Saturday Drop-In Workshop: Improvise Like Tom Cruise with Martin James

Part of our monthly Saturday improv drop-in workshop series at The Old Hairdressers

Mission Improvable - Improvise Like Tom Cruise with Martin James
How does Tom Cruise - undeniably our generation’s greatest movie star - pull off the impossible? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take this improv workshop and find out.

You’ll learn how to bring the high-stakes energy, commitment, and momentum of the Mission Impossible franchise into your improv scenes. We’ll explore what makes those movies so fun to watch, and how to recreate that excitement on stage.

Expect action scenes, undercover missions, infiltration, mask-reveals, countdown clocks, going rogue, car chases, and running-at-full-speed with your knees really high up.

Martin James founded the Glasgow Improv Theatre and studied improv at the Upright Citizen Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. He hosts and performs in Campfire Improv, a monthly show at Monkey Barrel Comedy in Edinburgh. At the Glasgow Improv Theatre, he wears many hats—teaching classes, hosting shows, performing regularly, and handling tech and behind-the-scenes admin. He has performed at festivals across the UK and internationally, including the Edinburgh Fringe, Glasgow Comedy Festival, Del Close Marathon in New York, and festivals in Los Angeles, Reykjavík, London, Bristol, Leeds, and Newcastle. Martin launched Glasgow Harold Night in 2016, which has run every month since, pausing only for global pandemics.

Saturday 14th March 2026

13:00 - 16:00 (3 hours)

Venue: The Old Hairdressers, Renfield Lane, Glasgow

Full Price Ticket £15

Concession £10

2 Free Scholarship Spots available, bookable on Eventbrite alongside paid tickets

Note: Partcipants should be aware that this venue is up two flights of stairs

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