The Company

Founded in 1996, The Spontaneity Shop is a professional improvisational theatre company offering workshops that address a wide variety of workplace obstacles. More often than not, good business comes down to great connections between people who trust each other, who can react in real time to problems and opportunities, and who can deal with adversity with confidence, humour, and perspective. By definition, improv performers are masters of the spoken word, positive body language, collaboration, and quick thinking.

The Spontaneity Shop brings the well founded principles of improvised performance to the workplace, removing the barriers that prevent employees being great.

Years of experience teaching improvisation at RADA, the Actors Centre, and elsewhere have given us insights into how to make bold, clear, confident, inspired communicators out of anyone. This is combined with subtle and easy-to-apply procedures known only to a handful of actors and almost never applied to the business world. These are the secrets that even high-fliers only know instinctively, which we can give you as technique.

Deborah Frances-White

Deborah is currently performing her solo comedy show at The Edinburgh Fringe. She is a corporate coach for top people in companies such as IBM, UBS, Unilever and many more. More about Deborah.

Tom Salinsky

Tom designed the Cake Factor workshop and specialises in Pitch Coaching and presentations writing, as well as delivering Charisma Key and Creativity Key sessions. Among his clients are Harrods, Catalysis, Firefly and Save the Children. More about Tom.

Alex MacLaren

A graduate of Bristol Old Vic drama school, Alex specialises in vocal coaching as well as being an expert charisma coach and inspiring presenter. Among his clients are Dixons, Cameron McKenna and The Housing Corporation. More about Alex.

In addition to Deborah, Tom and Alex, The Spontaneity Shop also has access to a number of professional improvisers and actors, many RADA-trained, all skilled in training and facilitation. These performers can also be engaged in their own right, and we have access to a wide network of talented performers and facilitators.

For more information, get in touch now or sign up for our next free taster day.