Stuart Reid Improv

14/10/2015

"Storytelling came before the spoken word..."

Great post from my friend Shawn Callahan on the evolution of storytelling.

Shawn Callahan discusses the evolution of storytelling - what triggered it and why was it such an important element in the survival of our species?

24/09/2015

Love and fear in the lab: how a scientist used principles from improvisation to get unstuck

While studying for his PhD in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research paths led to dead ends. But, with the help of improv theater, he came to realize that there could be joy...

21/07/2015

I like this improv tip - endows a scene with instant meaning.

16/07/2015

Last few days to book your place at my mask workshop in Cambridge!

This workshop explores the ways in which wearing masks can liberate parts of your character that don't normally come out to play, and free you up to be creative and to be yourself. The workshop is run...

05/06/2015

Nice post from Clare Kerrison on the power of accepting what is, rather than how things should be

I’ve been thinking a lot about the words should and shouldn’t. There is quite a bit of possible should-ing in my environment at the moment. I shouldn’t have had to move to Swindon. I should...

02/06/2015

Announcing two summer workshops - come and join me!

29/05/2015

If you're in London on the evening of Monday 15 June, come and join Helen Keegan and me for an improv taster.

Explore in a safe and friendly environment how improvisation can be used in a business and real life context - to improve communication and public speaking skills, to better understand relationships, to gain leadership skills, to be more creative and spontaneous, and have fun at the same time.

Book your ticket here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-was-not-expecting-that-tickets-16897421643

Explore in a safe and friendly environment how improvisation can be used in a business and real life context - to improve communication and public speaking skills, to better understand relationships, to gain leadership skills, to be more creative and spontaneous, and have fun at the same time. We cr…

30/04/2015

An old favourite of mine - hilarious. Worth watching to the Q&A at the end :) Chicken chicken chicken -

Doug Zongker's "Chicken chicken chicken". Presented at the AAAS humor session, February 16, 2007. Seehttp://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf for a PDF

27/04/2015

Excellent! "Ramsay’s Kitchen Comedy"

Normally we're suspicious of anything titled "Spoof! Funny!" It's a bit like the greasy spoon with the "Best Coffee In Town" sign. But with Chef Gordon Ramsay as clickbait, how could we resist? We'...

17/04/2015

"[P]lay isn’t a human luxury. We know that goats play and dogs play and monkeys play and humans play—you don’t have to be taught it, and there must be an evolutionary reason for that. By abandoning play, we’re abandoning an important part of ourselves."

A nice interview on the importance of play. Hat tip to Anne Augustine for finding it.

Coloring books and ball pits are much-needed therapy for the inner child in all of us.