“This isn’t flying. This is falling with style.”
Buzz Lightyear
Improv, clowning, creativity and friendship to launch into a universe of Wonder, Play, Fun, Laughter and Discovery.
Eight weeks, online. Playfulness, movement, laughter, skills, physical clowning, short form, long form.
Best if you have some improv experience. See below or ask me if you’re not sure.
What happens won’t necessarily be spaced themed but the flow of each class will be:
- Baggage Drop – arriving, letting go of day-to-day concerns
- Fire Up Fun Boosters – skills and to support you
- Silly Space – short form fun
- Exploring new worlds – long form creativity in different formats
- Landing – sharing and enjoying what we did
There will likely be some recurring characters and themes over the weeks. We will see what happens!
Baggage Drop
Let go of day-to-day emotional baggage, settle in, and a short reflection.
Fire Up Fun Boosters
Improv skill builders – there’s no exam! In improv there are “tools not rules.” They’re thrusters to help you fly.
- Building powerful stories
- Emotions in motion – embodying your attitudes and change
- Physical comedy and clowning
- Finding bold and beautiful characters
- Playing with rhythm
- Deep connections and listening to be affected
Escape into Silly Space
Short form structured games and to explore the theme. Max fun, fast!
Enjoy stretching out of your normal sensible ways of being. Widen the range of people you include.
Explore New Worlds
These may be on planet earth 🙂 Instead of creating one ongoing story, we’ll be exploring different aspects of the world we’re creating through a variety of long-form formats. Some characters and themes may recur but they don’t have to.
- Time travel
- A documentary
- Dream sequences
- Legends, origin stories and made-up folk wisdom
- Sharing stories in the restaurant at the end of the universe (or somewhere else)
- Tall / Unlikely tales
- Trouble at headquarters
Landing Until the Next Week…!
A few post flight celebrations, laughs and chat absorbing the memories and inspirations you’d like to keep through the week.
“I arrive feeling like a boiled zucchini and leave feeling like anything is possible”
“Fun, connecting, revealing, challenging and liberating.”
“Andy has this phenomenal capacity to meet you exactly where you are and welcome you safely and gently into a journey of discovery filled with joy, lightness and connection.”
“The improvisation practice has helped my facilitation style become more spontaneous and playful which is really super both for myself and my audiences.”
“I feel more comfortable in my own skin in a way that I haven’t before. I trust myself in the moment. I have already noticed my anxiety go down when things don’t go according to plan. I laugh and play in a way that I haven’t for years.”
Who is this for?
Best for people with some improv experience or confidence. For example, you may have done one or two courses with me or someone else. You are familiar with aspects of short and long form.
We don’t lean heavily on “being good” here. You are super welcome and complete beginners have joined these continuation classes. However, there’s less structure and support than there is in my The Delight of Surprising Yourself beginners’ course. Ask me if you’re not sure.
Discarded Images 🙂
The image is from ChatGPT. These are some of my attempts along the way... 🙂
