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Katy Schutte's gubbins, September 2018.





London Horror Festival and More
See below for shows, improv classes and um, other stuff.You'll only get one email per month with blogs, podcasts and show news and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Shows:
Project2: FA & Lates
We'll be at The Free Association on 8th September. Come hang.Late at night after our classes finish, me and Chris Mead do an experimental science fiction improv show at Hoopla. Catch us on Wednesday nights at 10pm from 26th September - 31st October (not 17th). Un-ticketed; just rock up.
Let's Summon Demons
This is a brand new semi-immersive folk horror play. Join our coven for one night to encounter comedy, folk horror and - perhaps - some demons.Stroud Theatre Festival 14th & 15th SeptemberLondon Horror Festival 25th & 26th October
Schutte the Unromantic
My award-nominated, five-star stand up storytelling show is coming to Stroud Theatre Festival. This is the true story of me trying to find love despite freezing up at chocolates, serenades and thoughtful surprises. Stroud Theatre Festival 14th - 16th September
Project2: Thirteen Cycles
Rosemary Branch 13th - 29th November
THIRTEEN projection-mapped, underscored, improvised science fiction shows in November! Live underscoring by Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly) and cutting edge interactive visuals.
Improv Classes
The Maydays
Improv Retreat 19th - 23rd September
For the eleventh year, you can come and join the Maydays at our countryside improv retreat in Dorset. Five days of classes, shows, jams and living in a big house together!
My Hoopla autumn courses have SOLD OUT. You snooze, you lose.
Two Person Improvisation
Saturday 17th November
Techniques for rehearsing and performing two-person improvisation; how can you move fluidly from one scene to another, how do you hold more than two characters in one scene, what can you do with object and environment and what is your show's dynamic?
Slow Burn Improvisation
Saturday 24th November
Learn how to pick up on subtle cues from your co-performer, from their physicality, their tone and chosen words to find and play with subtext. Create realistic and truthful moments with depth and subtlety.
Improv Wherever You Are
The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook
I'm sure you have it by now, but just in case... I've written an improv book - published by Nick Hern Books.You can get a copy of the book here (at a special discounted price), or if you live somewhere far away, you can get a copy on Amazon (digital or tree).
Here's me chatting to Stuart Moses about the book and other things on the
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Improv Blog
Because I do too much improv, I write a blog about it. Subscribe to the
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Recent articles include:
You can also listen to episodes of the improvised podcast Destination.
Other Gubbins:

Corporate Improv
I work with Hoopla Business and The Maydays delivering presentations, breakout and team building sessions using the tools of improvisation. Companies that I've worked with recently include Facebook, IBM and Samsung. If you'd like to know more about what we could do for your company,
Thanks for reading!