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Improv Is A Team Sport
17
Sep
Improv Is A Team Sport September 17, 2017 Posted by: - LMA Staff Category: Improv.Blog , No Comments Improv Is A Team Sport Comedy is typically thought of as a solo pursuit, from the high school class clown to legendary stand ups, usually, people are trying to be the funniest: the single most funny person [...]
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Tags: Chicago Style Longform , Comedy , Impro , Improvisation , Melbourne , Sydney ,
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What is Improv?
11
Sep
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What is improv? Laugh Masters Academy #1 comedy school explains.

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A Disposable Life The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
A Disposable Life
16
Jul
A Disposable Life This week's post is by LMA Artistic Director Dan Pavatich One of the fundamental ideas behind Improv is that it is disposable, anything we create exists for a moment and then evaporates. The upside is that improvisers learn to believe in the power of creativity, and the moment. The downside can be that [...]
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Tags: Chicago Style Longform , Impro , Improvisation , Sydney ,
Improvising With Hippos The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
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 [...]
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Tags: Chicago Style Longform , Comedy , Improv , Improvisation , mind , science , Sydney ,
How Do You Get Better At Improv? The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
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 [...]
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Tags: Chicago Style Longform , Comedy , Improv , Improvisation , Melbourne ,
Fast-thinking. Creativity. Bravery... and Improv. The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
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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Tags: Belvoir St. Theatre , Comedy , Impro , Improv , Improvisation , Level , Show , Sydney , Theatre , Training ,
On The Right Track The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
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 [...]
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Tags: Classes , Comedy , Improv , Improvisation , Sketch Comedy Writing , writing ,
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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Tags: Chicago Style Longform , Classes , Impro , Improvisation , LMA , Melbourne , NYC , Ryan Karels , Sydney , UCB , Workshops ,
Master and Apprentice Alike
03
Jun
Master and Apprentice Alike This post is by Dan Pavatich,  LMA's Artistic Director I have been lucky enough to perform with some extremely funny and talented people, some of whom have been performing for decades, and others for only a matter of weeks. Such was the case last night at The Night Shift, when I had the [...]
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Tags: Chicago Style Longform , Comedian , Comedy , Improv , Improvisation , Sydney , UCB , Workshops ,
Advice From A Very Wise And Handsome Man! The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
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 [...]
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Finding Your Emotional Truth In Improv The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
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 [...]
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How It Really Feels Stepping Into Your First Improv Class The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
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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How Comedy Helps Me Live A Better Life!
08
Mar
How Comedy Helps Me Live A Better Life! Hi all, first let me introduce myself. My name is Jasmine Langdon and I'm Laugh-Masters Academy’s current Social Media Coordinator, an improviser, former stand-up comic and a cancer fighter. Yes you read that last part right. I have cancer and not one that's easy to get rid of. [...]
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That First Step Makes All the Difference.
10
Feb
That First Step Makes All the Difference. Ever wonder what it takes to be funny on the spot but scared that it's too hard?  If you are nervous and would like to dip your toes in and see if it's for you LMA have regular FREE introduction to improv classes on the second Saturday of [...]
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Music Master Andrew Strano Joins the LMA Roster The Home of Improv and Sketch Comedy in Australia
Music Master Andrew Strano Joins the LMA Roster
18
Dec
Music Master Andrew Strano Joins the LMA Roster LMA is thrilled to announce the addition of Andrew Strano to our growing roster of talented teachers. Andrew will be teaching Musical Improv at LMA Melbourne starting in Term 1, 2017. "I'm thrilled to be joining the team at LMA - they're doing such great work teaching [...]
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Lucy O’Brien Joins LMA as Musical Director
18
Dec
Lucy O'Brien Joins LMA as Musical Director LMA is thrilled to announce the addition of Lucy O'Brien to our growing roster of teacher talent. Lucy will be the Musical Director for Andrew Strano's, Musical Improv class at LMA Melbourne starting in Term 1, 2017. Musical improv has to be the most joyous, exciting, immediate way to get involved with music theatre, [...]
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Tags: Improv , Improvisation , Lucy O'Brien , Musical Director , Piano ,
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