The Art Engager

What we can learn from improv with Samantha Boffin


Listen Later

You may remember Samantha Boffin as she was my first guest on the show (Episode 21) and now she is the first guest to come back for a second episode. Besides being a voiceover artist, Sam is also an actor. 

Sam also does an improv class every week and believes that we are all expert improvisers - we just don’t realise we are. In this episode, Sam is sharing what improv is and how it can help us as educators in our own practice and when we’re with our groups leading programmes about art. 

We also talk about how improv makes you a better listener, how it makes you more confident and flexible and to not be afraid of failure. 

We discuss how we might be able to use improv techniques and games with our groups - from Yes, and…, Narrative, Colour, Emotion and line-by-line stories via Humpty Dumpty and Brian the washing machine repair man. We discuss how you can make your audience feel safe and comfortable using improv techniques. 

We had a really lovely chat and I hope you enjoy it. Here it is!

LINKS

Episode Web Page

Masterclass 29 March 'Improv your Engagement

Support the Show 

The Improv Handbook by Tom Salinsky & Deborah Frances White

How to be the Greatest Improviser - Will Hines

www.samanthaboffin.co.uk

LinkedIn

Instagram   

Taking Creative podcast

Paul Merton interview:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00159s7

 
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Art EngagerBy Claire Bown

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

19 ratings


More shows like The Art Engager

View all
Modern Love by The New York Times

Modern Love

8,822 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,509 Listeners

The One You Feed by Eric Zimmer

The One You Feed

2,552 Listeners

The Book Review by The New York Times

The Book Review

4,001 Listeners

Tara Brach by Tara Brach

Tara Brach

10,559 Listeners

On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett

10,132 Listeners

10% Happier with Dan Harris by 10% Happier

10% Happier with Dan Harris

12,733 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,970 Listeners

The Week in Art by The Art Newspaper

The Week in Art

216 Listeners

Worklife with Adam Grant by TED

Worklife with Adam Grant

9,167 Listeners

The Great Women Artists by Katy Hessel

The Great Women Artists

535 Listeners

Poetry Unbound by On Being Studios

Poetry Unbound

3,578 Listeners

Haptic & Hue by Jo Andrews

Haptic & Hue

305 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,833 Listeners

Stories in Colour by The National Gallery

Stories in Colour

28 Listeners