The Backline The Sonar Network
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Canadian Comedy Award winners Rob Norman and Adam Cawley discuss weekly improv-based topics based on a theme.
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Chemistry
Sometimes you step onstage with someone and it just feels right. Other times … it’s confusing, turbulent, and awkward. What makes for good chemistry onstage? What can you do if you’re struggling to connect with your Harold team?
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Between the Schools
Years ago, if you grew up in an "improv town" you would train at a local improv school and and learn from local instructors. Unless you moved cities or frequented comedy festivals, you didn’t have a chance to learn a different style or technique.
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Your Partner is Cooking
What do you do when your parnter is COOKING, and you are clearly not? In this episode, Adam and Rob discuss how deal with a partner who seems to be dominating a scene and you feel stuck.
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Five Sweet Spots
In this episode, Rob and Adam discuss DEAFO - a new system for creating more dynamic, intersting stage pictures. Also on this episode, heightening through proximity, and intentionally throwing your scene off-kilter, and five sweet spots.
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Crazytown
Amongst the many terms improvisers have invented to describe a bad scene, "Crazytown" might be the most evocative. This week Rob and Adam discuss scenes that try to do too much, too soon - and how to prevent your scenes from going off the rails.
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SOS (Save Our Scene)
Rob and Adam discuss what to do when a scene fails, how to fail gracefully, and how to get a struggling scene back on track. Also on the episode: recent travels across the US, Rob's artistic residency in Sweden, the best pizza and an adult love of trains.
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