Who: Taught by Katy Schutte for long form improvisers looking to push their work.
What: An advanced long form workshop experimenting with ensemble, scene work and form to build and play inside worlds.
Where: The Umbrella Rooms, London, UK (Closest tube stations: Tottenham Court Road, Covent Garden, Leicester Square).
Unfortunately, this venue is not wheelchair accessible. Please contact katy@katyschutte.co.uk for any other access needs.
Timings:
Saturday 11th January 10:30 - 5pm
Sunday 12th January 10:30 - 4:30pm
There will be tea breaks and an hour for lunch.

This is an intensive weekend of advanced long form training looking at building worlds and playing inside them. These could be fantasy, science fiction or your local coffee shop. What is joyful for you, your scene partner and your audience? How can we create exciting and moving theatre with form, scene work and ensemble?

Katy's style is experimental and experiential. That means we'll be trying lots of different techniques and seeing what works for this group on this weekend. You'll be working on personal advancement as an improviser as well as connecting and playing as an ensemble. Katy will offer you notes in a positive and held space, encouraging different styles over homogeneity.

This workshop is limited to 14 participants.

Who is this for?

This intensive is for long form improvisers. If you feel confident in playing unstructured scenes and editing and you have experience in playing longer shows with structured or discovered form, this is for you. If you are still unsure, contact katy@katyschutte.co.uk to discuss. There is no shame in asking!

Your Teacher

Katy has performed and taught improvisation in thirty-something countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher and Curriculum Writer for Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school and a member of the Arvon creative writing teaching team. Katy authored The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook, published by Nick Hern Books. She was one of The Maydays from 2004-2022, is half of sci-fi improv duo Project2 and performs with Yes Queens, Track 96, Brand New Musical and Hell Yeah! among others. She was an artist in residence for The Arctic Circle Project in 2022 and her cosmic horror play The Ice at the End of the World ran at Omnibus Theatre this autumn. She is an actor and award-winning screenwriter. 

Scholarships

Limited scholarships are available. If you are unsure whether to ask for a scholarship, please look the financial privilege diagram below. If your circumstances fit the second or third bottles, please get in touch to see if we can help. katy@katyschutte.co.uk

No refunds are available, unless your place can be filled by another participant.