Story Robot

The Radiolab podcast is one of the best arguments for the existence of ears. Just listened to a great episode about games which got me thinking about improv in a whole bunch of ways.

My favourite bit was the section on chess which describes The Book, and The Novelty.

The Book: The conventional wisdom of the correct move to make in any situation (the no-brainer moves).

I have to say, I’ve seen (and probably performed in) entire improv shows performed entirely within the Book (you know the scenes where you can predict exactly how its going to play out after the first couple of offers [the blind date scene, the submarine scene etc]). I think it is incumbent on us force each other (and ourselves) into the Novelty as quickly and as boldly as possible.

So, I’m finally back in Christchurch, and have recovered from jet lag.  Looking forward to getting back into things.

Sorry folks.  I’m moving back to NZ at the end of the month.  So in addition to preparing for that I’m trying to finish my other non-improv comic while I’m still in the same country as the artist.

I’ll start posting again next week.