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Jonathan Pitts (Second City, Founder Chicago Improv Festival) Workshops at LMA
30
Dec
Thousands of teenagers across the UK will have school lessons in mindfulness in an experiment designed to see if it can protect against mental illness.
Hello from LMA’s new Artistic Director, Mr. David Tieck,
18
Dec
David Tieck is LMA’s new Artistic Director and he is REALLY EXCITED about the COMMUNITY at LMA!
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Delicious Danny P Initiates a New Scene
15
Dec
It has been a long journey with LMA, firstly consulting to the school on creative matters, then kicking off the Melbourne School and ultimately moving to Sydney to take on the Artistic Director role.
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Justin Porter & Vidya Rajan Join the Roster
05
Sep
Justin Porter & Vidya Rajan Join the Roster Things are about to get super sketchy at LMA in Melbourne. We are extremely excited to welcome Justin and Vidya to the LMA family. They will kick things off in Melbourne with a Level 1 Sketch Comedy Writing Class - and you can register right now! Justin [...]
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Improvising With Hippos
06
Jul
Improvising With Hippos Nikki-Anne Wilson is a PhD student based at the Brain and Mind Centre at The University of Sydney. Her research examines how imagination contributes to social behaviour, specifically, whether the inability to imagine may explain the loss of social skills in dementia. She is also an LMA student, a wannabe improv star [...]
How Do You Get Better At Improv?
29
Jun
How Do You Get Better At Improv? Our guest blog this week comes from Andy Balloch, LMA Melbourne’s School Coordinator and Producer who has studied at iO Chicago and The Improv Conspiracy, where he now coaches Levels 1 - 3. Andy regularly performs in ‘Us Plus One', is a member of the Deconstruction Ensemble (Laugh Master’s [...]
Fast-thinking. Creativity. Bravery… and Improv.
22
Jun
Fast-thinking. Creativity. Bravery... and Improv. Guest Blog by Oliver Shawyer I recently returned from holidays, and in doing so, set myself an aggressive task of getting out and about to try new things. Things that both confronted me and reminded me of how much there is on offer when you actually put yourself out there. There's [...]
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On The Right Track
14
Jun
On The Right Track Carolyn Mullen is an LMA Student and an actor based in Sydney. Her passion for performing started at age 4. Since then she has studied at various schools including the Ensemble Studios under Zika Nester OAM, Actors Centre, NIDA, Theatre Sports and Macquarie University and has worked in theatre, film and [...]
Master and Apprentice Alike
03
Jun
Master and Apprentice Alike This post is by Dan Pavatich, LMA's Artistic Director I have been lucky enough to perform with some extremely funny and talented people, some of whom have been performing for decades, and others for only a matter of weeks. Such was the case last night at The Night Shift, when I had the [...]
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Finding Your Emotional Truth In Improv
18
May
Finding Your Emotional Truth In Improv May 18, 2017 Posted by: - LMA Staff Category: Guest Blog , No Comments Finding Your Emotional Truth In Improv An improv scene is a space where, by proxy, you are able to explore any real-life relationship or interaction you can conceive of, as well as the imaginary and [...]
How It Really Feels Stepping Into Your First Improv Class
12
May
How It Really Feels Stepping Into Your First Improv Class I am trying to summon back how it felt stepping into an LMA improv class first the first time. It would be easy now, knowing how I’ve come to love the class and the legends in it, to blur any recollection of apprehension on that [...]
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Finding The Funny
29
Apr
Finding The Funny Search for: Recent Posts The Last Laugh? When Will In-Person Classes Resume? Thursday Nights: All in and All out State of Play 2019 You Shaved My Legs! Eight Weeks with Laugh Masters Academy Recent CommentsWhat is improv comedy & theatre? - The Australian Improv Comedy Festival on What is Improv?- LMA on [...]
Fail Joyfully And Five Great Life Lessons from Improv
11
Apr
Fail Joyfully And Five Great Life Lessons from Improv This is a guest post from LMA Student Susan Zheng Failing should be celebrated. It means you are closer to your goals than you were if you hadn’t tried. In my very first improv class we were taught this through an imaginary ball toss. If you [...]
Josh Magee Joins the LMA Roster
28
Mar
Josh Magee Joins the LMA Roster LMA is thrilled to announce the addition of Josh Magee to our ever expanding roster of Teacher talent. Josh will begin teaching Improv Level 1 starting in Term 2, 2017. Josh has been active on the scene for many years and some of you may recognise him from his [...]
Ryan Karels (UCB NYC) Workshops at LMA
21
Mar
Ryan Karels (UCB NYC) Workshops at LMA LMA is thrilled to announce that Ryan Karels is coming from UCB New York to teach classes and workshops during Term 2, 2017. In addition to teaching our regular term Level 2 and 3 classes, Ryan will also be running multiple (and different) weekend workshops in both Sydney and [...]