Having talked about Audience Awareness in Improv sets before, I've realised that extends out into everyday life. I've had some recent examples in my work where I've been unaware that the audience is watching.

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I recently read a great Substack entry by the improviser Molly Thomas on "hacks" in improv scenes. It made me think; yep, I do hack lines. This week, I go through which ones I've done!

We Are Dave got Elodie Foray in to give us a removed, external observer's view of our rehersal. Here's some of the best feedback I got.

We recently did our second We Are Dave 1-hour improv comedy show. What are the key things I learnt that I need to incorporate in future about doing shows?

I often just jump on stage and do my improv without any thinking. Can stopping this and pausing help?

I went to an improv event recently where the audience of improvisers had been encouraged to solicit compliments about other improvisers. It was wonderful and made me think about how I can get better at giving compliments to this lovely community.

I've been doing meditation for a few years now. This week, I explore how it's helped me do improv comedy.

In this episode I focus on the complete lack of warm ups I've been doing before #improv #comedy gigs, how this has impacted them, and how it has made me feel. Do you warm up before performing? What types of warm ups do you do?

The nanonanofilm #improv #comedy podcast is 50! (well, 50 episodes!). This is a reflection of what I've learnt from doing this number of podcasts (including things I'm still not good at!!). 

Thank you for listening. I'd really love it if you'd give the podcast a good rating if you enjoyed it (and shared it with other improv lovers!)

I spent many years doing standup comedy. What sort of things did I learn and how does it differ to Improv?