The Improv Chronicle Podcast

Two person shows have been a growing trend in improv and with the release of a three part Netflix special from improvisers Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz, there is a now a mainstream spotlight on improvised duos. Despite theatres being closed right now, people around the world are talking about and forming opinions on what an improvised two person show can be. This is the first of two episodes looking at what is special about having just two people performing the whole show.

Check out these online links for shows, books and online pages this episode’s contributors have. Right now is a great time to be supporting artists!

David Pasquesi (TJ and Dave)

The TJ and Dave Vimeo series: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/tjanddave

The TJ and Dave book: https://books.google.com/books/about/Improvisation_at_the_Speed_of_Life.html?id=zyjWoQEACAAJ

You can follow him here on Twitter: @DPasquesi

And here on Insta: @DPasquesi

Scott Adsit and John Lutz did this incredible set at Just For Laughs festival in 2013. See the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM10ZCu8Nu0 

Also, check out this hilarious clip of Scott Adsit and Christina Gausas in their two person show: https://ucbcomedy.com/media/4038 

Check out this wonderful set from The Boys (Susan Messing and Rachael Mason) - https://youtu.be/FD0ZQf26Deg 

You can see Kornfeld and Andrews, every Sunday night on the Magnet Theatre's live stream: https://www.twitch.tv/themagnettheater/ 

Derek’s Mojo have a Facebook page with some pretty cool videos on them. Watch the videos and be sure to like the page too. https://www.facebook.com/dereksmojo/ 

The Improv Chronicle Podcast is produced and hosted by Nottingham improviser Lloydie James Lloyd

Theme music - Sam Plummer

Logo design - Hélène Dollie

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In the past couple of episodes you’ve heard from people who have moved their improv online using Zoom - all the improv that you’ve heard covered in this podcast has been visually led. But what about podcasts? Unlike Zoom, improv in podcast form was here before Covid-19 led to the doors shutting on improv theatres and performance spaces. Given the medium already existed as a home for improv, what does it have to offer?

This episode you hear from:

Tony Harris and Katy Schutte from Destination - the improvised journey. Check out that podcast here:

www.destinationpod.co.uk 

Plus you can get Katy's book "The Improvisers Way" - highly recommended

UK link: https://amzn.to/2W7qaoF

USA link: https://amzn.to/35oVPoR

Jon Gabrus

Hear him on:

https://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-bang-bang/ 

https://www.earwolf.com/show/improv4humans/ 

https://headgum.com/high-and-mighty 

Kate Cocker

Check out her speaker coaching and podcast training website here: 

http://www.thepresentercoach.co.uk/

And hear her inspiring “Everyday Positivity” podcast here:

https://volleythat.com/show/everyday-positivity/

The Improv Chronicle Podcast is hosted and produced by Nottingham improviser Lloydie James Lloyd

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In the second part of this series on online improv, we re-visit some of the voices you heard last episode - improv practitioners who have taken their work onto visual online platforms like Zoom in order to still teach and perform. As the global improv community continues to wrestle with its current inability to do in-person public performances, we hear about the discoveries, the moments of joy and the future of online improv. Will something that has become necessary may end up leading our art form somewhere new?

This episode you hear from:

Varoon Anand from Kaivalya Plays in Delhi

https://www.facebook.com/KaivalyaPlays/

https://www.instagram.com/kaivalyaplays/

Elana Fishbein from The Magnet Theatre in New York

Check out her website: www.elanafishbein.com 

Check out her doc on how to improvise on Zoom: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Tz6vWNTUVRVrICvuonTC9HFQv3FSUbR8gocwLqCZgI/edit 

And check out The Magnet Theatre live shows on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themagnettheater/ 

Nick Oram from Do Not Adjust Your Stage

www.dnays.com

See their Facebook live shows at: https://www.facebook.com/dnayscomedy/

Sophie Owen from University of Leeds Improv 

https://www.facebook.com/leedsimprov/

Owen Scrivens from Open Heart Theatre in Newcastle

https://www.facebook.com/openhearttheatre/ 

With an except from The Backline Podcast

Listen and subscribe to them here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/backline-improv-podcast/id900752717?mt=2 

And check out the new season of Destination - the improvised journey when it begins. Check previous episodes and see the new episodes go online at http://www.destinationpod.co.uk 

The Improv Chronicle Podcast is hosted and produced by Nottingham improviser Lloydie James Lloyd

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In the midst of a global pandemic, improvisers have had to make huge shifts to continue any sense of work, and for many, huge swathes of income have disappeared in a heartbeat.

In this, the first of two episodes on the subject, we are going to examine the challenges people have felt adapting improv to online platforms and the community it has helped create.

This episode you will hear from:

Varoon Anand from Kaivalya Plays in Delhi

https://www.facebook.com/KaivalyaPlays/

https://www.instagram.com/kaivalyaplays/

Elana Fishbein from The Magnet Theatre in New York

Check out her website: www.elanafishbein.com 

Check out her doc on how to improvise on Zoom: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Tz6vWNTUVRVrICvuonTC9HFQv3FSUbR8gocwLqCZgI/edit 

And check out The Magnet Theatre live shows on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themagnettheater/ 

Nick Oram from Do Not Adjust Your Stage

www.dnays.com

See their Facebook live shows at: https://www.facebook.com/dnayscomedy/

Sophie Owen from University of Leeds Improv 

https://www.facebook.com/leedsimprov/

Owen Scrivens from Open Heart Theatre in Newcastle

https://www.facebook.com/openhearttheatre/ 

The Improv Chronicle Podcast is hosted and produced by Nottingham improviser Lloydie James Lloyd

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Whether you teach improv classes, put on or attend shows, or you run an improv festival, the impact of the Corona Virus around the world will have had an impact on what you do. This podcast follows the two weeks leading up to the closure of festivals and theatres through the eyes of the host, Lloydie, who was due to be attending one such festival - the New York Musical Improv Festival. You will also hear from one of the last improv festivals to have managed to complete successfully before the virus shut things down - the Mama City Improv Festival in Cape Town.

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How we transition from one scene to the next is something some improvisers spend a great deal of time talking about. So why are so many in the improv world nerds for editing in certain ways when no one chooses a show based on the types of edits that are performed in it?

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Improv shows are known for taking audience suggestions in order to inspire the performance but what makes a good suggestion and do we really need them anyway? Hear from Megan Gray of The Magnet Theatre in New York, Nottingham improviser Jack Cross and improviser and marketer Shari Hazlett from New York

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Loving improv is one thing but when does it start to become too much of a good thing? Hear from improvisers who are loading their lives up with the art form and the mental health professional who advises caution.

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A jam is an event where anyone can put their name in the hat in order to play an improv scene in front of the audience. As improv grows, so do jam nights. It's as if an improv jam is part of the fabric of the art form. Why is that? And what makes a good jam night?

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How your last improv show went sometimes isn't as important as how and when you find out about how good it was. Getting notes in improv whether it be in class or from a coach is sometimes hard. So how should coaches give their feedback and what constitutes good feedback for improvisers?

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