Impropodden Hjalmar Hardestam

Lis Rosenqvist har främst arbetat med långform och genreimpro, som Shakespeare, Selma Lagerlöf, Roy Andersson. För närvarande spelar hon i Norénensemblen i Stockholm och i en duo med Jesper Eriksson. Hjärtat klappar extra för dramatisk och  även abstrakt, rörelsebaserad improvisation. Sedan barndomen har Lis en grav synnedsättning, både en utmaning och tillgång på improscenen.



Vi pratar om vikten av att vara alert, om scen-ego och det kan vara en mardröm att stå på scenen. Om att gå in som ett tomt blad eller med en färdig idé, om att reagera istället för agera och att hellre repa än att spela föreställning. Dessutom pratar vi om ekolod, spända muskler och argentisk tango.

Johanna Mohs har jobbat som skådespelare i 25 år, varav 15 år i London. Hon blev förälskad i impro 2018 då hon fick anställning som producent på Improvisationsstudion i Stockholm. Numera är hon även improlärare och är med i föreställningen TOP DOG Improv med Improvisationsstudions houseteam. Hon frilansar fortfarande som skådis och försöker klämma in TV-reklam- och voice over jobb när hon kan.



Vi pratar om skådespeleri, känsla, emotion och karaktärsarbete. Typologier, att vara öppen för att lära nytt och att göra det på riktigt riktigt. Dessutom pratar vi om Top Dog, laget före jaget samt när man ska spendera eller tjäna impropengar.

Brendon Clark is an American-Danish improvisor playing regularly on the Stockholm scene. He currently plays in DuoDuo and a new project iHINT. His seven years of improv began through International Theater Stockholm's expat community, playing in the IT'S house team Gaslit and later The Mighty Improv, as well as the Swedish group Måndagsbarn. Brendon also explores performance and improvisation in his work as a teacher and researcher in design.



Me and Brendon are talking about design thinking and emerging opportunities, Erving Goffman and how everyday life can be seen as a stage. We are talking about to discover rather than invent, that ideas often are a reaction to the dominant and that you learn the way you are taught. We are also talking about improv at the university, how Brendon would have structured hos own improv school and that it is in the between that things happens.

Rob Norman is a Canadian Improviser. He's the author of Improvising Now, as well as an instructor and director at the Second City Toronto. In addition to producing The Backline weekly podcast, Rob is a Canadian Screen Award winner for his performance on CityTV’s Sunnyside.

In this shorter episode me and Rob talks about Improv history, building bridges over the sea and Del Close, David Shepard and Kieth Johnston. We talk about why Rob does improv, fear and hobbies. We are also talking about rollercoasters, flipping hamburgers and to have a little chat with God.

Alex is an award winning comic, writer, and improviser, and headteacher at The Free Association theatre in London. Alex has been improvising for over a decade and has been with The FA since its inception in 2014, first as a member of the inaugural house team The Cartel before becoming a teacher and then later joining a host of other FA shows. You can currently see him in Saturday night show This Doesn't Leave The Room as well as the monthly Groundhog and Friends.

Alex is an award winning comic, writer, and improviser, and headteacher at The Free Association theatre in London. Alex has been improvising for over a decade. You can currently see him in Saturday night show This Doesn't Leave The Room as well as the monthly Groundhog and Friends.

Gareth is an improviser from Dublin, Ireland and is a performer and teacher at The Free Association in London. He can be seen playing on the headline show "JACUZII" and the house Harold team "NANA". Gareth is also the creator of "Fabled: The Improvised Fantasy Adventure".

Gareth and I talk about what to do when the scene "runs out", to be open for epiphanys and the importnace of keeping practicing. We talk about being the best Voice Of Reason that you possible can, innovate don't create and the reason why we have formats. We also talk about shooting sideways, lillypads and the reincorporation Island.