Price
£275
Dates
Sundays from 27 Sep–15 Nov 2026
Times
10am–1pm
Location
Foyle Rooms
Turner Contemporary
An eight-week long-form improv course exploring scene work, collaboration, spontaneity, and performance with The Free Association and Chump’s Comedy.
Push your long-form improv further in this eight-week course with The Free Association and Chump’s Comedy.
Designed for performers ready to deepen their improvisation practice, the course focuses on scene work, emotional connection, group dynamics, and building compelling improvised performances from the ground up. Through weekly sessions, participants will develop confidence, sharpen listening and collaboration skills, and explore how to create grounded, engaging scenes in the moment.
Led by instructors trained in The Free Association’s acclaimed approach to long-form improv, the course combines structured learning with play, spontaneity, and performance practice in a supportive and creatively energising environment.
What you will explore
- Building emotional connection and relationships within scenes
- Creating grounded and believable improvised performances
- Developing confidence in scene work and group improvisation
- Exploring character, space work, and physical storytelling
- Learning how to sustain long-form scenes as an ensemble
The course is open to those who have completed a Level 1 improv course, or performers with equivalent long-form improvisation experience.
Course information
Dates:
Sunday 27 September 2026
Sunday 4 October 2026
Sunday 11 October 2026
Sunday 18 October 2026
Sunday 25 October 2026
Sunday 1 November 2026
Sunday 8 November 2026
Sunday 15 November 2026
Times: 10.00am–1.00pm
Location: Foyle Rooms, Turner Contemporary
Price: £275
Suitable for adults aged 18+.
Your facilitators
The Free Association
For over a decade The Free Association (The FA) has been the best place to watch and learn Improv in London.
Working in partnership with Chump’s Comedy, this Margate programme brings The Free Association’s training approach to Turner Contemporary, creating space for experimentation, connection, and performance development by the sea.
Muireann Kelly
Muireann Kelly has been performing improv comedy for nearly a decade. She regularly performs in London and at festivals across Europe as part of the FA team ‘Nana’ and is developing a new format with The Pretend Company Autumn 2025 ensemble. Since completing her FA training, she has continued learning with instructors from Upright Citizens Brigade, The Annoyance Theatre, iO Theater, and Improv Theatre Sydney. She previously wrote, performed, and produced a monthly sketch night with Next Level Sketch and was a contributor to The Onion ('America’s Finest News Source') for three years.
Chumps Comedy
Chump’s Comedy has been bringing the laughs to Margate since May 2023, curating inclusive and diverse comedy line-ups that showcase the best established and emerging talent. From intimate work-in-progress nights to high-energy touring shows, Chump’s champion comedy that’s as varied and vibrant as the audiences they serve.
