Our Stu – improvisor and owner of a fungal infection – has realised what a famous Disney song is all about. Well, this is rather embarrassing. How did I not know until now? Why did it take me more than 13 years to realise? It’s been right in front of my earlobes all this timeContinue reading “Obviously, Queen Elsa was singing about improv!”
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15 November with Friends
Oh, how the year zooms on by..! We have spent the year exploring our respective spin-off adventures, exploring longform, going to festivals, with some in our group getting hitched out in the hills outside Wrexham to name a few cute gatherings. Speaking of longform improv, though—we are happy to double bill our Fruit Smoothie showContinue reading “15 November with Friends”
A Stew of Oick for the Heart
A homemade recipe for an improv group Our Sekki–100% Filipino, 100% immigrant, and 100% Oicker (making her 300% maths-challenged but hey-ho, she can make sentences with multi-syllabic words in them, wahoo!)–cobbles together a recipe based on her comedy improv troupe, the Oickers—and how the group works, including how it requires just that right splash ofContinue reading “A Stew of Oick for the Heart”
The Oickers in Chester
Yes kids, we have been very busy this summer. We’ve oicked in North Wales at Caffi Isa, we have been on the Wirral a couple of times and once at the Liverpool Hope Theatre. This coming 17th of September 2022, we will be putting on a show at Hanky Panky Pancakes – and yes, thatContinue reading “The Oickers in Chester”
Improv and Autism
Our Dave – improvisor, photographer and Bourbon biscuit eater – explains how improv helps him live with autism. After listening to a recent Liverpool Comedy Improvcast Podcast, Iain was talking to one his fellow Glossip improvisers, James Fennell, and going into depth about his autism. James talked about how that has influenced his improv, andContinue reading “Improv and Autism”
If Zoomprov is the Matrix, should you take the red pill?
Our Stu – improvisor and owner of an occasional table – pushes a movie metaphor to the limit to explain that he is a little nervous about a return to real life improv. I don’t want to alarm you but soon Morpheus is going to turn up at your house, if he hasn’t already, toContinue reading “If Zoomprov is the Matrix, should you take the red pill?”
Is anything ever truly original anymore?
How many times have you heard a child exclaim that they made up a game that you and your friends were playing 30 years ago or longer? And when you were playing that game you can guarantee that one of your posse would have taken credit for having ‘invented’ the game. This is something IContinue reading “Is anything ever truly original anymore?”
The Oickers 