Eat the eyeball! Let Nothing go to Waste in your Scenes

Asians use every part of the fish in cooking, not letting anything go to waste. In fact, eating the eyeball is considered the best part—good for your eyes! We’ll apply this philosophy to our scenework. Often in improv when we find ourselves stuck in awkward scenes, we panic by adding extra offers, escalating the plot quickly or sweeping everything away. But long, grounded sets of 30-60 minutes can flourish from thoroughly mining the first 2-3 minutes of scene-building with no special fireworks or gimmicks needed. Starting with “If this is true, what else is true?” we’ll use every bit of the fish—starting scenes from very few initial conditions and seeing what we cook up.

This workshop is designed for people with some experience in long-form improv and a desire to create more grounded, character-based scenes.

About Your Teacher
Stephen Lee is a Korean-American-British improviser based in London. He is a founding member and former Artistic Director of Comediasians, the UK’s premier pan-Asian improv group. He also regularly performs with Instant Noodling, Patrol, Not GCSE Drama and Oppela, as well as hosting evenings at Hoopla Impro. Off stage, he brings the joy of improv into corporate and professional development trainings at organisations such as BAFTA and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Saturday 6th September
11am - 1pm
Squire PAC