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Elevate Festival - Long Form Improvisation with Paul Birch

Workshop

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Event date
Tuesday 28 May 2024, 3pm to 4.30pm
Location
In-person only
TFTV/011 Large Rehearsal Room, School of Arts and Creative Technologies East, Campus East, University of York (Map)
Audience
Open to alumni, staff, students, the public
Admission
Free admission, booking required

Event details

Move beyond improv games and into improv scenes and shows with this introduction to Long Form. Find the funny and serious by learning to spontaneously co-create improvised scenes using a combination of core skills and advanced ways to play. This session is open to anyone familiar with basic improv skills and is looking to take things to the next creative level.

Paul Birch has been improvising for over 25 years and trained at the legendary Second City, I.O and UCB working with improvisers from all over the world. He has taken improv into prisons, care homes, schools, theatres, festivals, homeless shelters and various health care settings. He was recently invited to perform with Chicago’s longest running Improv team, Deep Schwa, on the mainstage at The Annoyance and runs The Improv Gym at York Theatre Royal. He regularly performs Long-Form shows with Fool(ish) and Short-Form with Right Here, Right Now. He makes everything up as he goes along…

Please visit the Elevate Festival website for more information

Venue details

Wheelchair accessible

Contact

TFTI Events

TFTI-Events@york.ac.uk