Workshop topic

Break out of familiar patterns and let your body spark the next scene.

What you’ll explore

Feeling physically stuck on stage or caught in familiar patterns? Explore how movement can open new possibilities in your scenes.

Eva and Amalie introduce elements from Laban and Lecoq to help you use your body more creatively. Suitable for beginners and experienced improvisers alike.

Workshop topic

Find the perfect moment to burst into song and take your musical improv further.

What you’ll explore

For experienced improvisers who have already tried musical improv and want more coaching in a group setting. Work on song structure for narrative musicals and recognise the moments when a scene is ready for a musical number.

Expect new games and exercises, plenty of play and a longform musical exercise to finish. The workshop is taught in Norwegian.

Includes a showcase in the first show on Sunday.

Workshop topic

Give your group fresh ideas with coaching built around how you play.

What you’ll explore

Book as a group and choose how you want to work with Jon.

Improve your format: perform a 20-minute version of your show. Jon will analyse your format and playing styles, then build exercises and advice to refresh the show while keeping its essence.

The Gauntlet: play scene after scene, with feedback between scenes to find variety, joy and new ways out of your comfort zone.

Workshop topic

Give your group fresh ideas with coaching built around how you play.

What you’ll explore

Book as a group and choose how you want to work with Jon.

Improve your format: perform a 20-minute version of your show. Jon will analyse your format and playing styles, then build exercises and advice to refresh the show while keeping its essence.

The Gauntlet: play scene after scene, with feedback between scenes to find variety, joy and new ways out of your comfort zone.

Workshop topic

Trust your impulses and build better scenes together through playful exercises.

What you’ll explore

Presence, listening, collaboration and acceptance: four foundations of improvised theatre. Return to the skills that make scenes work.

Through playful exercises, practise trusting your impulses, staying in the moment and building scenes together. This beginner workshop is taught in Norwegian by Frie Tøyler Impro.

Workshop topic

Turn life’s smallest questions into scenes bursting with variety and joy.

What you’ll explore

The Search Engine is a scenic format where life’s less important questions are put to an improvised intelligence. Explore how a scene’s theme can quickly become entertainment.

Try different ways to create variety, find joy and move beyond scenes where people simply stand and talk. Discover what gives you the most fun in improv, and how to offer that to your scene partner.

Includes a showcase in the first show on Saturday.

Workshop topic

Turn your quirkiest hobby into an epic anime adventure on stage.

What you’ll explore

Turn poker, frisbee or Jenga into the beginning of a hero’s journey. Explore dynamic group work, character development, bite-sized storytelling, over-the-top reactions and dramatic action sequences.

Then create a show together: an improvised story in which a little hero faces one opponent after another on the road to becoming a champion. No knowledge of Japanese anime is required, though fans may find plenty to play with.

Workshop topic

Make up songs on the spot, even if you’ve never sung on stage.

What you’ll explore

Improvised musicals sound impossible until you try them. This workshop is designed for absolute beginners, including anyone with little or no experience of singing or improvised theatre.

Through group exercises, you’ll build simple songs and play with music together. Leave with games and tools to try on stage or at your next pre-party.