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5 Reasons to Join an Improv Class
1) It’ll Change Your Life 🤯
Oof! Starting off with a big one - but it’s 💯 true. You’ll make life-long friends, boost your confidence, and unlock a whole new level of creativity. You’ll notice the skills you’ve picked up in class start to appear in your everyday life, and you’ll never look back.
2) Live in the Moment 😎
You’ll get better at listening to others, responding in the moment, and - most importantly - GETTING OUT OF YOUR OWN HEAD!
3) Get Comfortable With Failure 🫠
You’ll discover that failure can lead to amazing things. More importantly, you’ll learn to accept it and stop fearing challenges. Once you’ve been on stage without a script, everything else feels easy.
4) Re-Learn How to Play🫣
It’s so freeing to make things up together without judgment. Every class drops you into a state of play, and it’s pure joy. Honestly, there’s no better way to spend three hours than laughing your ass off with a room full of hilarious people.
5) Be Funny! 🤣
Yes, you CAN learn to be funny. We’ll teach you how to find the funny and what to do with it. And the techniques work everywhere - on stage, in writing, and in everyday conversation.
A huge thank you to our students for sharing their experience in class this term.
We had such a fun time watching their scenes while filming this one!
🎥 @gareth_o_connor
What is a puffin? Find out at Stuart Laws is Stuck @faimprov on May 28,29,30 at 8:30pm - comedy about a puffin murder mystery starring @stuartlawscomedy and @katethehammer #theatre #livecomedy #ornithology #puffins #funny get tickets at stuartlaws•com

Well, that's the inaugural Big Scene all wrapped up... and what a week it was.
5 days. 25 shows. 63 hours of workshops. 19 classes. 2 venues 1 very enthusiastic karaoke party and, as promised, 10,000 laughs.
The scene was even bigger than we'd anticipated.
We'll be gushing about this a lot more over the coming weeks, posting all the lovely photos and videos that we collected during the festival.
But for now, a BIG shout out of thanks and congratulations to all our performers, teachers and staff over the weekend. You killed it.
We can't wait for next year.
(Dates announced soon!)
👋 x
📷 Amy Heycock
PIGPEN this Saturday at 8:30pm featuring Alison Thea-Skot, Alex Holland, Chloe Godman, Patrick Nevels and Gareth O'Connor
Ticket link in bio

The FA theatre scrubs up nicely!
...Btw, a handful of standing room tickets on the website for previously sold out headline shows!
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