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Stories, tips, news, and behind-the-scenes goss from London’s home of improv.
FA News
Announcing Our Brand New Venue!
It’s real. It’s happening. The Free Association is getting a brand new home in the heart of London!
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Improv In Real Life
Improv & The Hormone-Fuelled Rollercoaster Of Potential Infertility
My time at the FA has taught me how to accept the unknown. Now, I see a daunting situation and rather than running from it, I get excited about it.
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Improv In Real Life
Improv & Third Place
The Free Association was a ‘Third Place’ for me in a time I needed it. Now I am inspired to cultivate a ‘Third Place’ for the next generation.
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Improv In Real Life
Improv, Pain & Invisible Conditions
“I started improv classes as a distraction from emotional pain. What I hadn’t expected, however, was that improv would also change my relationship with physical pain.”
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Improv & Grief
Improvisation has helped me stay in touch with the parts of myself that might have been lost to grief. It has encouraged joy and confidence, inspired life-changing decisions, and immersed me in a supportive community.
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Improv & Networking
How can the skills of improvisation help you step into the void, and navigate networking?
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Improv & Community
Improv is a primordial form of dialogue in which everyone can participate, even those who never dared speak to one another before.
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Improv & ADHD
Here are three very good reasons improv is great for people with ADHD, and three excellent reasons people with ADHD are amazing for improv.
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Improv & Sales
Discover why all sales people should sign up for an improv class...
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Improv In Real Life
Improv & Fine Art
Freeing ourselves from fear of judgment and from supposed ‘rules’ is the key to creating good scenes, and engaging with (and actually enjoying) discussions about art.
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