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Why Standups Should Embrace, Not Revile, Improv
16
Mar
Why Standups Should Embrace, Not Revile, Improv “I hate improv.” Hang around standup comedians enough and you will hear it. This may be confusing. Many don’t know there’s a difference between the comics with microphones and the ones who go mic-less, tagging in and out of scenes in a black box theatre. It’s understandable. After all, many [...]
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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Inaugural LMA Student House Team Members Announced
22
Jan
Inaugural LMA Student House Team Members Announced History was made at The Belvoir St. Theatre this week as LMA Students came out in full force, representing all levels, to show off their improv chops and try for a coveted spot on the inaugural LMA House Team. After much deliberation and debate the judging panel has made their selections. [...]
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Students Make History at First Ever LMA House Team Auditions
20
Jan
Students Make History at First Ever LMA House Team Auditions History was made at The Belvoir St. Theatre this week. Maybe you felt it. It was amazing. LMA Students came out in full force, representing all levels, to show off their improv chops and try for a coveted spot on the inaugural LMA House Team. The [...]
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Sophie Long Joins the LMA Roster
06
Jan
Chicago's loss is Austraia's gain! Laugh-Masters Academy is super excited to announce the addition of Sophie Long to our roster of Australian based Instructors. Sophie is an Performer, Writer, Director, Teacher and Coach in stand-up, sketch comedy, musical comedy, and storytelling. She has recently returned home from Chicago - the "birthplace of improv comedy" - [...]
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The Hard Truth: Be Kind
08
Sep
The Hard Truth: Be Kind I frequently have performers ask me for the hard truth, the tough note. "Be brutal" they might ask, or "tell me like it is" or "I haven't got feedback on my work in a long time. Help!" or "People like my work, but I feel bored. What is wrong?!" It [...]
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The “Gold Coin” Improv & Stand-Up Comedy Show #2
02
Sep
The "Gold Coin" Improv & Stand-Up Comedy Show #2 Hoo-doggie! We are super excited to announce LMA's second Gold Coin Comedy Night, an evening of "Nearly Free" comedy featuring a fantastic lineup of Australia's rising improv and stand-up All-Stars. This special evening will start off with shows performed by LMA's current Level 1 and Level 2 Improv grads, followed by a comedy set starring current [...]
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Kristin Hensley Joins the LMA Roster
31
Jul
Kristin Hensley Joins the LMA Roster We are thrilled to welcome Kristin Hensley to LMA and look forward to having her down to run some of our very popular "Intro to Improv" weekend intensives, a special "on camera audition" workshop just for Actors, and her famous "How to Break into Hollywood" class. It's all coming your way, [...]
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Guest Blog: Kate Murphy, Backbone Brisbane
27
Jul
Guest Blog: Kate Murphy, Backbone Brisbane Introduce yourself and what you do: Hi I'm Kate, I work at Backbone Youth Arts as a workshop facilitator. I teach students age 9-13 yrs. We do lots of fun things in class, ranging from performance skills, story building and characterisation. I myself am an improvisation junky... I introduced [...]
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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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The “Gold Coin” Improv & Stand-Up Comedy Show
13
Jun
The "Gold Coin" Improv & Stand-Up Comedy Show Hoo-doggie! We are super excited to announce the inaugural Gold Coin Comedy Night, an evening of "Nearly Free" comedy featuring a fantastic lineup of Australia's rising improv and stand-up All-Stars. This special evening will start off with a graduation show by LMA's current Level 1 Improv class, followed by comedy sets from current LMA Instructors and advanced [...]
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Dan Pavatich Joins the LMA Roster
12
Jun
Dan Pavatich Joins the LMA Roster We are delighted to welcome Dan Pavatich to the LMA Roster of Australian Instructors. Dan is a very accomplished Improvisor and funny man having performed and studied internationally at some of the world's biggest and best comedy festivals and schools. Stay tuned for upcoming intensives with Dan including Sketch, [...]
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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 [...]
Hey Fools! FREE Bi-Weekly Workouts Start April 1
28
Mar
Hey Fools! FREE Bi-Weekly Workouts Start April 1 LMA Bi-Weekly (fortnightly) Workouts begin in Sydney on April Fools Day at our new partner venue, The Local Taphouse. Weekly Workouts are a great way to keep those improv skills active in-between Workshops, best of all they're free to all LMA Alumni and friends with prior improv [...]
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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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