The +1 Academy: Phase 1 – Own the Scene, Elevate the Moment

Can you step into any scene and make it work — with inexperienced or difficult performers, your teammates or even with total strangers?

Using approaches and techniques from the Neil+1 Show, The +1 Academy is a 4-week course designed to equip you with the skills to craft dynamic scenes, build compelling formats in the moment, and confidently navigate difficult moments on stage.

Using the same tools and techniques that from the approaches and techniques used in the Neil+1 show, you’ll learn to:

✔ Create unforgettable scenes with bold choices and total trust
✔ Build compelling formats from the ground up
✔ Handle unexpected and high-stakes moments with confidence
✔ Support your scene partner—whether they’re a pro or a first-timer

This course is for improvisers who want to level up their skills, embrace the unknown, and learn to make their scene partner shine. If you’re ready to take risks, trust the moment, and thrive in unpredictable situations—this is your next step.

4 Weeks. High-Trust, High-Risk/High-Reward Improv.
Be the +1 every scene needs!

Course Dates

The course runs over 4 Tuesday evenings, 7pm to approx 10pm each class.

• 18th March
• 25th March
• 1st April
• 8th April

About the Neil+1 Show

Neil first performed Neil+1 in 2012 and has performed in countless shows with random audience members around the world ever since. The audience guest is not an actor or improviser, just a regular person! No training or guidance is given to the audience member, and therefore the responsibility to make the show “work” falls solely on Neil. That means knowing how to work with partners who range from resist or “messing” with the show, to those who go with it but have no idea what they are doing. Performing with inexperienced participants is a high risk/high reward concept, allowing from sometimes larger than life moments of comedy and drama.

Eligibility

Participants must have completed level 2 or equivalent elsewhere, or already have performing experience. Class size is capped to maximise scene and stage time for participants.