Improv Insider

Richard and Peter chat about long form (yet again…), the road from Keith to Del, going public with the great Sydney improv secret, touching upon a few of Richard’s previous improv projects, and chatting about Richard’s show A Night at the Improv and why he (at least) thinks its important. And that kind of stuff…

Episode7.mp3 (66 MB, 1hr 13m 22s)

Recorded indoors this time on 17^th August 2010, very late at night, with the odd drink slurp in the background, so kind of situation normal.

Our interview with Lisa Ricketts, a professional improvisor and one of Sydney’s favourite players, chatting about how to get cast in the Sydney scene (kind of), female improvisors, Explosive Minds, improv festivals, growing balls, and breaking into the U.S. You can visit Lisa’s blog at Improv Bootcamp.

Excuse the odd wind effect, I left my wind screen at home.

Episode6.mp3 (66 MB, 48mins)

Recorded 19^th June 2010.

Chicago and New York improvisor Ed Illades was visiting Sydney for a few months for personal reasons, so we dragged him into a series of workshops and an interview, chatting about Chicago, sketch vs improv, being in the moment, and short form vs long form.

We’ve also taken the leap to stereo and full length interviews, so the files are bigger, but still small enough to be downloadable. Use your pause button if want to hear it in smaller chunks.

Episode5.mp3 (71 MB)

Recorded 20^th May 2010.

A rather short part 2 of our interview with Cale Bain. Enjoy.

Episode4.mp3 (12 MB)

Recorded 29^th January 2010.

This is part 1 of our interview with Cale Bain, Sydney’s adopted Canadian improvisor, talking about the differences between Sydney, Canadian and Chicago improv. We’ve also switched to stereo, higher quality audio, and no avian sound effects. Enjoy.

Episode3.mp3 (44 MB)

Recorded 29^th January 2010.

Here’s part 2 of our interview with Peter Lead, continuing with Peter’s production history, and finally ending with a few production tips, the original point of the interview.

Episode2.mp3 (27 MB)

Recorded 22^nd January 2010.

Our first episode is part 1 of our interview with Peter Lead, which was going to be about producing your own improv show, the tricks and the traps, but instead turned into a history of Peter’s work and the Sydney improv scene.

Episode1.mp3 (14 MB)

Apologies for the embedded field recording, we did the interview in my backyard, due to this being the first house I’ve had which doesn’t have a quiet recording space. I should have checked that before buying.

Recorded 22^nd January 2010.

Improv Insider is a podcast covering the history and production of improv comedy shows in Sydney Australia. Sydney has a 30 year history of Theatresports improv, give or take the odd long form show, yet only now things are really starting to take off with new shows, new forms and new ideas.

Join us as we interview some of Sydney’s improv newbies and oldies, to find out what’s been happening over the last 30 years, and where we might be headed in the next few.