Chris Mead


Chris Mead is one of the most popular improv teachers in the UK. He performs with the award winning Maydays, sci-fi group Project2 and has recently co-founded Sonder, a company dedicated to improv as a theatrical art form.

He has studied improv internationally at iO Chicago, The Annoyance Theatre in Chicago and The Hideout in Austin, Texas, as well as almost every improv school in London. He studied theatre at Royal Holloway College and University of London.

He is one of the Artistic Directors of The Nursery Theatre. He also hosts YesBot, a podcast dedicated to the theory and craft of improv (but with added exploding robots).

All Sessions by Chris Mead

  • Monday

    January 27, 2020

  • 10:00  - 13:00
    A workshop dedicated to techniques that forge a fierce and stable connection with your scene partner. Work on emotional listening, making clear choices, building a scene together and having an emotional point of view. We’ll also play with ideas that allow you to be vulnerable, fearless and effortlessly collaborative.
    Cost: 40
    workshop
    morning
    advanced (3-8 years)
    Where
    Compagnietheater Flexkantoor

  • Wednesday

    January 29, 2020

  • 14:00  - 17:00
    A character class for improvisers who are convinced they can't do character work. Del Close said character is a 'thin veil' we wear. By that he meant that when we play people who are not ourselves, the vast majority of that character is still us - our thoughts, our opinions, our experiences - with a thin veneer of superficial difference draped on top. Starting from this idea, we'll explore numerous ways to play characters that are both subtlety or wildly different from your default while still rooting everything in an authentic sense of yourself as a performer and person. You won't have to do accents and you won't have to do silly walks.
    Cost: 40
    workshop
    afternoon
    beginner (0-2 years)
    intermediate (1-3 years)
    Where
    Compagnietheater Flexkantoor



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