Michael Conterio

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KerPlunk

When I was little, I always used to look forwards to the last day of school. Not just because it meant that the holidays were close, but because it meant we were allowed to bring in games. One year I brought in the game KerPlunk, a game about carefully removing Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 2 yearsJanuary 28, 2021 ago
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Running my first ever online live comedy show

Early in December, my science comedy group, The Variables, ran our first ever online gig.. Although I used to run a science talk show on YouTube, this is the first time that I’ve ever done a live comedy show online, and I thought it might be useful if I shared Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 2 yearsJanuary 7, 2021 ago
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Who am I?

For starters, the kind of person who immediately wants to follow up the question “Who am I?” with lyrics from Les Miserables. I really enjoy singing, even though I’m not very good at it (this isn’t digging for compliments, I have too many friends who are better singers than I). Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 3 yearsOctober 12, 2019 ago
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Successes

Lots of things I have done have been successes, but I’m rubbish at thinking of them as such. It’s almost a form of imposter syndrome – if I’ve done something, then clearly it can’t have been that hard. I think it’s worse with things that I do regularly, or that Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 3 yearsApril 9, 2019 ago
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The past few months – EMF camp and Science Showoff Talent Factory

Despite the lack of blog posts I’ve still been keeping up with my creative pursuits over the past few months, although personal matters have also taken up rather a lot of time. I’ve mostly been focusing on just two projects, the first of which was my show at EMF camp Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 6 yearsOctober 28, 2016 ago
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Emotional connection in improv and stories – why can it be hard?

Last month I was lucky enough to be able to spend the weekend at one of Showstopper’s improvised musical workshops, and I picked up some really good advice. Which was a little strange, because it was advice that should be really familiar to me by now not just from improv, Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 6 yearsJune 5, 2016 ago
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Is it any good? Struggling to find the voices of my characters

I recently finished the first full draft of a script for a (hopefully) one-hour long stage show, and as I really need to get it finished soon I quickly moved onto the next natural step – rereading it so that I could try to improve it. And I’ll admit to Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 6 yearsApril 7, 2016 ago
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Creativity Update and a Poem – 15th March 2016

Alas, I have gone over a month without posting, which is more than twice as long a gap as I ever wanted to leave. However I have still been busy since I started talking about my creative endeavours on this blog, so here’s description of what I’ve been up to, Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 6 yearsMarch 15, 2016 ago
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Making mistakes in writing and improv

13 scenes written, and the final confrontation started. Our hero stands seemingly alone, surrounded by the villain’s crew. But she knows she’s got a trick up her sleeve, thanks to her nearby hidden friend. Who the villain demanded be brought to him a few scenes ago. And for some reason Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 7 yearsFebruary 5, 2016 ago
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Inspiration and connections, rather than new ideas

The whole point of making a “Not-A-New-Year’s-Resolution” was to encourage myself to follow up on it, so another blog post is overdue! This time I’d like to describe my personal answer to the perennial question about writing, “Where do you get your ideas?” For me the process of writing seems Read more…

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By Michael Conterio, 7 yearsJanuary 28, 2016 ago

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