One of Sydney’s more prolific producers of improv comedy, this episode we chat with John Knowles about IMPROZAC, the 1990s show he created with Adam Gelin. John and I have been trying to make this happen for almost a year now, and I think it’s turned out as a pretty good tribute to the show and the concepts and mechanics behind it. Aside from the hour spent on IMPROZAC, we also make passing reference to Scared Scriptless, chain saws, the Harold Park Hotel and flower arranging.
Episode9.mp3 (80.2 MB, 1h 10m 54s)
Recorded on 26th November 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 20th May 2010.
A rather short part 2 of our interview with Cale Bain. Enjoy.
Episode4.mp3 (12 MB)
Recorded 29th 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 29th 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 22nd 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 22nd January 2010.
