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What I do... (Actor, director, designer, teacher etc?)
Occasionally I act, more often I write, direct or teach, sometimes from a precarious position that's half on stage and half off.
My Quick CV
Plays written - Chatbad, School on the Green, Assassin, Out of School/Work, The Bath, Dead Reckonings, Hadley's Experiment and others Improvised Shows Directed - many, most recently Kiss Night at Soho Theatre Upstairs Books published - House of Games (Making Theatre from Everyday Life), The Improvisation Game (Discovering the Secrets of Spontaneous Performance) Current positions - Co-Director of Rideout, Director of Fluxx, Co-Director of Livestock
The first thing that inspired me in theatre...
Hair - when the audience was invited on stage
My favourite theatre something is...
Too often it's when the lights go down at the end of a show
The thing that annoys me about our industry...
Watching the lights go down at the end of a show that I thought would be something and was really nothing
My website
http://www.fluxx.co.uk
Another website I'd like to plug
http://www.livestock.org.uk

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Night, London - Adventures in a Splintered City



Night, London is a radical performance and improvisation project at the Tristan Bates Theatre. It's a Fluxx/Tristan Bates/Actors Centre production. We're currently looking for a second Assistant Director to work on the project. There is a small fixed fee to cover expenses, etc. If you ar… Continue

Posted on January 19, 2009 at 10:28am —

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TOAST



TOAST marks ten years of workshops and performances by Fluxx, London's dramatic improvisation company. At the Soho Theatre Upstairs between Oct 27 and 31, we'll be presenting a number of 'long-form' impro formats developed over recent years.

Monday - This Is How It Was, an… Continue

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 12:35pm —

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Escape Stories 2 - Pandemonium

A second opportunity to participate in an intensive course run by Fluxx. We only run these very occasionally. The format is one developed by Fluxx and myself over a ten year period. Over ten years many actors, improvisers and teachers have come to our workshops and a good many have gone on to set up their own projects and classes. It's great to see them out there. But if you want to study with the original and best, check out PANDEMONIUM. This is a course over 5 evenings, 4 days and 2 shows runn… Continue

Posted on September 6, 2008 at 10:00am —

Chris Johnston

Escape Stories Performances

Fluxx's Escape Stories training project will create two improvised shows, the first at Oxford House at Bethnal Green, 9th. July at 7.30pm, the second at Soho Theatre Studio on 12th. July at 8pm. During the project, the actors develop characters, relationships and storylines that are only become fully realised in the public performances. The second show explores the fallout from the first. More information on www.fluxx.co.uk

Posted on July 3, 2007 at 10:24am —

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GET ON STAGE...

Last chance to sign up for an improvisation project starting friday 29th. June. Escape Stories - an intensive series of workshops leading to performances at Oxford House in Bethnal Green and the Soho Theatre Studio in the West End. The course happens over two weekends and a few evenings. To be led by Chris Johnston, Director of Fluxx and author of The Improvisation Game: Discovering the Secrets of Spon

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Posted on June 25, 2007 at 9:49am —

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