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Saturdays | 11:00 – 13:00
(Please check the calendar below for dates of upcoming sessions)
This fun and friendly workshop for people from Global Majority backgrounds is open to all levels – you can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Join instructors Aisha and Kierann to learn and practise improv skills and build your confidence in bringing your whole self to your improv practise, as well as building links with others.
Why are we running these workshops?
We recognise that the improv scene in Bristol and the wider UK is predominantly white, and does not reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity we otherwise see around us. We also recognise that when practising improv there can be a (conscious or subconscious) drive for people to conform to the dominant culture, as well as the potential for people’s (conscious or unconscious) biases to come up. Facing the latter can lead to additional emotional labour for people from historically marginalised and minoritised groups, which is, let’s face it, exhausting. This workshop will create a space that allows people to practise bringing their lived experience into their improvisation, as part of a supportive community.
Who Are these Workshops For?
Anti-racist activist Rosemary Campbell-Stephens coined the term Global Majority to refer to people who are “black, Asian, brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the Global South, and/or have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities'” highlighting that it is an important reframing because this demographic “represents approximately 80% of the world’s population.” The term also includes Latine, Arab and Romani people, Pacific Islanders, and other biracial or multiracial people mixed with one or more of the above-listed.
We welcome Global Majority community members from all walks of life in this space, including people who, on first appearance, may not feel or visually believe they belong in the Global Majority community. All members of the Global Majority are welcome to these sessions, regardless of their appearance. The group has been created as a space for those who can sometimes feel othered in predominantly white spaces, and we welcome you to self-identify if it is right for you.