Get to grips with Shakespeare in a very different way – by making it up! Impromptu Shakespeare teach a variety of workshops and courses for a diverse range of audiences: improvisers, children, students, actors and those who simply have a love of Shakespeare's work and an interest in exploring  it from the inside out.

Using style, character and language techniques and exercises created from our 5 years of developing and performing improvised Shakespeare, participants understand the works more fully, and are able to create the scenes Shakespeare never wrote and uncover their inner Bard. The experience encompasses gravitas and beauty, gentle irreverence and hilarity.

We can tailor something specific for you whether you are an improviser, an educator, run a theatre company or even just looking for a really different experiential idea for a party. Get in touch and let us know what the occasion is!

Upcoming courses, workshops and jams:

Shakespeare's My Jam
November 27th 2020, 8pm-9.30pm GMT (online)
The cast of Impromptu Shakespeare invite you to an irreverent Bard-based online jam* of extemporised fun. Enjoy a guided warm-up and then play lots of scenes inspired by the works of the great Willy Shakes.
Expect language tomfoolery, insults and proclamations of love, as well as fairies, lovers, royals...and maybe a bit with a dog.
Open to all folks over the age of 18, and of all improv abilities. 
This event is FREE but you must reserve your ticket via this link as places are limited.

*This is a private event, jamming with, and performing to each other. The event isn't recorded or live-streamed.

Online Workshops

Improvising Shakespeare, Love and Intimacy
With Lucy Fennell
Sunday 6th Dec, 12-2pm GMT
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Improvising Shakespeare and Status: Who Wears The Crown?
With Rosy Fordham
Wednesday 9th Dec, 7-9pm GMT
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Improvising Shakespeare's Characters: Multi-roling Mirth!
With Octavia Gilmore
Sunday 13th Dec, 2-4pm GMT
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Improvising Shakespeare: Making Shakespeare's Language Your Own
With Jen Rowe
Wednesday 16th Dec, 7-9pm GMT
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Workshop tickets are £20 standard price, with a number of lower priced tickets at £5 available. These are intended to make this event more accessible to members of under-represented and under-privileged groups.