{"product_id":"the-improv-book-improvisation-for-theatre-comedy-education-and-life-9781350265974","title":"The Improv Book: Improvisation for Theatre, Comedy, Education and Life","description":"A smart, witty and accessible guide to the rewarding and joyful practice of improvisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Classic improv games and variations\u003cbr\u003e Telling stories and creating characters\u003cbr\u003e Using improv to make theatre and comedy, from monologues to full-scale productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn asset to students and teachers of improvisation in schools, drama schools, higher education and theatre groups, both professional and amateur. It will also be of benefit to organisations and individual readers who want to discover how improv stimulates creativity and confidence in all areas of life. The Improv Book opens up this exciting discipline to a wider audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Goldie\u003c\/b\u003e is an actor, theatre director, facilitator, writer and broadcaster with a long career in making and performing theatre and comedy. She is a great believer in the power of improvisation for stimulating creativity, and developing theatre and life-skills, and is living proof that performing and teaching improv keeps you young and sexy (she says). As an improviser she performed in Theatresports(TM) and the legendary improv troupe Spontaneous Combustion. On the comedy circuit of the 1980s she was in the double-act The Wild Girls and a stand-up comic. On TV her credits include \u003ci\u003eNewman and Baddiel in Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC2), and presenting for \u003ci\u003eThe Travel Show\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC2) and \u003ci\u003eDream Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e (ITV) among others. She has toured internationally with her theatre company The Weird Sisters and recently toured the UK with her one-woman show \u003ci\u003eLady in Bed\u003c\/i\u003e. She has directed for the Garrick Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Vienna's English Theatre and Youth Music Theatre amongst others. Alison has taught improv all over the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51997939466514,"sku":"9781350265974","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3803e85c-5a6c-44c8-bd4c-1035c49f346f.jpg?v=1770137209","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-improv-book-improvisation-for-theatre-comedy-education-and-life-9781350265974","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}