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2023-10-17

It took 10 years but it finally happened. The first time I saw TJ & Dave was in the old iO Chicago, by Wrigley Field over 10 years ago. Both the...

2023-09-22

Following a recent post in an Improv forum recent, I’ve had a few people from the International community asking for tips with running successful drop...

2023-08-31

As much as I love improvised theatre as an art form, it comes with one drawback. From a certain perspective, reviewing a show can feel redundant, given...

2023-04-07

Many of our Covid hobbies and distractions have expired for most of us; thrash TV like Tiger King, baking banana bread, online improv, taking the same...

2022-10-16

It was 2012, and I was about to walk out on stage in the Mill Theatre in Dundrum for perform Neil+1 for the very first time. Nerves, anxiety, regret,...

2022-08-07

I had nearly forgotten, it’s been 10 years. Damn pandemic messed with our concept of time. But here I am, 10 years on looking back on what performing...

2021-09-07

Like many improvisers during the pandemic, a huge void made by lockdowns and restrictions needed to be filled. But I’m not talking about the creative...

2020-04-17

All the World’s a stage And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts...

2020-01-01

Times have changed this past year.  I’d normally be writing this in between bouts of checking work email for my employer as we are race toward the end...

2019-06-07

We have all been there; an out of town troupe is performing in your local theatre or you’re visiting an improv theatre in another city, and a group takes...