Imscared workshop edition character11/7/2023 If most comedy is geometry, formulas and theorems that you can arrange and rearrange for comedic effect, Most other models for improvisation and comedy give you formulas and strategies to create scenes that are all too often set in realistic realms and rarely do they offer more than an equation that results in parody or satire. " The Idiot Workshop and the Wet Hippo Collective work toward a fearless offering of what's within the performer, it's not just comedic training. Sometimes maddening, always empowering and often very, very funny-You won't be disappointed." ~ Matt Hislope John seems less interested in jokes per se and more interested in abstract relationships between performers which result in a sort of absurdity that finds the performer in an unclassifiable but delicious state of NOT KNOWING. I'm a person who has a certain antipathy for most improv comedy, but this is something altogether different. "Each class was like a baptism-by-fire in which you emerged from the other side transformed in some way. The guy's a flat-out brilliant teacher." ~ Alec Jones-Trujillo You'll return to your world and your work with a fresher take on comedy and a lot more freedom on stage. Leave the busy roads of improv, sketch, stand-up or theater and take a wander with old Gilkey. I can only say that he's like a brilliant madman out in the forest. "I don't know where this guy came from or how he got to be so damn smart and so damn funny. The concepts that resonate throughout the Idiot style of comedy have not only enabled me to book commercialsĪnd television appearances, but also thrive as a human being in this beautiful universe." ~ Mark Royer "The skills that I've learned from The Idiot Workshop are lessons that will be with me forever. Warning: This class does contain some mild to medium shoe throwing. Not just possible but fun, and sometimes downright cathartic. I was shown just how possible it is every single session with The King of the Idiots. what a world that would be!!!" ~ Roger FOJAS "I think all genius level folks need to take an idiot class.and all idiots need to realize their potential. I like everything about it." ~ Claire TITELMAN It's just plain fun though, and attracts good people. It's a great opportunity to be wild and out there and explore and go deep and also has just been super useful for all my creative stuff: standup, improv and most recently creating characters. “John Gilkey's idiot workshop is so good. You will fail beyond measure in class, move past that, and grow beyond what you thought you were capable of.Ī must-take class for any aspiring performer or comedian." ~ Ian ORNSTEIN The Idiot Workshop breaks through the bullshit other classes will kindly skip past. If you're looking to get coddled in your comedy career look elsewhere. These classes remind me that I love what I do, and that I'm an idiot." ~ Lani CLAXTON He creates an electric apmosphere, a wonderful community and the dumbest shit I've ever seen in the best way possible. " I've never laughed more nor gone farther than in my workshops with Gilkey. “John is onto something new and visceral and exciting as hell - in class or in the audience you get drawn into a world that is oh so right and deeply deeply wrong." ~ Virginia SCOTT You’ll find your idiot and never look at comedy the same way.” “Get Into a class with this man! It’s a sincere and refreshing approach to the work.
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