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Laughter is a Cure
20
Jun
Have you ever noticed that the people in your office who are happy with a positive outlook rarely get sick, and the unhappy miserable people always seem to be ill?
The Game Tree: Tree of Game
22
Aug
Remember when you were a kid and your parents or your teacher said it’s “time to play a game”? Remember how exciting that was?
Improvising With Hippos
06
Jul
Improvising With Hippos Nikki-Anne Wilson is a PhD student based at the Brain and Mind Centre at The University of Sydney. Her research examines how imagination contributes to social behaviour, specifically, whether the inability to imagine may explain the loss of social skills in dementia. She is also an LMA student, a wannabe improv star [...]
How Do You Get Better At Improv?
29
Jun
How Do You Get Better At Improv? Our guest blog this week comes from Andy Balloch, LMA Melbourne’s School Coordinator and Producer who has studied at iO Chicago and The Improv Conspiracy, where he now coaches Levels 1 - 3. Andy regularly performs in ‘Us Plus One', is a member of the Deconstruction Ensemble (Laugh Master’s [...]
Fast-thinking. Creativity. Bravery… and Improv.
22
Jun
Fast-thinking. Creativity. Bravery... and Improv. Guest Blog by Oliver Shawyer I recently returned from holidays, and in doing so, set myself an aggressive task of getting out and about to try new things. Things that both confronted me and reminded me of how much there is on offer when you actually put yourself out there. There's [...]
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On The Right Track
14
Jun
On The Right Track Carolyn Mullen is an LMA Student and an actor based in Sydney. Her passion for performing started at age 4. Since then she has studied at various schools including the Ensemble Studios under Zika Nester OAM, Actors Centre, NIDA, Theatre Sports and Macquarie University and has worked in theatre, film and [...]
7 Things You Need to Master Improv
07
Jun
7 Things You Need to Master Improv This week’s guest blog post is from Ryan Karels (New York City's Upright Citizens Brigade) who taught Level 2 and 3 improv at LMA (Sydney), Term 2, 2017. While teaching improv at LMA, I'll note in the scene, "This is more of a spiritual note...” So LMA asked me to write [...]
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Advice From A Very Wise And Handsome Man!
24
May
Advice From A Very Wise And Handsome Man! Kishore Yadav is an LMA student. Once a very WISE and HANDSOME man said "IMPROV SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY FOR EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD". This man is the one writing this blog, the first blog of his life! Forgive me for having called myself both handsome and [...]
Finding Your Emotional Truth In Improv
18
May
Finding Your Emotional Truth In Improv May 18, 2017 Posted by: - LMA Staff Category: Guest Blog , No Comments Finding Your Emotional Truth In Improv An improv scene is a space where, by proxy, you are able to explore any real-life relationship or interaction you can conceive of, as well as the imaginary and [...]
How It Really Feels Stepping Into Your First Improv Class
12
May
How It Really Feels Stepping Into Your First Improv Class I am trying to summon back how it felt stepping into an LMA improv class first the first time. It would be easy now, knowing how I’ve come to love the class and the legends in it, to blur any recollection of apprehension on that [...]
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Finding The Funny
29
Apr
Finding The Funny Search for: Recent Posts The Last Laugh? When Will In-Person Classes Resume? Thursday Nights: All in and All out State of Play 2019 You Shaved My Legs! Eight Weeks with Laugh Masters Academy Recent CommentsWhat is improv comedy & theatre? - The Australian Improv Comedy Festival on What is Improv?- LMA on [...]
Fail Joyfully And Five Great Life Lessons from Improv
11
Apr
Fail Joyfully And Five Great Life Lessons from Improv This is a guest post from LMA Student Susan Zheng Failing should be celebrated. It means you are closer to your goals than you were if you hadn’t tried. In my very first improv class we were taught this through an imaginary ball toss. If you [...]
Vulnerability Sucks*
03
Sep
Vulnerability Sucks* Thanks to a timely tweet back in February, I took a risk and joined my first ever improv class at Laugh Masters Academy. Having only 20 minutes to run to the theatre, I came in late, sweaty and out of breath. In front of me were 12 friendly strangers waiting to be introduced [...]
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What Vanilla Ice Didn’t Tell You About Agile/Lean Methods
21
Jul
What Vanilla Ice Didn’t Tell You About Agile/Lean Methods I have been working in the IT Industry for over a decade and in that time we have seen massive changes in how people are approaching how work gets done, people at all levels are collaborating in entirely new ways. From processes and practices thought up [...]
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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Improv Class
20
Jul
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Improv Class It's the start of a new term, and that means you're about to be walking into a room ready for some make-'em-ups with a batch of new (and some known) faces. Here's some tips for getting the most out of your class, whether it's the [...]
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Meet Flavie Laliberte: LMA’s New Social Media Wizard
03
Jun
Meet Flavie Laliberte: LMA's New Social Media Wizard Laugh-Master Academy is excited to welcome its newest team member: Social Media Coordinator, Flavie Laliberte. We sat down with her for a few questions to get to know her better. What is your name and where are you from? Flavie Laliberte from the beautiful city of Montreal, Canada. How [...]