The Improv Chronicle Podcast about Improv comedy and theatre

The improv podcast that reaches around the world

What is The Improv Chronicle Podcast?

If you love improv then treat your ears to a podcast about improv every two weeks. Lloydie speaks to people about issues in improv be they operational, social or artistic. With a wide variety of voices from across the world, this improv podcast has nuggets of gold for new improvisers and seasoned pros alike. With a global reach, this podcast made in Nottingham, England reaches around the world to get diverse views on an art form that generates passion and fosters the creative talent of the future.

About the host

Lloydie has been improvising in Nottingham, UK and around the world for over ten years. When he first started exploring long-form improv he was the only person in the Midlands doing so. Now the scene in that part of the UK has expanded greatly. Lloydie is the founder of Nottingham’s Rhymes Improv and its musical team Rhymes Against Humanity. Outside of Nottingham, Lloydie is a performer with award winning group The Maydays who perform in Brighton, London and around the world at festivals.

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Improv and Gardening, or The Joy of Planting Seeds
Improv and Gardening, or The Joy of Planting Seeds

When we get on stage to do improv, we say we get on stage with nothing… But that’s not strictly true. We each bring with us our own cute, little tin of experience-seeds. The audience then give us a suggestion. This is our soil – our dirt – the nutrient-rich foundation in which we’re going to grow our garden

The strangest year for improv
The strangest year for improv

For entire improv groups who have been performing in the same room together for years, it has been a hard shift. Some groups have done online shows, some groups have paused entirely. When this is “all over” (whatever that means now?) it is going to be interesting to see how improv builds back

Outside influences on your improv
Outside influences on your improv

It’s surely impossible not to draw on your real life in some way when you improvise. Everything you have ever experienced is at your disposal when you play characters on stage. You might not ever know what experience or part of your life your brain might be drawing from, but your entire life is at your brain’s disposal when you take to the stage to make up a show.