Taking improv competitions into the workplace
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For most people, the concept of getting up on stage for improvisation is the stuff of nightmares, let alone doing it at work with your colleagues. But Covert Theatre's founder and artistic director Wade Jackson has been making it his mission to take the fear out of improv and focus on the connection. He started doing improv at university in the '90s and has been taking theatre into corporate spaces for 32 years. Five years ago, despite being in the height of the pandemic, he started Office Comedy Clash; an inter-office improv competition. Wade is also an author, speaker and high performance coach and speaks to Culture 101 about taking theatre into workplaces, encouraging senior leaders and executives to play and not be afraid to show their humanity.
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