Painting outside the lines

Saturday the 16th of October, 2021

Although I've been improvising a long time, I tend to keep the areas of my improv fairly separate. I've felt this change a lot since the pandemic, moving online and moving house. Strangely, staying at home, has meant working more internationally.

Things have changed so much, I find myself doing such a wide variety of things now. I've said yes to things I previously never would have (online coaching and 1 to 1 coaching to name a couple). This has been a huge reminder to take a deep breath before instinctively answering 'that'll never work'.

These thoughts led me to thinking about the corporate improv work I do and I recently wrote this blog on the the subject for The Maydays:

https://www.themaydays.co.uk/corporate-improv-and-why-we-shouldnt-call-it-that

Even in posting this here I notice how little I talk about that stuff here on my own website. Maybe that's a reminder to do that more. To try and paint outside the lines a little bit more and not feel the pressure to be different versions of myself in all the different things I do. I'm a big colourful blur of all the things and proud to be that way.

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Heather Urquhart

I’m a UK based full time improviser and I’ve been making it up as I go along for almost 20 years now. I perform regularly with The Maydays, Showstopper! the Improvised Musical, and more as well as coaching people in improvisation and improv skills for life and work.
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