The Year of Improv
So it's 2012 already.
The future, as so many called it.
At the moment it isn't that old and is full of potential.
What am I going to do with my year?
Well in case you didn't read the title of this blog post, or you are reading this post using Internet Explorer 9 as your browser, I'll say it again. This is going to be my year of Improv.
What does that mean?
To most it would mean that I can't spell the word "improve." To others, it would mean improvisation.
But to me, it actually means that I want to improve and improv (aka making shit up on the spot).
To that effect I've started my fourth round of Intermediate level workshops with ComedySportz this past Saturday. For the next 8 weeks I'll be going to the Manchester Comedy Store every Saturday and making things up. It'll be fun. It always has been in the past and the last time I did the course I actually felt like I was improving.
There's also a group of workshop of attendees who do extra practice after class on alternate Saturdays. I went to the first one on the 7th January and it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately for me, I skipped out on the extra session this Saturday, as I was catching up with other classmates who I hadn't seen since the last course. I think the next one will be on the 5th February, so I'll be going to that one.
So that's two regular things that I will be attending in the hopes of getting better at improv. But that's not all. I've found two different sessions down in the Midlands (where I am during the week due to work). It's early days yet with my experience of these two groups but they seem like a fun bunch.
So that's three workshops a week, plus an extra one every other week.
In addition to all this, I'm going to London on the first weekend of March and I'll be going to an improv jam, which should be fun and free from preserves.
Hopefully I'll be improv'd (get it?) by the end of the year. And by then, who knows? The world could very well be, as my friend told me, my lobster!
