“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence in between.”

Discover what happens when we dial down the spoken words in our improvisation. Everything else becomes so important - subtle changes in body language, gestures and facial expression speak volumes; non-verbal sounds and noises define a character or say the unspeakable; music, sound effects and other background noises become foreground; and the words we do say mean so much more.

In this playful workshop we will explore creating scenes using relatively little spoken words and dialogue. Some of the work we do will be subtle and delicate, some intense and dramatic, and of course some very silly!

About Rebecca

Rebecca has been teaching for over twenty years and has been learning and performing improv since before then. She takes inspiration from a huge range of schools, teachers and other influences stateside and in the UK. She’s active in developing an improv community in Stroud, where she lives, as well as in collaboration with the Bristol Improv Theatre.

She coaches groups and individual improvisers and is one of the teaching team at AndAlso. 2024 saw her teach at the Robin Hood International Improv Festival and Birmingham Improv Festival. She’s a co-founder of the Maydays and also performs with Closer Each Day - the improvised soap, Impromptu Shakespeare, No Expectations - the Improvised Dickens Show, La Wronge, The Library of Forgotten Books & The Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes. Rebecca is a nurturing and supportive teacher with a playful sparkle, and loves to help improvisers and teams to discover their improv super powers, and lean into and take joy from them.

"Rebecca holds space for improv lightly, brightly, with great expertise and skill, versatility and naturally a ready humour." - Stroud class regular.