#115 Blood harmony
Sisters. LA. Rhubarb. Design. Pirates. Ice-cream.
#114 Absolutely spanking
Sore. Poor. Deplore. Score. Paw.
#113 Weightless
Issue #113 Weightless 8th May 2024 Hello. I’m not sure if this is against the rules* but today is my mum’s birthday and it’s a special one. (one with a 0 at...
#112 The titter, the yowl, the belly laugh & the boffo
Issue #112 The titter, the yowl, the belly laugh & the boffo 1st May 2024 Hello, all. It’s been a quiet week for me. Pottering about the house. Never quite...
#111 Cos-play the executive
Competition. Armageddon. Politics. Bards.
#110 Often accompanied by cellos
Munich. Masterclass. Melody. Marilyn. Mockumentary.
#109 Dismantle communism through power ballads
Shortform. Tea. Rock. Kicking. Jim.
#108 The songs the sirens sang
Beautiful UIs. Guns. Libraries. Harmony.
#107 Contemporary laconic
Mushrooms. Balance. Swayze. Super computers.
#106 Digital labours
Batteries. Fairies. Amphibians. Jockeys.
#105 Poignancy relief
Electricity. Mockumentary. Belting. Desire paths.
#104 Hammer nails into the art
Loss. Yoko. Revolution. Cookies.
#103 Leisurewear
Pyjamas. King Arthur. Daydreams. Flow. Opportunity.
#102 Dyed-in-the-wool
Festivity. Brevity. Butchery. Profundity. Vinny.
#101 Pint-sized badassery
Love. Magic. Spies. Nails. Vinny.
#100 Pieces of improv wisdom
100 pieces of improv wisdom from 100 different improvisers.
#99 Feels more like talking to a nice person
Issue #99 Feels more like talking to a nice person 31st January 2024 Where did January go? It's incredible to me that we're already a twelfth of the way...
#98 Astonishingly beautiful but so weird
Issue #98 Astonishingly beautiful but so weird 24th January 2024 Hello, wonderful person! Hope your day is going well? Welcome to my newsletter. And it falls...
#97 A panoply of wonderful nerds
Issue #97 A panoply of wonderful nerds 17th January 2024 Hello. What a lovely day for a newsletter. Getting back into the swing of it this week with multiple...
#96 Moves and shouts and throws bananas
Issue #96 Moves and shouts and throws bananas 10th January 2024 Welcome, everyone. So, I don't know what happened but I've suddenly got about 100 new...
#95 Inadvertently torpedoing my livelihood
Issue #95 Inadvertently torpedoing my livelihood 3rd January 2024 Happy New Ears! I hope you all had a lovely end to 2023. I've finally moved into my new...
#94 Chris Mead's 2023
Issue #94 Chris Mead's 2023 27th December 2023 Happy Twixtmas everyone! Whatever your relationship to this mad limbo on the cusp of the new year, I wish you...
#93 Power and agency
Issue #93 Power and agency 20th December 2023 Hello. Twas the mail before ChristmasAnd all through the textHalf the readers were thinkingWhat will he write...
#92 *Checks notes*
Issue #92 *Checks notes* 13th December 2023 Hey there! Thanks for reading my newsletter. Nothing much to report this week. All my classes are ending for the...
#91 Whimsy and jangles
Issue #91 Whimsy and jangles 6th December 2023 We have to stop meeting like this. Hello, everyone. Welcome to issue 91 of Improv Fables - the newsletter...
#90 No bodies? Perfect!
Issue #90 No bodies? Perfect! 29th November 2023 Hello. After a week of staying at home and feeling sorry for myself, this week has been a flurry of classes,...
#89 Succinct edition
Issue #89 Succinct edition 22nd November 2023 Hey gang. I'm still ill. So welcome to another succinct edition of the newsletter. Take care out there. Make...
#88 Nerve-jangling joy
Issue #88 Nerve-jangling joy 15th November 2023 Hope this finds you well? It's me. Chris Mead. I am under the weather presently. Not super sick but run down...
#87 Geometric ubiquity
Issue #87 Geometric ubiquity 8th November 2023 It's been quite the week. Professionally: It's a time of new beginnings. I taught a workshop with the...
#86 Head to toe silver makeup
Issue #86 Head to toe silver makeup 1st November 2023 Hi, everyone. And let me be one of the first to wish you a lovely November. I had a surprise this week...
#85 RED HOT content
Issue #85 RED HOT content 25th October 2023 This is it, folks. The moment you've all been waiting for, the very reason (probably) that you signed up to this...
#84 Ever so hopeful
Issue #84 Ever so hopeful 18th October 2023 Hi, everyone. Thank you so much for the incredible response to last week's newsletter. I was so grateful to all...
#83 Secretly struggling
Issue #83 Secretly struggling 11th October 2023 Hello, friends. And thank you to all my wonderful new subscribers. Welcome to the newsletter. This is the bit...
#82 Genius goofballs
Issue #82 Genius goofballs 4th October 2023 Hello, fabulists. Greetings from the wasteland of books, clothes, comics, USB cables, cardboard boxes and hand-...
#81 Sitting in mime stew
Issue #81 Sitting in mime stew 27th September 2023 Hello, team. At last, I shake the dust from my travelling shoes and hang them up on a little peg in the...
#80 Magical adventurers
Issue #80 Magical adventurers 20th September 2023 Greetings from Norway! By the gods of improv, are you ever at home? No. No, I am not. I'm writing this in...
#79 Intellectually impressive and entirely unhinged
Issue #79 Intellectually impressive and entirely unhinged 13th September 2023 Oh hello there! I have returned from camp - mud-streaked, insect-bitten and...
#78 Breathless & inspired
Issue #78 Breathless & inspired 6th September 2023 Greetings from Canada. I'm currently visiting the incredible Vinny François before heading west to Toronto...
#77 Yes, And! instead of Cowabunga!
Issue #77 Yes, And! instead of Cowabunga! 30th August 2023 The improv tour has begun. I am writing this missive in Germany just a few scant hours before my...
#76 A spirited OH!
Issue #76 A spirited OH! 23rd August 2023 Hey there, crazy funsters! I’ve had a smashing week. And I mean that literally because yesterday I put my arm...
#75 Soft furnishings
Issue #75 Soft furnishings 16th August 2023 Morning all! So how's the decluttering going? Let me answer that question with a photo. Still technically tidying...
#74 Mad Max in an ice-cream van
Issue #74 Mad Max in an ice-cream van 9th August 2023 Hello. Hope you're all having fun? Not much to share this week. I'm still decluttering my house. I...
#73 Like a pom-pom
Issue #73 Like a pom-pom 2nd August 2023 Ah, August in Britain. Radio and I went out for a run this morning and got ABSOLUTELY DRENCHED one moment and then...
#72 The state of modernity
Issue #72 The state of modernity 26th July 2023 Hello. I am a year older. It feels nice. I've just spent the last few days working with my BFF Katy Schutte...
#71 Staff training
Issue #71 Staff training 19th July 2023 Hi there. A slightly shorter newsletter this week. I'm in Poland on a retreat with other improvisers, from all over...
#70 Grudging respect
Issue #70 Grudging respect 12th July 2023 Hello, team. Hope you're having a good week? I'm just back from a five mile run with Radio. It was all a bit much...
#69 Sleepy little town
Issue #69 Sleepy little town 5th July 2023 Happy July everyone! I've had a great week - working again with the team at OM Studios to introduce the tenets of...
#68 Wring-world right foot rock
Issue #68 Wring-world right foot rock 28th June 2023 Keep your seats, everyone! This week, in the wonderful Improv Discussion and Resources Facebook group,...
#67 Honey-gooey
Issue #67 Honey-gooey 21st June 2023 Hello. I hope this email finds you well? I was meant to be in Amsterdam this week but had to cancel due to a pressing...
#66 Singsong ding dong
Issue #66 Singsong ding dong 14th June 2023 Hello, marvellous reader. Chris Mead here, your intrepid globe trotting improv buddy, back from Carrara, Italy...