2016 Round-Up

It’s nice to have a round-up, we’ve all done so much more than we think we have! It’s also interesting to notice that some of the big things, the super-highlights are sometimes just things that come along easily and some of the work that is hard-won perhaps isn’t. Next year will be something else; but let’s just enjoy the good stuff from 2016 real quick…
 
2016 is the first year I’ve been brave enough to be solely an improviser/actor.
I performed over 150 shows and taught improv to about 2040 people.
 
Highlights:

• Spent time in Chicago with the Maydays, playing in some of the shows that started me on my path (like the Armando Diaz and Whirled News Tonight)
• I joined Knightmare Live and gave them a new baddie
• Playing and teaching at Camp Improv Utopia
• Being Remus throughout the 36 hour Liverpool Improvathon without any sleep
• Project2 did one of our favourite shows in Sweden and made a new partnership with Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly
• Acting with History Bombs
• Our Maydays’ Happily Never After show did super well, especially in Edinburgh and Barcelona
• I improvised and was directed by some of my heroes, including David Schneider and Josie Lawrence
• I started working for Second City
• I travelled to Barcelona, Sweden (Gothenburg & Uppsala), Edinburgh(!), New York, Trout Lake Pennsylvania, Finland, Amsterdam & Iceland.
• I wrote an improv book! (More on that later)

Thanks to all my students, friends, loved ones and everyone! And also a big thanks to all my teachers this year:
Bill Arnett, Joe Bill, Michael J Gellman, Jorin Garguilo, Rich Sohn, Mick Napier, Adal Rifai, Farrell Walsh, Bill Arnett, Tj Jagodowski, Rebecca Sohn, Brian Jim O'Connell, Kristen Schier, Mike Descoteaux, Mark Johnson, Kevin Scott, Tim Sniffen, Bina Martin, Shenoah Allen & Craig Cackowski.