Lloydie James Lloyd is joining OITC for the last week of April, and we're offering two classes so you can learn from another wonderful improv brain!

Lloydie James Lloyd is an improviser from Nottingham, UK. He is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Robin Hood International Improv Festival which enters its fifth year in 2026. Lloydie performs with Rhymes Against Humanity – The Improvised Musical, The Clones - a two person improvised play alongside Liam Webber, and Brand New Musical, a Sondheim inspired musical show alongside Katy Schutte.
Lloydie runs the improv program for the Nottingham Playhouse theatre, he performs and teaches around the world and is the host of The Improv Chronicle Podcast, a documentary podcast for improvisers.
Lloydie trained at UCB, iO and Annoyance Theatres and has been coached by a variety of improvisers, including Armando Diaz, Susan Messing, Mick Napier and TJ Jagadowski. In his spare time he sings, writes and collects nice hand lotions.
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TUESDAY APRIL 28th 7-10 pm

Torch Songs: 

This emotion-filled workshop looks at songs of unrequited love. A torch song in musical theatre (and beyond) is a song about a someone you can’t be with or something you can’t have. Picture yourself lying across a grand piano in an underground bar at 2am with a scotch in your hand and a picture of your unrequited love in the other! In this workshop you are going to get deconstruct and then make up torch songs. Usually romantic, always powerful, we look at the common structure for these songs, why they are sung and where they fit into musical theatre and popular culture. Examples from musicals include “Send In The Clowns” (A Little Night Music), Fine, Fine Line (Avenue Q) and Losing My Mind (Follies). Learn how to move your audience and also how these songs can be comedic.

Experience level: You will be happy singing solo and will need some musical improv experience.

Skill Focus: Solo singing, Torch songs format

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SATURDAY MAY 2nd 1-3pm

Be A Human: (SOLD OUT)

Spend some time forgetting the pressure to be funny, to find a game, to get a form right, and get back in touch with the human side of improv.

“Be A Human” is all about bringing some of yourself to your work. Through a series of exercises and scenes, we will focus on discovering in the moment, noticing what is there and sitting with what we have.

Who is this for?

  • Anyone who wants to spend time exploring some naturalistic improv.
  • Anyone who is getting in their head a lot at the moment.
  • Anyone who wants to focus on a less technical and more innate style of play.

Duration: 2 hours

Experience level: Intermediate upwards

Skills focus: Naturalistic scene work, reacting in the moment