112 episodes
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast Liverpool Comedy Improv, Iain Luke Jones
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4.8 • 25 Ratings
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Liverpool Comedy Improv is an ever growing community of improvisers that span the globe. Every member of the community brings so much to improv and every player is unique in their own way.
This podcast series gives our host Iain Luke Jones the opportunity to delve deep into all things improv and life with a guests from the LCI community and beyond. We want to know how people got into improv? The impact it has had on their life? & What struggles they have had to overcome inside and outside of improv? & away from improv what is their life journey. We want to learn all about the high’s and low’s of each guest’s life and find out what really makes them tick. What is their improv style? What impact has improv had on their life? & What does their improv future hold? We give each guest a platform to tell their story and give you the listener a chance to hear ordinary people telling us about their extraordinary lives.
This podcast is the true story of making make stuff up.
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Chris Pope
This week we welcome LCI newcomer Chris Pope to the show!
Chris and Iain have a good old natter about Chris' journey into improv and about how this new found passion is postiviely impacting his life in a multitude of ways.
It's an informative and fun chat that we know you are going to love, so sit back, relax and enoy hearing all about Chris' true story about making stuff up. -
22 Hours in A&E
This week Iain Luke Jones talks a little bity about his recent experience at the wonderful Liverpool Improvisation Festival, but he mostly just talks about his recent illness which came to a head with a shockinglt long wait in A&E. Fortunately he will be fine and he wanted to use this show as a bit of an outlet to talk about his experience. Thank you for those that choose to listen. Normal programming will return in a couple of weeks.
So now it's time to sit back, relax and find out all about what exactly has been making Iain cough his guts up for the last few months. -
Su Jackson
This week we are delighted to welcome Su Jackson to the show. Su and Iain have a wonderful chat about improv which then goes down many a rabbit hole into topics such as Su's work as a drama therapist and the state of the british education sytem to name but a couple.
It's a great chat that we know you are going to love, so sit back, relax and enjoy Su's true story about making stuff up. -
Dan Ayache
This week we welcome Dan Ayache to the show. Dan has been lucky enough to discover improv at a young age and he has so many exciting times ahead of him. Find out how improv has helped him to develop in many areas of his life and how it is helping him to carve a path forward in his life.
Iain has been there from the beginning of Dan's improv journey and it's great to hear these two chatting away about something they are both so passionate about.
So what are you waiting for? It's time to sit back, relax and find out all about Dan's true story of making stuff up. -
Improv Room 101 with Michael Ananins
This week we are excitied to share our first 'Improv Room 101' episode with you! Michael Ananins is the first two try and persuade our host Iain Luke Jones which three improv related things should be locked in room 101 never to be seen again.
It is a really fun chat that we know you are going to love! So sit back, relax and enjoy this fun new feature. -
A-Z of Improv - The Letter G
This week we return to our A-Z of Improv series and are delighted to welcome Sekki, Dave and Stu from the Oickers to discuss all the the letter G with our host and fellow Oicker Iain Luke Jones.
This is a really fun chat that is full of fruity Oicker fun, so sit back and relax as we delve into or improv A-Z once more.
Customer Reviews
Always a great listen!
I love this show! They make it so entertaining, even when I have no interest in the stuff they are reviewing! Thanks for nudging me to new content!
Genuine, interesting and warming
It’s a wonderful chat about why people do improv but weaved in with their life stories and anecdotes. It has wonderfully genuine and unassuming guests with inspiring, funny, surprising and insightful lives. It’s a real champion of how everyone is interesting if you take time to listen to them talk about their lives. And Iain’s gentle and friendly interview style is perfect. Recommended!
Niche, self-referential and uninspired
I recently started listening to this podcast, wanting to both support a show that came out of Liverpool and something that discusses a hobby I've had for many years, improv.
I am sad to say that this was a very rough listen. The show is not so much about improv as it is about the host stroking his own ego and talking about moments from improv classes that very few people will have witnessed. The amount of self-referencing is staggering. I thought this was going to be an improv podcast, which is already quite niche but then they take it to another level and make it all about Liverpool Comedy Improv, limiting their audience to just friends and family of the guests (and the guests themselves, those who will actually listen back to what they said). It makes it quite culty, a reputation improv is already struggling enough with as it is. The host also does most of the talking, going into great detail about quite mundane stories from his life rather than asking engaging questions and getting some more interesting discussions going about improv and comedy beyond Liverpool Comedy Improv.
While the show does not feature any improv elements it does give some hints at how bad the host must be at improv. Iain Luke Jones has admitted that in scenes he will wait for an opportunity to use his puns, meaning he is not listening and is not present in the scenes. He has lists of puns memorised to bring into scenes, so he is bringing in pre-written material to an artform that prides itself on being spontaneous and in the moment. If he is going to be in a troupe and perform on stage he will need to be able to master the basics, e.g. listening and collaborating, not making it about him being ’funny’ by bringing in puns. (Judging by the amount of references to, and guests coming out of his troupe 'The Oykers (spelling?) it sounds like they're quite excited about getting on stage.)
As for Iain Luke Jones as an interviewer, it really is not a good interview technique to start so many questions in a row with the word 'so' or 'and'. The 'yeah' and ’ah, okay’ interjections are also quite irksome. I would expect more from a teacher. Some lessons in editing may also be needed. There are a lot of silences as people try to think of an answer. This could be edited out, as could long-winded rants that have nothing to do with the questions asked. It is better to make the interviews longer and edit them down to 45 minutes than to leave it all in.
There is a lot of talk about the founder of Liverpool Comedy Improv in each episode but she has yet to make an appearance on the podcast. It would also be interesting to hear from guests who have only a very loose (if any) connection to Liverpool Comedy Improv, to really get some good conversations going about improv. Lastly, do we really need yet another white male doing a podcast? Just putting it out there.