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Improv Skills Workshops
We all improvise every day. At work, school and social situations, we need to think on our feet. Learning and refining improv skills builds confidence and brings more play into your days.
If you need a weekly break from adulting, these workshops are for you!
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Start Me Up – Level 1 & 2 • THURSDAYS • January 11 – to February 29, 2024
Start Me Up – Level 1 & 2
Experience the fun of improvising. This workshop is for first timers or for refreshing the essential building blocks of improv. It’s all about jumping in and having fun. In this 8-week session, you’ll explore the basics of improvisation through games in our safe, supportive and welcoming classes. Give yourself the gift of laughter, energy and confidence with the bonus of an Improv family of friends for life. Start Me Up (SMU) offers fresh content and learning in every session.
Please indicate if you want Level 1 or 2.
Dates and Times:
• Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT
• January 11 – to February 29, 2024
• Max. 16 students per class
• Age 18+
Location:
• St. James United Church, 221 Romaine Street, Peterborough K9J 2C3
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Cost: $200
Registration is first come-first served.
Reserve your place with a payment of $200 by PayPal or e-transfer or drop us a line at klusterfork@gmail with questions.
Register for klusterfork’s Start Me Up – Level 1 & 2 improv classes
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Keep Me Up • THURSDAYS • January 11 – to February 29, 2024
Keep Me Up
For those with Improv experience, this 8-week session is the ideal workout space to strengthen scene work, long form, listening skills and confidence. As part of a small group of dedicated players you’ll get loads of time on your feet and upping your game through new tips and techniques. The more you play, the stronger you get, so sign up and come out for this safe and hilarious experience.
Prerequisite: Start Me Up Levels 1 and 2 (or equivalent experience) are required for this class.
Dates and Times:
• Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT
• January 11 – to February 29, 2024
• Max. 16 students per class
• Age 18+
Location:
• St. James United Church, 221 Romaine Street, Peterborough K9J 2C3
[Click for a map]
Cost: $200
Registration is first come-first served.
Reserve your place with a payment of $200 by PayPal or e-transfer or drop us a line at klusterfork@gmail with questions.
Register for klusterfork’s Keep Me Up improv classes
Please pay here if paying by PayPal
Keep Me Up • MONDAYS • January 8 – to March 4, 2024
Keep Me Up
For those with solid improv experience, this 8-week session is the ideal workout space to strengthen scene work, long form, narrative arcs and leading games. Students get loads of time on your feet and upping your game through new tips and techniques.
Prerequisite: This session is for advanced improv students only, so please contact us directly with improv experience at klusterfork@gmail.com.
Dates and Times:
• Mondays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT
• January 8 – to March 4, 2024 (No class on Family Day, February 19, 2024)
• Max. 16 students per class
• Age 18+
Location:
• St. James United Church, 221 Romaine Street, Peterborough K9J 2C3
[Click for a map]
Cost: $200
Registration is first come-first served.
Reserve your place with a payment of $200 by PayPal or e-transfer or drop us a line at klusterfork@gmail with questions.
Register for klusterfork’s Keep Me Up improv classes
Please pay here if paying by PayPal
Can’t make this session? Sign up for our waiting list.
klusterfork instructors are veteran improv performers, including Canadian Comedy Award winners and alumni of the renowned Second City Main Stage and touring companies.
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“Play it Forward” gift certificates now available!
Give the gift of funny to someone special!
Do you have someone who’s ‘seriously funny’ on your gift-giving list? Good news, gift certificates are now available for klusterfork’s In-person or Online Improv classes! Reserve their place at one of our upcoming workshops using the appropriate “Play it Forward” button below.
Questions? Drop us a line at klusterfork@gmail.
In-person Improv class gift certificate
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Looking for improv classes for teens and kids?
Check out Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts (PAPA) at www.lindakash.ca
Learning improv skills is fun, easy and can be done well online from the comfort of your own home.
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We bring
• Unique access to improv and stand-up comedians, actors, singers, voice and monologue coaches, writers, directors and casting agents.
• Courses designed for all skill levels.
• Online Zoom group classes available upon request. Gather your group on Zoom (minimum 6) and let the laughter begin!
Our instructors bring
• 10,000plus hours of professional industry experience and exceptional teaching skills.
• Practical, applicable techniques and sometimes homework between classes.
• A supportive, welcoming and encouraging learning environment.
You get UNIQUE ACCESS to the industry’s best talent sharing their wealth of skills and experience.
Beginner, intermediate and professional level courses available.
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DAVE PEARCE is a 3-time winner of the Canadian Comedy Award as part of Slap Happy Improv, with whom he performed across North America (and a couple stops in Europe). He’s padded out his traveling improv resume aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines as part of The Second City @ Sea. As a writer, Dave’s credits include George Stromboulopoulos Tonight (CBC), and Opie’s Home (TVO), Ollie The Boy Who Became What He Ate (CBC) and The Irrelevant Show (CBC Radio).
AVERY SALTZMAN is the Co-Artistic Director of Toronto’s Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, the largest not-for-profit professional theatre company in Canada that devotes itself to telling the Jewish story. As a performer for over 40 years, Avery has graced stages on Broadway and in London’s West End, in countless regional theatres across the US, and most theatres across Canada.
LINDA KASH is a familiar face to Canadians as the Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese angel and has an extensive career of credits in television and film including Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and the Fargo series opposite Ewan McGregor. She runs the Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts (PAPA), founded in 2007 with her late husband Paul O’Sullivan, teaching improv and acting skills to children, teens & adults.
ANTHONY Q. FARRELL has served as showrunner for THE PARKER ANDERSONS, AMELIA PARKER, and the BAFTA-winning CBBC series SECRET LIFE OF BOYS, which he also created. Currently Anthony is the Showrunner and Executive Producer of the sci-fi primetime comedy OVERLORD & THE UNDERWOODS. In the past, he has written for NBC’s THE OFFICE, Canada’s international hit LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE, and Nickelodeon’s THE THUNDERMANS. He is in active development on several other shows that he hopes to share in the near future. He lives in Toronto with his amazing family.
She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards, for Best Female Improviser (2002 & 2004) and Best Female TV Performance (for History Bites in 2002).
