Big Dumb Joyful Improv with Alison Thea-Skot

Big swings, shoot for the moon, this workshop explores finding that inner buzz, your own philosophy to go on stage and make moves from and towards joy.

What makes you feel silly, playful, and magical? “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose”. Yes coach!

Alison Thea-Skot is a critically acclaimed actor, comedian, improviser and writer. ‘The reigning queen of character comedy’ Evening Standard.

Selected as one of the Observer’s Female Millennials Changing Comedy, the Evening Standard's Best Comedy Shows to See and The Telegraph's Best of the Fringe. She can be seen on Comedy Central, Sky, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and she has worked with Bad Robot & Paramount Pictures.

Alison is a highly skilled improviser, performing for over 12 years on the UK’s biggest stages. As well as developing improv TV formats for ITV & BBC, she is a founding member of improv supergroups ‘Groundhog’ & ‘SORRY’ (Evening Standard’s Funniest Shows to See) and was invited to perform a two-prov, hour long improv show with Jason Mantzoukas. She regularly performs & teaches at The Free Association Improv Theatre in London, she’s hosts and stars in the smash hit ‘Uncle Glen’s Menagerie’ and has guest performed with multi award winners ‘Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel’.

Students must have completed The FA's Level 2 Scene Work class to attend this workshop.