Paul James Martin, known by the stage name Paul Merton, is an English comedian.
Merton in 2010
Merton in 1998
Merton at Ely Maltings in 2007, after giving a talk on his book Silent Comedy
Improvisation, often shortened to improv, is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. The origin of the word itself is in the Latin "improvisus", which literally means un-foreseen – but it is also related to both the old French word "emprouer" and the English "improve", to improve. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines; see Applied improvisation.
ComedySportz Austin performing a shortform game based on direction from the audience with the help of Red Dirt Improv; in this case spoofing a hard rock band performing a song made up on the stage
The Ligue d'improvisation montréalaise [fr] (LIM) is a league of improvisational theatre based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
An improvised surveyors level made from a camera tripod, a torpedo level and a sniper scope.
Improvised bass drum in Trafalgar Square, London.