Hello international impro friends!
Well, it has happened!
My book has arrived.
I can't begin to describe the feelings. Excitement, nervousness, joy and fear.
Fear?
Yes fear.
Fear of the unknown.
Writing a book is like an impro scene.
We need to allow ourselves to be productively stupid again. To not know the answers and be delighted and curious by the questions. To get back into discovery and move away from delivery.
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Our emotional response to the note makes it negative or positive. If you are seeking validation and praise in notes then any note that doesn’t reward you, will be perceived as negative because it will rub your ego the wrong way. However, if you are listening to notes for information you will hear this note as that and be curious to learn more.
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Process rehearsals work in solving problems together as a team so notes are necessary as it is input of information to help understand if we solved the problems or we need to try new approaches.
End goal rehearsals work in identifying what you should and should not do in a very right and wrong mentality. It creates more individual and less team focus.
I’ve just had the wonderful experience of playing and directing the London 50 hour soap a thon. The theme was Western and the show called The Good, The Bad and The Fifty – a marvellous title.
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Children choosing their own outfit are wonderful to watch. Exploration, expression of individuality and choices. Choices made regardless of how people might respond because the response is not the objective, getting dressed is.
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