Podcast: Dan Starkey | An Actors Foundation

Dan Starkey is an actor appearing in television series such as Doctor Who, inside No.9 and Class Dismissed on CBBC. He's performed with many improv groups and done improv marathons. I'm a massive Doctor Who fan, and seeing Dan improvise some online shorts for Doctor Who, a big TV production,  made want to delve into how […]

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Dan Starkey is an actor appearing in television series such as Doctor Who, inside No.9 and Class Dismissed on CBBC. He's performed with many improv groups and done improv marathons.

I'm a massive Doctor Who fan, and seeing Dan improvise some online shorts for Doctor Who, a big TV production,  made want to delve into how that came about and find out more about Dan's work.

Bullet Points

improv, Keith Johnstone
Spontaneity shop, Tom  Salinsky, Debra Francis-White
Bristol Old Vic
Be generous to your audience and don't stare at the floor
Start the scene with silence, creating character
Getting a reaction - Improvised comedy and Christmas carols
On the set of Doctor Who, Sleep no More, Bethany Black and Mark Gatiss.
David Tennant, Peter Capaldi and Russell T. Davis ..and me.
London improvathon, Lord of thrones
Liverpool improvathon, Impropriety
Die Nasty Theatre, Soap-a-thon
How long can we sustain being present?
Buskin the magic cobbler
Class Dismissed.
Attribution of improvised lines in a scripted piece
Big Finish Audio

Links: Dan on Twitter | Dan on IMDB

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