Improv Treehouse

It's our season finale! Jason Perez talks about the 2020 Edinburgh International Improv Festival, and one lucky listener gets to name a baby!

This week we're speaking to Stephen Davidson about his book and workshop - Play Like An Ally! We discuss diversity, privilege, and how to truly support your partner in improv!

This week we chat to Twinprov about their normal show and their offshoot - Bassoonprov! It's improv with a bassoon! We can neither confirm nor deny that the bassoon appears in this episode... (It does)

This week we are in Copenhagen as part of the Copenhagen International Improv Festival! We got to interview The Fallen Sundays - Copenhagen's resident musical improv team!

This week we're in Germany chatting to Die Affirmative! We discuss the improv scene in Germany, performing improv in two languages, and what it's like being sued by a secret society...

This week we interview to Derek's Mojo, who are Monica Gaga and Jodyanne Richardson! We chat bingo cards, high energy shows, and why improv is "the coconut oil of creativity!"

We chat to Stealing the Show about improvising a full heist movie, running a monthly night, and how to avoid planning in a genre in which planning is a big thing!

This week we chat to Spontaneous Potter, who make up entirely improvised Harry Potter-themed plays! We discuss favourite characters, what houses each member belongs to, and of course how many times Dobby has to die per show...

We chat to Edinburgh's only all-female team - the Tinderellas! We chat about the living room format, the Edinburgh Fringe, and what's so great about playing in an all female team!

We chat to the Improverts - the student improv team that have had a show at the Edinburgh Fringe for the past twenty-five years!

This week we speak to The Imposters - an improv team all the way from Shetland! We talk about what it's like to learn improv in such a close community, tips for getting sponsorship, and get massively sidetracked by Pokemon Go!

This week we chat to Dangerfield - a team from Boston who specialise in the pretty flower / spokane! We find out about how to run a successful kickstarter campaign, what it's like being in an all-female team, and the upcoming Boyfriends of Dangerfield Calendar. Oh, and we get serenaded with Come Through My Window many, many times...

Improv Treehouse chats to Dummy - Colleen Doyle and Jason Shotts! We talk about their fantastic two-pros workshop, how to land the perfect ending for an improv show, and many more tricks of the trade!

We're finishing Season Two with a bang - chatting to Jason Perez, the Artistic Director of the first ever Edinburgh International Improv Festival! We hear about Jason's improv journey, why he started the improv festival, and what to expect from the festival!

This week we're joined by fascinating human David Escobedo - the man behind such projects as Improv Boost, Wretched Hive Improv, and Mischief Managed Improv! We chat about what makes a good improv community, social media tips, and why making lightsaber noises with your mouth is always acceptable.

This week we're with Midlands-based musical troupe Rhymes Against Humanity! We chat what goes on in rehearsals, how to improvise a full musical, and awkward first troupe names!

We have an unprecedented SEVEN people in the treehouse, as UCB's Harold Team Too Damn Much joins us to chat all things improv! We chat about improv auditions and rejection, favourite Harold openings, and what it means to be the horniest member of the team...

Improv Treehouse goes stateside! We meet Hannah Aslesen and Kevin Gillese of Dad's Garage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia! We chat about the merits of "competitive" improv, premium tours, and why Colin Mochrie is the loveliest man to ever exist anywhere in the world ever.

This week Improv Treehouse comes to you all the way from New York city! We chat with UCB's Chelsea Clarke - a teacher, improviser, and consumer of Malteaser Bunnies. We chat about corporate gigs, playing inanimate objects, and your host goes off on a bit of a tangent about pumpkin spice.

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This week we join Mara Craig to discuss her brilliant twoprov Me Plus One, in which she does a show with a performer she's never worked with before! This episode was recorded about 20 minutes after stepping offstage with host Emily Brady!

Join us for a special secret bonus episode with Jon Trevor, director of the Birmingham Improv Festival, as he tells us what to expect from the festival this year!

This week we join Box of Frogs in the Improv Treehouse! We chat about Keith Johnstone, favourite short-form games, and everyone's first time on stage which includes a rousing song from Suzie Evans!

The Vox Pops are an Armando team from Nottingham, and part of improv organisation MissImp! Join three of their members as we discuss the classics, the finer points of an Armando, and why you should definitely hire them because they can drive.

This week we're joined by twoprov Two Seats, Four Cheeks! There's everything from a live game of Mind Meld to an improv proposal to handy tips for surviving the Edinburgh Fringe. Join us in the treehouse!

We're back for season two, and we're kicking it off with improv super-heroes The Glenda J Collective! Featuring Ruth Bratt, Pippa Evans, Josie Lawrence and Cariad Lloyd, join us as we chat about improv pet peeves, women in improv, and the inspirational power of a cat named Glenda Jackson!

It’s our season finale with the legendary Comedy Store Players! Join four of the country’s leading improvisers and one very star-struck host to discuss the glamour of peeing in sinks, the secrets of improv longevity, and the power of Doctor Theatre!

Join four of The Maydays as they discuss their hit show Happily Never After, travelling the world doing improv, and the secrets of keeping a group going year after year!

Join Amy and Tim of Blanket Fort as we chat about the Brighton improv scene, running a monthly night, and the heartwarming tale of a balcony and a seagull!

Join London's premier avant-garde post-improv performance-art collective, as we ask "What is art?" Starring Alex Fradera, Alice Sanders, and John Agapiou, this episode discusses how to bring avant-garde improv to an audience, but also goes to some weird places!

This week we're joined by brand spanking new twoprov Squidheart! They discuss improv love at first sight, the power of swimming, and the power of being a little bit weird!

Welcome to the Improv Treehouse! This week we're joined by Lydia Hensler of the Upright Citizen's Brigade in New York, talking about her brilliant workshops and terrific shows - including Asssscat3000 and Grandma's Ashes!

Welcome to the Improv Treehouse! Join four of Leicester's smash-hit improv group The Same Faces, as they discuss the joys of short-form, how they work with the country's leading stand-ups, and their shows to watch at the Leicester Comedy Festival!

Welcome to the Improv Treehouse! This week we have The Clones, who discuss their first gig in the back of a van, the perils and wonders of multi-rolling, and getting in the same "Brain Space" (TM).

This week in the Treehouse we have Baron Sternlook - Birmingham's short-form and long-form musical improv troupe! Join us chatting about their LGBT identity, how they don't audition their troupe, and why being silly is the way to go.

On this episode we have the fantastic Sunny Dhap and Jade Samuels from Birmingham group Jumprov! The UK's first BAME improv theatre company, Jumprov chat about the importance of diversity in improv, performing to a busy Birmingham street, and how they plan to take Edinburgh by storm!

This week, host Emily Brady chats to Susan Harrison about her Character in Improv workshop! From playing corn on the cob to the smash success of Showstopper, Susan gives us the scoop on how thinking about character helps her perform some of the UK's most incredible improv!

Join three of the ladies of Austentatious - Amy Cooke-Hodgeson, Charlotte Gittins and Rachel Parris - as we talk about everything improv! From kissing rehearsals to performing in full regency gowns it's everything you wanted to know about the award-winning, Edinburgh Fringe sell-out troupe (plus a little bit more!)