Sometimes they Improvise Back
When I was a kid, my Mum told me not to read Stephen King, so – of course – I read loads. If you haven’t read his work, you probably know Carrie, Misery and IT. Did you know that Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and Stand by Me are all based on his stories too?
His style is rich, characterful, scary and exciting. Terrifying and ridiculous baddies meet coming-of-age stories and slow-burn character scenes. Come play smalltown cops, frustrated writers, clowns, vampires and er… killer trucks in this super fun, low-pressure class.
You don’t need to know the genre to come and play.
Saturday June 28 — 10:00 to 16:00 (1h lunch break)
€120 for the one-day workshop
Location: Theaterplatform Pickup Punt, NDSM-Plein 79, 1033 WC Amsterdam
This studio is on the ground floor with a doorstep.
Location
Katy Schutte
Katy Schutte has performed, directed and taught improvisation in thirty-something countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher at Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. Katy authored The Improviser’s Way: A Longform Workbook, published by Nick Hern Books.
Katy makes her own work including award-winning storytelling/stand-up show Schutte the Unromantic and acclaimed semi-immersive folk horror play Let’s Summon Demons. She is a contributing writer for Cards Against Humanity, was resident singer/songwriter on Sean and Robot’s Comedy Circuit podcast and co-creator/improviser for Dead British on Union Jack Radio. She is a writer, improv director and performer with XR creative studio FANDCO.
She was an artist in residence for The Arctic Circle Project in 2022 and penned cosmic horror play The Ice at the End of the World for a three-week run at Omnibus Theatre in 2024. Katy has won multiple awards for her screenplay Coming of (Middle) Age and web series pilot Sideliners.
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Program of your week
DURING THE DAY
10:00 – 16:00: workshop, including 1h lunch break.
Our friend and vegan chef Gabry will be cooking nice and cheap food for lunch, so go to the Treehouse Cantina if you want to have some!
DURING THE NIGHT
In the evening we will have social times, shows and dinners organised for this cosy edition.
Book your spots for the evenings you want to join, and feel the FOMO for the others if you don’t join it all!