won five Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards including for best new script and best play. 

Drew has also launched several books including an instructional book titled "You Will Never Be Funny: An Introduction to Improvised Comedy" and a satirical self-help book "GO GET HELP!" 

Join Natty Warisa in this episode of the Thaiger Podcast, where she picks the brain of her personal comedy mentor and good friend Drew McCreadie about everything improv. 

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00:00 Intro

01:07 What is Improv?

02:20 What is in Improv comedy?

05:22 How it started

08:11 Why bring Improv to Thailand

10:38 How do you shine light on Improv in Thailand

13:58 The difference between Improv and Stand-up

17:18 Over come the fear in improvising 

19:38 How wrong it can go

23:05 How improv can help IRL

24:31 The Book ‘You will never be funny’

27:18 How dark and offensive it can be

32:04 How you get away with it

36:06 Learning Improv

37:11 Natty’s experience in Improv