AndAlso is an improv company founded by two of the most experienced improvisers in the UK. Jules Munns and Heather Urquhart teach weekly classes and courses for adults in Brighton and run improvisation-based training and events for organisations across the UK and beyond. They also run classes online, as well as longer retreats and intensives. Their sessions combine the unbridled joy and practical benefits of improvisation.
With a combined experience of 30 years, Jules and Heather have improvised for audiences of eight to two thousand, from the West End of London to the National Theatre of Malawi.
Too often, we see creativity as something magical and alien, a talent which some are born with, but others will never understand. Creativity, the common narrative goes, can’t be taught. It comes when it wants, to the people it chooses. All of this is as unhelpful as it is untrue.
With the right techniques and practices, creativity is like a muscle – it grows with use. Under the right circumstances and guidance, anyone can be creative: in business, in life, in groups and alone.
In this practical workshop, Jules and Heather from AndAlso Improv will explore and debunk the myths of creativity and how they can hold us back. They’ll share principles and exercises from improvisation that can make creativity a part of your everyday life.
You’ll come away with a new mindset towards problem solving and decision making, and practical ways to access and build your natural creativity. This session is open to anyone, even if creative is the last way you would describe yourself.
Jules Munns / Heather Urquhart
Jules Munns and Heather Urquhart are two of the UK’s most experienced improv performers, teachers and directors, with over twenty years of experience making things up – and helping others to do the same.
Between them, they’ve performed in twenty-five countries across three continents, both with their own two-person show and as part of companies including Brighton favourites The Maydays, Impromptu Shakespeare, and the Olivier Award-winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.
Based in Brighton, AndAlso is one of the UK’s largest improv communities, offering public evening classes and applied improvisation training in creativity, communication and team dynamics. In 2025, they’ll be opening a new improv-focused theatre and training centre in Brighton.
