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First up is Josie Lawrence - formerly best known as the improv star of Whose Line Is It Anyway - who talks about joining EastEnders this week playing Manda.

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  1. noun Informal Improvisation: practiced improv with my acting class.
  2. noun Informal An improvisation: did a funny improv about looking for a job.

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  • I begin with one of my favorite stories of improv, which is Al Kooper's organ playing during the studio sessions for "Like A Rolling Stone": Al Kooper didn't know what to play.
  • It wasn't just the casual changes, the little bits of improv-- action or dialogue, spontaneous one night but gradually solidifying -- that tugged the skele off course. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 02 - February 2002
  • The ArtsCenter-It may seem contradictory, but one of the defining features of longform improv is the use of so-called "forms": By definition, nothing is scripted beforehand, but the performers usually work within a predetermined structure (rather like jazz, with its head, improvisation with solos, and return to the head). —  Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
  • HIGH SCHOOL IMPROV COMEDY CAMP Learn the fine art of improv, and show off your skills at an end-of-the-week performance of a completely improvised play.
  • Except if someone gets physically hurt on a ride or an improv, then you can stop. —  Backseat Sandbar
 

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