Épisodes

  • Matt Sparkes - Oxford Improv Festival 2026

    Matt Sparkes - Oxford Improv Festival 2026
    Jan 21 2026
    Festival director Matt Sparkes talks exclusively about the Oxford Improv Festival, which takes place Thursday 29 January – Sunday 1 February 2026 at the Old Fire Station, Oxford. He mentions Mark Smith, Wing It Impro, Neil Curran, and Moses and Sparkes. "This year at the Oxford Improv Festival we are introducing the Improv Lounge. This will be a relaxed, playful space where improvisers and festival-goers can hang out, connect, and build a buzzing festival community together. We’re looking for enthusiastic, friendly improvisers who’d love to volunteer to run short workshops, games, activities, or informal talks — whether that’s leading a quick warm-up, sharing a favourite game, or nerding out about improv history. To get involved please email: oxfordimprovfestival@gmail.com" To find out more about the Oxford Improv Festival visit: https://oxfordimprovfest.com/
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    11 min
  • 175 - Rebecca MacMillan - Improv London podcast

    175 - Rebecca MacMillan - Improv London podcast
    Dec 3 2025
    Rebecca talks about Stroud Improv, John Cremer, The Maydays, Lansdown Hall, creating community, find people to attend your improv classes, folk dance, improv for well-being, improv as a folk art, Lunchtime Improv with Rebecca Macmillan, the Bristol Improv Theatre, running improv during the day, Lloydie and Rebecca Spill The Afternoon Tea, Lloydie James Lloyd, Dead British, Pretend Company, Chris Mead, Mockumentary Now!, Kathy Rinaldi, Joe Rinaldi, Impromptu Shakespeare, being part of a group vs one-off things, Gather festival, Jess's's's, The Library of Forgotten Books, Andel Sudik, The Maydays, Happily Never After, Joe Samuel, Complicité, Beatrix Brunschko, Character, Story and Song workshop, Juwel Haque, Closer Each Day, playing the same character forever, Wardrobe Theatre,, being strict about not planning ahead, Rebecca's adaptations of Enemy, Shield, Defender, and Three In A Circle, and different energies. CLOSER EACH DAY LISTENER OFFER: access all our recorded episodes and BTS content as a Newtown Resident - the highest value tier of our Patreon - for 1 month after the code is redeemed. Binge watch as much Closer Each Day - the improvised soap opera and the world's longest theatrical narrative - as you can in within that month - we have several Seasons online! Link expires end March 2026 - https://www.patreon.com/CloserEachDay/redeem/EFCB4
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    54 min
  • 174 - Isabel Errington - Improv London podcast

    174 - Isabel Errington - Improv London podcast
    Oct 29 2025
    Isabel talks about musical improv, Awkward Actors, performing regularly, Oxford, living in a transitory city, performing for the first time, perfectionism, Subtlest Aria, Improv Discovery, Matt Sparkes, Thame, emotion, audience participation, Flo's Cafe, short-form, the Alphabet game, Paul Z Jackson, Improv in Six Acts, Hands Through, production, the Pattern Game, terms of endearment, connection, vulnerability, drawing from real life, and the power of a big emotional reaction. Watch Subtlest Aria at the Improv Discovery show at Cross Keys, Thame, 19 September 2025: https://youtu.be/0lceEh9E23I
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    53 min
  • 173 - Simon Goodway - Improv London Podcast

    173 - Simon Goodway - Improv London Podcast
    Jan 10 2024
    Simon talks about Scoops Improv Comedy, Ben Tucker, Ric Stewart, running a jam, New Choice, The Maydays, AndAlso Improv, The Actors, Barcelona Improv Festival, Tea & Toast Improv, Hitch Your Wagon: Improvised Cowboy Songs, Heather Urquhart, Joe Samuel, Isabella Crawley, Bla Bla Land, Tea & Toast At No. 9, The Museum of Relationships, Kathy Manson, the Brighton improv scene, monologuing as an object and more...
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    40 min
  • 172 - Sekki Tabasuares - Improv London Podcast

    172 - Sekki Tabasuares - Improv London Podcast
    Dec 6 2023
    Sekki Tabasuares talks about Jess Napthine-Hodgkinson, Glossop Improv, how to play Scene Goalie, Emma Bird, teaching for Liverpool Comedy Improv, improvising with a script, being boring, The Oickers - Improv Comedy Troupe, how to play Themed Restaurant, Iain Luke Jones, Stand Tall Improv CIC, using improv to boost connection, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Steve Green, creating community, table-top roleplaying, Fiona K.T. Howat, Chris Mead, Doctor Who, analysing student needs and delivering a game to meet those needs, confidence, puns, and how to play Break Ups.
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    49 min
  • 171 - Dean Harris - Improv London Podcast

    171 - Dean Harris - Improv London Podcast
    Nov 29 2023
    Dean Harris talks about Darron Baxter, the British Improv Project, Morecombe Playhouse, Meisner Technique, the importance of love, getting the audience involved, The Triangle of the Scene, Paul Vaillancourt, finding character through emotion, game of the scene, UCB, Will Hines, World's Greatest Improv School, The Radical Agreement Project, online improv, Jason Perez, The Free Association, Liverpool Comedy Improv, Katy Bateson and We Are Improv.
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    52 min
  • 170 - Cathy Towers - Improv London Podcast

    170 - Cathy Towers - Improv London Podcast
    Mar 15 2023
    We talk about Creative Culture South West, Chris Mead, Josie Lawrence, The Innovation Centre Within University of Exeter Campus, creating a board game, the crossover between improv and therapy, using New Choice to keep improvisers safe, defaulting to high status, psychosynthesis, embodiment, walking gorgeously, Zero Balancing, shiatsu, unconditional positive regard, Chekhov Technique, playing Harold Pinter, the power of pause, Applied Improv Network, and Bensound.
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    52 min
  • 169 - Cindy Harrell - Improv London Podcast

    169 - Cindy Harrell - Improv London Podcast
    Mar 7 2023
    We talk about Big Friendly Improv Collective, Michael Chekhov, Rudolf Laban, running a jam, TBC, introversion in improv, sleeping on Steve Roe's living room floor, Hoopla Impro, Pan Left, a more personal way of playing 8 Things, Hitchhiker, A to Z, playing the Edinburgh festival, accessibility, diversity, organising improv, Welcome to your Nightmare, Crickle Creek, Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Pippa Evans, corporate training, word association with data engineers, Half Life, puppets, Annoyance Theatre, Mick Napier, Susan Messing, puppets, Mara Joy Craig, and slowing down.
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    54 min