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#92 *Checks notes*
December 13, 2023
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
December 6, 2023
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!
November 29, 2023
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
November 22, 2023
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
November 15, 2023
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
November 8, 2023
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
November 1, 2023
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
October 25, 2023
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
October 19, 2023
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
October 11, 2023
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
October 4, 2023
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
September 27, 2023
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
September 20, 2023
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
September 13, 2023
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
September 6, 2023
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!
August 30, 2023
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!
August 23, 2023
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
August 16, 2023
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
August 9, 2023
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
August 2, 2023
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
July 26, 2023
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
July 19, 2023
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
July 12, 2023
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
July 5, 2023
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
June 28, 2023
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
June 21, 2023
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
June 14, 2023
Issue #66 Singsong ding dong 14th June 2023 Hello, marvellous reader. Chris Mead here, your intrepid globe trotting improv buddy, back from Carrara, Italy...
#65 Kind of speechless
June 7, 2023
Issue #65 Kind of speechless 7th June 2023 Warm greetings from the Surrey Hills. I hope this newsletter finds you well. I've had a rather emotional week,...
#64 Big wise eyes
May 31, 2023
Issue #64 Big wise eyes 31st May 2023 Hey everyone, So where did May go? My head's still spinning from the marvellous time I had in Vienna. But I hit the...
#63 Several minutes with a monkey
May 24, 2023
Issue #63 Several minutes with a monkey 24th May 2023 Greetings from Vienna! I've spent just under a week in this beautiful city and taught 21 hours of...
#62 Audio dopamine
May 17, 2023
Issue #62 Audio dopamine 17th May 2023 What up, home slices? Chris Mead here. I'm having a productive week - getting up early, running the trails with Radio,...
#61 One egg
May 10, 2023
Issue #61 One egg 10th May 2023 Hello, friend. Thanks for reading my newsletter. It's been a quiet week for me. I've watched all six Scream movies, voted,...
#60 (allegedly)
May 3, 2023
Issue #60 (allegedly) 3rd May 2023 Hello, friends. This week has been full of improv. Every week is pretty full of improv to be honest, but this one has been...
#59 A metric shit-tonne of falafel
April 26, 2023
Issue #59 A metric shit-tonne of falafel 26th April 2023 We must stop meeting like this! Chris Mead here. About to jet off to Tel Aviv for an intensive week...
#58 The Roys as an improv team
April 19, 2023
Issue #58 The Roys as an improv team 19th April 2023 Well, the years start comin' and they don't stop comin' as Shakespeare once famously wrote. The world...
#57 Modern generative sorcerer
April 12, 2023
Issue #57 Modern generative sorcerer 12th April 2023 Greetings, improv traveller. So what's going on with me? Thanks for asking. It's been a big week of...
#56 Boat-based arty misfit
April 5, 2023
Issue #56 Boat-based arty misfit 5th April 2023 Hello, treacle! When I was a teenager, I used to go to theatre camp and we would put on a musical in a week....
#55 Hyper-focussed specificity
March 29, 2023
Issue #55 Hyper-focussed specificity 29th March 2023 Hello. It's your friend, Chris Mead, here - writing this newsletter from Harlow, in the beautiful county...
#54 Close your eyes
March 22, 2023
Issue #54 Close your eyes 22nd March 2023 Happy Wednesday, friends! I'm travelling up to Birmingham this weekend to teach an extended version of my favourite...
#53 A whole, entire year
March 15, 2023
Issue #53 A whole, entire year 15th March 2023 Hello. I can't believe I'm writing this. It's Issue #53. Which means this newsletter has come out every week...
#52 I am so sick
March 8, 2023
Issue #52 I am so sick 8th March 2023 I am so sick. I fell afoul of some melting pot mega-bug created by too many improvisers being in the same place in...
#51 Wag-toting lick machine
March 1, 2023
Issue #51 Wag-toting lick machine 1st March 2023 Greetings from Amsterdam! IMPRO Amsterdam is in full swing and remains an utter delight. The festival has...
#50 User-focused
February 22, 2023
Issue #50 User-focused 22nd February 2023 How's it going? I'm having a lovely week. Yesterday, I was working with the brilliant Savvy Theatre, using improv...
#49 I am a sunbeam
February 15, 2023
Issue #49 I am a sunbeam 15th February 2023 Hey-o! Today, I am a sunbeam. I am racing, skipping, laughing, screaming across the skin of the world. I am pure...
#48 Curation & care
February 8, 2023
Issue #48 Curation & care 8th February 2023 Hi everyone. This past week, I’ve been hurled back into the exciting world of virtual reality improv. We’ve...
#47 Laughter & history
February 1, 2023
Issue #47 Laughter & history 1st February 2023 I'm writing this on the train home from a Hoopla night at The Miller pub where all three members of my family...
#46 Toy monkey friend
January 25, 2023
Issue #46 Toy monkey friend 25th January 2023 Hello, friends! It's cold here in the UK. And I mean bitterly cold. It's the kind of chill that seeps into your...
#45 Goosebumps
January 18, 2023
Issue #45 Goosebumps 18th January 2023 Hey gang! It's your host Chris Mead here, with another datablast of improv-adjacent fun. This week marked my return to...
#44 Satirically provocative
January 11, 2023
Issue #44 Satirically provocative 11th January 2023 And we're back in the room! 2023 is really a thing now, huh? Thanks to everyone that read my 2022 report...
#43 Chris Mead's 2022
January 4, 2023
Issue #43 Chris Mead's 2022 4th January 2023 Happy new year! I hope this missive finds you in good health and happiness. This is the first issue of the year...
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