The British Improv Project began life as the somewhat wordy "UK Improv Co-Op Retreat Weekends". The first event was the brain-child of Geoff Monk, and was held in November 2015 at a Youth Hostel in Edale. 32 improvisers from across the midlands, Sheffield, and Totnes came to attend workshops, perform, and meet each other. The event was sufficiently successful to merit another, and Tom Young agreed
to help Geoff organise this. The second event saw 51 improvisers gather the following Spring at Hothorpe Hall in Leicestershire, with attendees coming from all over the UK, and further a field (New York & Berlin!). Now with some momentum behind them, Geoff & Tom were able to think further ahead, and subsequent events took place in Stourport and Stone. In need of a more formal name, "The British Improv Project" was settled upon, and Geoff & Tom are now looking at ways to expand both the weekends, and the overall ambition of the organisation, in order to make improvisation a thriving force in Britain's nationwide performance community.
