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What to do When the Silly Season Ends
17
Nov
What to do When the Silly Season Ends Can you feel it in the air? The “Silly Season” is nigh. In Australia this time of year signifies the start of summer and a time to put the tools down and enjoy a well deserved break, typically involving copious amounts of drinking, dining, and discussion about [...]
What’s Clown Got to do With It?
30
Sep
What’s Clown Got to do With It? We all want to be more authentic and present. But how does one harness these qualities? Whether in everyday life, or as an actor playing a character on stage or screen, we are always striving to reach this wonderful ideal. Words and phrases like ‘letting go’, ‘letting our guard down’, [...]
New Saturday Level 1 Improv Class (Sydney)
28
Sep
New Saturday Level 1 Improv Class (Sydney) LMA is excited to announce our first ever 8 week Saturday Level 1 Improv class. Perfect for those of you who can't make one of our weekday evening classes. This one will be run by the lovely Sophie Long and starts October 15th. You can register here right now. [...]
Ed Greenberg – Laughter For a Change on LIFE CHANGES – Radio Show #389
24
Sep
Ed Greenberg - Laughter For a Change on LIFE CHANGES - Radio Show #389 Choosing Laughter For a Change with Guest Ed Greenberg, Executive Director of Laughter for a Change, Improvisational Theater Director, Voice Over Actor, and Acting Teacher; and Musical Guest Amanda Boudreau, Mezzo-Soprano Singer/Vocalist and Instructor on The LIFE CHANGES Show Listen here.
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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LMA Family Represents at Sydney Fringe Festival
30
Aug
LMA Family Represents at Sydney Fringe Festival Laugh-Masters Academy is proud to have students, teachers and Alumni alike participating in this year's Fringe Festival here in Sydney. For those who don't know about Fringe, this is the largest independent arts festival in New South Wales for the 7th year in a row. In 2016, Sydney [...]
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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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UCB Founders Charlie Rose Interview
01
Jul
UCB Founders Charlie Rose Interview As you may already know the DCM (Del Close Marathon) is happening at UCB in New York City right now (late June, 2016) and the four famous founders of UCB were recently interviewed on Charlie Rose. It's a fantastic piece touching on the origin story of improv and UCB, the [...]
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Meet Dan Pavatich, Artistic Director, LMA Melbourne
19
Jun
Meet Dan Pavatich, Artistic Director, LMA Melbourne Dan Pavatich is an Australian comedy legend, an extremely well rounded improvisor, and overall, a lovely - and funny - fella. He's been actively involved with the improv scene in Melbourne for under a decade and has developed comedy shows, worked and toured as a performer, and helped launch [...]
End of Term Drinks!
07
Jun
End of Term Drinks! All you gotta do is RSVP! Open to any and all former, current and incoming LMA Students and Teachers. End of Term Drinks – Term 2, 2016 Free June 24, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm The Local Taphouse, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010 Is all this Improv is making you thirsty? We thought [...]
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 [...]
LMA Sydney’s New Home Is…
23
Feb
LMA Sydney's New Home Is... ...The Belvoir St. Theatre! We know. It was perhaps the worst kept secret in the Australian Improv Community, but we were waiting to "officially" announce it until a few more I's were dotted and T's crossed. So without further adieu, LMA Sydney is thrilled to officially announce that we will [...]
Use Your Words
16
Feb
Use Your Words We'd love to hear from you. Write about your favourite show, most recent class, training you did overseas, how improv has helped/changed you, Top Tips you'd like to share, pet peeves... whatever. Pitch us your ideas and chances are we'll say "Yes, and..."
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Student Blog: Dear Someone Who is Thinking About Trying Improv, But Isn’t Quite Sure…
22
Dec
Student Blog: Dear Someone Who is Thinking About Trying Improv, But Isn’t Quite Sure... Dear Someone who is thinking about trying improv but isn’t quite sure, Hi. My name is Nish. I’m not originally from a drama or comedy background, or really anything that’s required me to be on stage. In fact, I used to be a [...]
LMA Financial Aid Programs
28
Sep
LMA Financial Aid Programs Here at LMA we don't think money should be the thing that stops you from doing the things you love. Especially when the things you love are Improv and Sketch Comedy classes at LaughMasters Academy. The good news is we have a limited amount of financial aid avaialble for any students who [...]