We constantly tell stories to ourselves and others in order to justify our actions, communicate our thoughts and make sense of our environment. Improvisers push this habbit to the limit by practising it collectively and in real time. It takes some skills to create a satisfying story spontaneously. Most of those skills we've been practising since birth. The presence, listening skills and playfulness required to improvise can be observed in a 4 years old. Most adults will need some form of training to recapture even a fraction of this authenticity.

Improvisers take their inspiration from others and found the material for a scene by acutely observing the “here and now” and using what is already there. The overall fluidity of a scene as to be favoured over the content. We learn to do this by playing games. Failing is a big part of the process. Forgiveness for our own and other people failures is the first step on the road to success.