Teaching Improv

Name: Teaching Improv
Start: 2027-01-18T19:00:00.000Z
End: 2027-02-15T21:30:00.000Z
Location: Zoom

Next class:

Monday18 January19:00

Zoom

1/4
Monday18 January19:00 – 21:30
2/4
Saturday6 February10:30 – 16:30
3/4
Sunday7 February10:30 – 16:30
4/4
Monday15 February19:00 – 21:30

Class description

You’ve put in the hours. You’ve been to courses, read books, listened to podcasts, run jams and played, played, played. And you feel like you want to give something back. So, how do you take the next step and start to teach? What do you want to say? How do you structure a class? What should always be there, and what depends on the topic? And how on earth do you describe an exercise clearly?

In this hybrid on and offline class, you will be given an introduction to the core skills of teaching improvisation and opportunities to share your experiences. You will also have the opportunity to reflect on your own improvisation to know what kind of teacher you want to be.

Syllabus includes:

You, as an improviser and teacher: what do you want and what do you have to offer?

Why, how and what: Briefing an exercise

What professionalism means: Holding a room, giving instructions and notes

Holding boundaries and having difficult conversations

One thing after another: the joy and limits of planning

Come to my class: writing copy

This class is a hybrid, composed of an introductory online session on Monday 18th of January 19:00-21:30, a weekend in Brighton on Saturday 6th & 7th February from 10:30-16:30 each day in the Grania Dean Studio, ACT, Brighton, and a final online session on the 15th of February 19:00-21:30.

Class will have a maximum of 10 participants.

This class has three prices: one aimed at new teachers, one for people wishing to level up their current practice and one if this course is being paid for by an organisation. You can also treat these prices as concessions/general/donation prices.

Course Policies

Teachers

Jules Munns

Jules is an experienced improviser, director, and facilitator who combines deep expertise in longform improv with a passion for creative team development. He began improvising at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and went on to co-found The Nursery, where he served as Artistic Director for over a decade. In that role, Jules ran both the theatre and the company’s house teams, as well as designing and delivering corporate training programmes. He also co-created Slapdash, London’s first international improv festival. Jules continues to perform with The Maydays, including their acclaimed touring show Happily Never After, and was the director of the original run of Impromptu Shakespeare. As a teacher and coach, Jules specialises in scenework, team dynamics, and classic longform structures such as the Harold, Deconstruction, and Armando. His facilitation style is experimental and boundary-pushing, encouraging participants to explore new possibilities and challenge their creative limits. Favourite improv moment: Watching a group of first-time improvisers spontaneously discover a shared rhythm that carried a scene to an unexpected and powerful conclusion.