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“On The Cusp, Off The Cuff,” – An Improv Comedy Documentary
02
Aug
“On The Cusp, Off The Cuff,” - An Improv Comedy Documentary Via: The Comics Comic Who decides to pursue a life or career in improv comedy, what are their motivations, and what is the reality of that life and career, really? Especially if you're living and working in New York City. A few years ago, [...]
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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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Guest Blog: Will Hines, UCB Instructor
10
Sep
Guest Blog: Will Hines, UCB Instructor When you ask people to think of reasons why someone took an improv class for the first time you get answers like “I wanted to do something fun” or “I’m a huge comedy fan” or “I wanted to be able to think on my feet more for my job.” [...]
Watch Now: All-Star Improv Q&A with The Thrilling Adventure Hour / WorkJuice Players
11
Jul
Watch Now: All-Star Improv Q&A with The Thrilling Adventure Hour / WorkJuice Players If you missed our sold out Improv Q&A with The Thrilling Adventure Hour / WorkJuice Players during Sydney Comedy Festival Week - here's the entire thing for your viewing pleasure. HOSTED BY: Paul F. Tompkins STARRING: Craig Cackowski, Carla Cackowski, Mark Gagliardi, [...]
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Special Guest Instructor: Craig Cackowski
01
May
Special Guest Instructor: Craig Cackowski Can you say L E G E N D ! That's a rhetorical question. Of course you can. And never has that word been more apt than to describe the most recent Impro-Master to join the LMA roster - Craig Cackowski. Craig is coming in 2016. Yes, we know that seems like [...]
The Thrilling Adventure Hour is Nigh + Ticket Giveaway!
03
Apr
The Thrilling Adventure Hour is Nigh + Ticket Giveaway! It may be less improv and more scripted, but the LA-based staged show & hit podcast, The Thrilling Adventure Hour has world class improvisors in the cast - and guess what? They're coming to Sydney - and we've got a double pass to give away! When Thrilling [...]
Dear Actors, Sorry…
09
Mar
Dear Actors, Sorry... Dear Actors, We know you've been burned. We know there's lots of cowboy outfits out there teaching all sorts of "improv" classes, and from what we've been told, chances are you didn't quite get what you'd hoped for from your last one. Maybe you took a class led by someone who attended one or two [...]
Billy Connolly: 3 Ways Improv Can Improve Your Career
22
Dec
Billy Connolly: 3 Ways Improv Can Improve Your Career Read all about it over at Fast Company, then come back here to book a corporate training day for your team at work. And in the spirit of LMA bringing top talent from overseas down under, please enjoy this old gem below.
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Liam Neeson Does Improv All Wrong
08
Dec
Liam Neeson Does Improv All Wrong 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 [...]
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Special Guest Instructor: Rob Belushi
22
Jun
Special Guest Instructor: Rob Belushi LMA is super stoked to have Rob on the roster and we can't wait to get him down under to run some world-class workshops. In the meantime, you'll have to settle for these low quality, but high value interviews we did over Skype. Robert Belushi was born in Chicago, where [...]
About LMA
06
Aug
About LMA Laugh-Masters Academy Founder, Eran Thomson speaks about the benefits of LMA's Improv Workshops, the history of the School, and confirms that Bald Eagles really do fart.
Rob Belushi Interviews
18
Jul
Rob Belushi Interviews The State of Online Comedy Today I am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Watch: Rob Belushi talks about the benefits of Improv, not just for Actors, but for everyone and [...]
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