improv

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"I've been doing sketch, character comedy and improv since university," said Sidi, who recently toured a show that saw her play former civil servant Sue Gray.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

“I don’t know what happened,” Manley said, describing the improv session, “but I’m telling you, I blacked out and bee-bopped and scatted all over that room, like George Costanza would say.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

He was part of an six-person improv troupe called Beer Shark Mice..

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

But I am obsessed with improv, so on my ideal day, there’d be a show to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

If you can create the right framework, all of a sudden, engaging in the kind of fluid, effortless, spur-of-the-moment dialogue that makes for good improv theater becomes a lot easier.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell