SWIMP26: Jon Trevor - Be conflicted!

Be Conflicted! We tell beginners to avoid conflict. But sooner or later, improv scenes involve conflict. This workshop will examine creative ways to move beyond bickering to engaging scenes of conflict, based on invested characters with their own POV. We will explore a number of tools and techniques to turn conflict into drama, comedy and fun! Jon Trevor has been teaching and performing for 16 years. He runs Birmingham Improv and teaches classes, drop-ins, and hosts and performs in shows. He founded and directs Birmingham's longest running shortform group, Box of Frogs and co-founded and performs with longform group Breakfast of Champions. He is the director of the Birmingham Improv Festival. In the last year he has been seen teaching and/or performing at Liverpool Improv Festival, Dublin Improv Festival, Belfast Improv Festival, Sofia Improv Festival, Devon Improv Festival and Gothenburg Improv Festival.