EIIF: Initiate by Responding
with Erik Tanouye
(Sat 22 Mar: 10am)
Learn how to get your scenes started right from the jump by beginning with the response to an initiation. What information is essential? How can you avoid taking away your scene partner's freedom to play?
Participants should have basic improv training.
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Erik Tanouye performed and taught improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade for nearly two decades. He also ran the UCB Training Centre in New York for over ten years. Currently, he works at The New School in Greenwich Village, NYC. He still performs regularly and writes about improv.
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If you are able and wish to support the improv community, you can now donate a workshop place! Ed Improv Fest will then be able to offer a free place to someone who would otherwise not have been able to attend.
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Edinburgh International Improv Festival is a four-day celebration of long-form improv, with teams and performers from around the world converging on the Scottish Storytelling Centre for a long weekend of creativity, community and connection.
EIIF returns to SSC Thursday 20-Sunday 23 March 2025. Joining for the weekend are two exciting headline teams from Los Angeles, the very fast and funny Convoy and the hilarious Asian AF.
With shows, workshops and late night jams, join us for a weekend of one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-repeated shows, moments of surprise and delight, and unique opportunities to connect with some of the best improvisers in the world.
A booking fee of £1.50 is charged per transaction. Please note that this workshop is currently scheduled to take place in the Canons' Gait. The space is down a flight of stairs with no step-free access. Should you wish to attend this workshop but be unable to access this space, please contact Reception reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com or 0131 556 9579.
