Welcome to improvised comedy! Everyone is welcome in our beginners course, whether you’ve never acted or done comedy before, that’s all good, we’re stating at the basics.
In this course we show you how surprisingly easy it is to just say the obvious thing, lean into our mistakes, support each other and then funny scenes happen! At Playface we focus on joy and comedy through play and a super supportive atmosphere - we’re going to have so much fun.
Our course takes you through the basics of improv, playing characters and creating something magical together. Whilst showing you a taster of the different forms that improv comedy can take; short form, long form, narrative and more (what does this mean? You’ll find out). We provide you with enough experience and information to decide where to take your improv or comedy journey after the course.
Think of this as your foundation course in improvised comedy.
This course is great if you want to:
- Connect with others, improve your listening and build something together
- Be more comfortable making mistakes and getting joy from them
- Have fun pretending to be plumbers, wizards and cats with other adults
- Become more confident in performing and presenting
- Try a few different forms of improv to see which you prefer doing
- Feel more comfortable improvising in other forms of comedy or theatre
The class takes places every Monday evening from 7pm - 9.30pm across 8 weeks. This totals 20 teaching hours.
- Monday 16th October 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- Monday 23rd October 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- Monday 30th October 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- Monday 6th November 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- Monday 13th November 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- Monday 20th November 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- Monday 27th November 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- Monday 4th December 2023 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Class size: 10-16 students.
About The Teacher
Viki Jackson has been performing and training in improv comedy since 2016 (Hoopla, Free Association, Maydays etc.) and has performed with teams such as Kerfuffle, Improv The Dead, And Now, VAJ&CAJ. She teaches with Playface and has a focus on vibrant characters and upbeat energy.
Outside of improv, Viki has trained in stand up, clown and sketch (Angel Comedy, Viggo Venn, AYN). You may spot her around the London stand up circuit covered in houseplants or fooling around on the stage of Modern Art.
Viki’s also a trained happiness facilitator with the Museum of Happiness so you can bet that her workshops have a super upbeat and positive energy, leaving you feeling good as you skip out into the world!
About Playface
Playface is a comedy club, school and community for clown and improvisation.
About The Venue
The workshop will take place at Islington Arts Factory (2 Parkhurst Road, London, N7 0SF) which is found within a converted church building. Accessibility note: unfortunately there is no accessible access to this venue due to the nature of the building.
If you have any access needs you’d like to discuss prior to the workshop please contact comedy@playface.fun. We’ll also run an access check-in at the beginning of the class.
Data Privacy
We require your email and phone number when taking bookings so that we are able to contact you regarding any last minute changes to the booking e.g. change of room within venue, unusual access requirements on the day etc.