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Alicia Gonzalez Joins the LMA Roster
19
Sep
Alicia Gonzalez Joins the LMA Roster Laugh-Masters Academy is thrilled to welcome Alicia Gonzalez to the LMA family. She will begin teaching Clown & Improv in Sydney starting Term 4, 2016. Alicia Gonzalez is a practicing clown and bouffon. She trained in Paris, France, at Lecoq with the likes of funny man Jos Houben, she [...]
LMA Family Represents at Sydney Fringe Festival
30
Aug
LMA Family Represents at Sydney Fringe Festival Laugh-Masters Academy is proud to have students, teachers and Alumni alike participating in this year's Fringe Festival here in Sydney. For those who don't know about Fringe, this is the largest independent arts festival in New South Wales for the 7th year in a row. In 2016, Sydney [...]
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What Vanilla Ice Didn’t Tell You About Agile/Lean Methods
21
Jul
What Vanilla Ice Didn’t Tell You About Agile/Lean Methods I have been working in the IT Industry for over a decade and in that time we have seen massive changes in how people are approaching how work gets done, people at all levels are collaborating in entirely new ways. From processes and practices thought up [...]
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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Improv Class
20
Jul
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Improv Class It's the start of a new term, and that means you're about to be walking into a room ready for some make-'em-ups with a batch of new (and some known) faces. Here's some tips for getting the most out of your class, whether it's the [...]
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Meet Dan Pavatich, Artistic Director, LMA Melbourne
19
Jun
Meet Dan Pavatich, Artistic Director, LMA Melbourne Dan Pavatich is an Australian comedy legend, an extremely well rounded improvisor, and overall, a lovely - and funny - fella. He's been actively involved with the improv scene in Melbourne for under a decade and has developed comedy shows, worked and toured as a performer, and helped launch [...]
Joe Bill is Bringing The Power to LMA!
18
Jun
Joe Bill is Bringing The Power to LMA! Mr. Joe Bill is will be at LMA Sydney for one night only to run his world famous Power Improv Scenes Workshop The focus of this workshop is how to play improv Scenes in any context, but specifically Long Form and Narrative, from a place of strength. We’ll play [...]
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Kristin Hensley: Business Improv Training is Invaluable
26
Apr
Kristin Hensley: Business Improv Training is Invaluable The lovely Kristin Hensley recently came over from Los Angeles to facilitate some workshops and corporate training sessions with LMA. Here she shares a few thoughts on why improv business training is vital for innovation and teamwork, and how saying "Yes, and..." and using Active Listening to support [...]
Hangin’ with Harold Workshop Notes
06
Apr
We had an awesome “Hangin’ with Harold” intensive workshop with Kristin Hensley (UCB, i.O., Second City, WestSide Comedy Theater). These are the notes from the class which will be of value to anyone currently performing – or learning to perform – Harolds at LMA or elsewhere.
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David Tieck Joins the LMA Roster
17
Mar
David Tieck Joins the LMA Roster LMA is excited to welcome David Tieck to the roster of Australian Teachers. Some of you may recognise him from our recent Improvoir Show at The Belvoir St. Theatre where he not only performed, but also coached our Student House Team. His experience is vast, with training from all [...]
An Interview with LMA Instructor David Evans
09
Feb
An Interview with LMA Instructor David Evans David Evans Talks Improv... and Other Things. LMA wouldn't be where it is today without the heart, enthusiasm, and playful spirit of Mr. David Evans. Dave was instrumental in helping LMA Sydney move from holding periodic weekend workshops to regular ongoing classes and for those of you who've had the [...]
Sophie Long Joins the LMA Roster
06
Jan
Chicago's loss is Austraia's gain! Laugh-Masters Academy is super excited to announce the addition of Sophie Long to our roster of Australian based Instructors. Sophie is an Performer, Writer, Director, Teacher and Coach in stand-up, sketch comedy, musical comedy, and storytelling. She has recently returned home from Chicago - the "birthplace of improv comedy" - [...]
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Sketch Comedy SuperStarr Joins LMA!
15
Dec
LMA is thrilled to welcome Sketch Comedy legend Tony Starr to the roster. Tony has recently relocated to Sydney from L.A. and boy has he hit the ground running. In under a year he has already developed, co-wrote and performed in the Show Giddyup Garfunkle at the Sydney Fringe Festival and regularly performs around town. We're extremely excited to have Tony [...]
Improv Master (and Superstar DJ) Andrew Wowk Joins the LMA Roster
09
Dec
Improv Master (and Superstar DJ) Andrew Wowk Joins the LMA Roster Well, we know who is gonna DJ every single LMA party from now on: Mr. Andrew Wowk. Not only is Andrew a well known and respected performer in the Sydney Improv scene, he's also deft on the decks. You can check out some of his [...]
Pete Lead Joins the LMA Roster
23
Sep
Pete Lead Joins the LMA Roster Super exciting news today for all LMA students and alumni, Mr. Pete Lead has come on board and will be teaching our next Level 3 Improv Class in Sydney. If his smiling face is familiar, you may have seen him perform at one of our Gold Coin Comedy Nights. We [...]
The Hard Truth: Be Kind
08
Sep
The Hard Truth: Be Kind I frequently have performers ask me for the hard truth, the tough note. "Be brutal" they might ask, or "tell me like it is" or "I haven't got feedback on my work in a long time. Help!" or "People like my work, but I feel bored. What is wrong?!" It [...]
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Kristin Hensley Joins the LMA Roster
31
Jul
Kristin Hensley Joins the LMA Roster We are thrilled to welcome Kristin Hensley to LMA and look forward to having her down to run some of our very popular "Intro to Improv" weekend intensives, a special "on camera audition" workshop just for Actors, and her famous "How to Break into Hollywood" class. It's all coming your way, [...]
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