(WORKSHOP) Diablo Improv Festival: Randy Wight: Mechanics of Funny

About this show

Comedy and Improv. Presenter: Spontaneous Mind. Stand-up and improv may share the same goal, laughter, but they often take very different roads to get there. Stand-up plays with expectation, timing and the carefully constructed surprise. Improv relies on discovery, listening and building something together in the moment. The Mechanics of Funny: Where Stand-Up and Improv Meet explores what these two disciplines can teach each other. Through demonstrations, exercises and a little comic experimentation, performers will explore timing, absurdity, patterns, escalation and the difference between forcing a joke and recognizing when something funny has already happened. Come discover what happens when stand-up asks, “What’s funny about this?” and improv asks, “What’s interesting about this?” Sometimes, they’re asking the same question. The Mechanics of Funny is not about Stand-Up vs. Improv. It is about understanding the architecture they share, and becoming a more complete comic performer because of it. This Workshop Is For Intermediate and advanced improvisers, stand-up comedians interested in improvisation, and performers who work in both disciplines. No prepared stand-up material is required.. Spektrix web event ID: SPO-12627we3.