Posts Tagged ‘improv’
A New Hope…
Well that’s a chuffing surprise; I spend months moaning about not having enough time to blog, then I lose my job and spend the next month doing precisely naff all on PlayLondon. So in the spirit of Buck-U-Uppo, I will blog every weekday until December; sort of an experiment to see how I feel about […]
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Tags: Amanda Hirsch, blogging, Comedy, improv, PlayLondon, Tina Fey
Abandoman
Good Lord Almighty! Last night I think I saw one of the best comedy gigs of my entire life! Abandoman were the act. They’re an improv hip-hop comedy group with Rob Broderick as the rapper. Not an obvious rapping sort: a white, smartly dressed Irish bloke, but by heavens he was good; genuinely one of […]
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Tags: Abandoman, Comedy, hip hop, House of Mirth, improv, London, Music, rapping
Rufus Hound full interview
Finally! Here’s the full version of my interview with Rufus Hound. It’s about 16 minutes long; hope you like.
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Tags: Comedy, Dan Walker Smith, improv, interview, Rufus Hound, Video
Comedy London
Holy shit there’s a feast of good comedy on in London at the moment. Two quick recommendations: If you get a chance, head down to the London Comedy Improv at the Phoenix Bar. I went about two two weeks ago and it was genuinely one of the funniest nights out I’ve had this year. Michael […]
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Tags: Andy Zaltzman, Comedy, Ewan McIntosh, improv, Kirsty Newton, London, London Comedy Improv, Michael Legge, Milton Jones, Pappy's Fun Club, Rufus Hound, Tara Flynn, The Tabernacle, Theatre, Tiernan Douieb
Yes yes yes, I know I’ve been slack, but I’ve been busy, alright. Lots of stuff to do over the New Year and muchos things on the plate (including a new job, an Open University course in Design Thinking – see IDEO post below – and an improv course in Kentish Town. Thanks for asking). […]
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Tags: Charlie Todd, Design, design thinking, flashmobs, IDEO, improv, Improv Everywhere, New York Times, Open University
The Dangers of Flashmobbing?
Having woken up at some godawful hour last week, I stuck on a This American Life podcast while trying to doze. It usually helps lull me back into unconsciousness, with Ira Glass reading me a nice story. But this one grabbed me too much to sleep; it was all about mind games and tales of […]
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Tags: Charlie Todd, flashmobbing, improv, Improv Everywhere, Ira Glass, New York, NPR, podcasts, This American Life
Erstwhile Pulp frontman and Jacko-baiter Jarvis Cocker has set up a short-lease residency in East London this week. He’s hosting a series of improv sessions, inviting members of the public to jam with him at Village Underground in Shoreditch. If you missed it, he did a similar thing in Paris in May, and this week has been […]
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Tags: art, event, improv, jam, Jarvis Cocker, Music, Shoreditch, Village Underground
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