The importance of improvisation
Improvisation is by far one of the greatest ways in which a story can be created. Whether you happen to be devising a gritty drama set in the backstreets of Soho or is you just want to write a sketch about industrial compensation, in order to get an idea from being a simple thought into an actual performance of sorts, getting it up on it’s feet and improvising can lead to all sorts of amazing results. With comedy you can tap into the bizarre reaches of our brains and have something that tickles us in a sick, close to the bone, or just purely a weird and random way. With drama you can create characters that have their own voice and end up with a script that is – dare I say it – organic.
Actors shouldn’t shy away from improvisation as a tool. I am aware of some schools of acting – who shall remain nameless – that believe that improvisation is not an actor’s skill and isn’t necessary to their work and is therefore ignored. But when more and more companies across a lot of aspects of the industry are using improvisation in their projects why close yourself off to this way of working. If an actor was offered a job working on a project with Mike Leigh in which he was required to improvise would he turn around and say “sorry Mike I don’t do improvisation, it’s not apart of my method”? Actor’s struggle for work as it is and they have to have as many skills under their belts in order to keep working. Improvisation is and always should be one of those skills.
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