by Kevin Thom | Nov 16, 2003 | Improv
Today at practice we did all of those things that we should have done in our show on Wednesday but didn’t. The key skills we worked on were “listening” and “being affected.” One great exercise for building these skills is to do two-person...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 12, 2003 | Improv
Affirmative Action is Colette Kendall, Mart Alas, Max Boateng, and me. Tonight we’re playing in Toronto for the first time ever. The show is at the Bad Dog Theatre, at 138 Danforth Ave. It’s the home of Toronto Theatresports, and is an important venue on...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 11, 2003 | Improv
Tonight I’m teaching a beginner improv class to a group of modeling students at one of Hamilton’s local talent agencies. The purpose is to give them some improved dramatic skills, as well as to boost their creativity. The three-hour class will cover these...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 9, 2003 | Improv
Good practice today. Colette, Mart and I met, with the express purpose of getting over the literal use of audience suggestions. I told our coach Laura not to spare the boot in kicking our asses for bad habits today. We actually jammed out a series of really great...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 7, 2003 | Improv
What an awful show. I mean, it was not funny, it was not good improv, it was not anything. I apologize to all of improv for that debacle. There were laughs from the audience, but I think that’s because they felt obligated to laugh, and not because anything was...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 6, 2003 | Improv
Tonight I’m performing at the Staircase Theatre in the TheatreSports/Counterpoint show. It should be fun. I’m playing with my Affirmative Action teammates Max and Mart. Unfortunately Colette can’t play with us tonight because she’s doing...
