Join me today and meet Emma Bird, the creator of Liverpool Comedy Improv, a leading improv teaching school. Emma founded, developed, performed, and directed three improv teams: BossBirds (current); The Unscriptables, and The Hee Ha’s.creator of Liverpool Improv Comedy. Emma is an improviser, teacher, and professional actor and director. She has been improvising since 2007. She was trained in improv by The Maydays (Brighton/London) and has been on training courses and workshops led by world-renowned improvisers: Rachel Mason & Susan Messing (Second City, Chicago); Rich & Rebecca Sohn (Annoyance Theatre, Chicago); Michael Gellman (Second City, Toronto), Shawn Kinley (Loose Moose Improv Theatre, Canada), Armando Diaz (iO, Chicago & Magnet Theatre NYC); Jaime Moyer, (Second City Hollywood and Westside Comedy LA) at Copenhagen International Improv Festival (Apr 2019)
As an actor, Emma has worked in theatres such as The National Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Norwich Playhouse. She was a regular character in BBC TV’s Casualty. She has worked with writers such as Jimmy McGovern and worked alongside Pete Postlethwaite, Frances de La Tour, David Morrissey, and co-starred in a feature film alongside Minnie Driver. Learn more about Emma Bird and the “Zoomprov” classes she offers at Liverpool Improv Comedy You can also connect with her online on social media at: https://www.facebook.com/liverpoolcomedyimprov/ https://www.facebook.com/BossBirdsImprov
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Interviews podcast‘ is introduced by Susan L. Parker of yourinternationalvoice.com