How to fight well. When we first begin improv training, we are told not to argue in scenes. In my view, I believe that it is okay to have an argument between characters, as conflict is part of theater. Arguments can help characters connect by creating opportunities for vulnerability, opening the space for real confessions, and truths about each other. In this workshop you’ll learn to how to turn a fight into a fun point of view, use empathy to have a stronger connection with your scene partner, lose the fight temporarily to move the scene forward, and play the relationship out based on the initial dynamic or offer instead of trying to change the relationship. This 3 hour workshop will give you practical tools you can start applying to your improv scenes immediately.

Alfred Chow is a Chinese-Canadian improviser who calls Toronto home. He has performed internationally in cities such as Chicago (USA), Sydney (AUS), Brisbane (AUS), Baltimore (USA), Bangkok (THA), and Miami (USA). When in Toronto he produces and performs in the weekly show “A Show about your Ex” and the monthly show “Friday Night Confessions”. He is also a coach for the improv school “The Assembly,” has led corporate improv workshops, and has taught workshops overseas. Alfred has studied improv at world-renowned schools such as UCB, iO, and Groundlings Theater, and has worked with over 100 coaches during his improv career, including people such as Joe Bill, Dave Razowsky, Susan Messing, Jamie Moyer, and Will Hines.