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Upcoming Courses
Level 1
Intro to Improv – Intensive
Intro to Sketch
Intro to Improv
Level 2 & 3
Game of the Scene
Truth of the Scene
Truth of the Scene
Developing a Sketch Show
The Harold
Level 4/Advanced Study/Electives
Advanced Forms: The Deconstruction (with Trevor Silverstein)
Upcoming Workshops
Instant Characters with Carl Clancy
Do you find yourself playing the same handful of characters over and over? Do you sometimes start a scene with a big character, but then gradually just slip back into...
Finding The Funny Fast with Caroline Clifford
Most improvisers are naturally funny but get in their own way by being too reasonable and wanting to solve every problem. In this class you'll need to leave your manners...
About Us
The CCB Training School offers instruction in a wide range of improv & sketch comedy.
Our courses and workshops provide a safe, fun, and nurturing space for students to explore their inner creative side and, of course, discover their comedic selves.
We provide an alternative voice for improv in the German “Hauptstadt,” borrowing our philosophy from Del Close and the North American approach. We teach trust, support and truth. And we believe Germans can be funny.
Instruction is offered in native English and German for students spanning all experience levels. Our instructors have a wealth of experience and have trained with UCB, CSz, iO, L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and more importantly, have formed their own ethos right here in Berlin.
All courses end with a student show to demonstrate everything you’ve learned. We train students for the stage and it is our promise to make you “performance ready” by the end of the course.
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FAQ
Please be sure to read our Terms & School Policies!
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Specific course requirements and prerequisites can be found on individual course pages.
Students must be respectful to their fellow students and course instructors, and adhere to our Student & Teacher Code of Conduct and our Community Code of Conduct.
We don’t offer test classes or auditing, but we encourage prospective students to join our weekly open improv jam and to come to House team shows on Friday nights to get an idea of what we’re doing and who we are. This is a great way to meet us and current and former students, as well as join in the CCB community.
Yes! All of our core courses end with a student showcase, free to the public, at Comedy Café Berlin, where students will perform what they’ve learned for family & friends.
Yes! All currently enrolled students get free students tickets to any improv show at CCB for the duration of their class.
Yes but… we require students to attend at least 6 of the 8 course sessions in order to pass the course and continue taking higher level courses with us. In addition, students may not be more than 15 minutes late to 4 out of 8 classes in order to pass.
If you know you’ll miss more than 2 classes, we strongly recommend you do not register as you’ll simply not get enough out of the course and you’ll be required to retake the course in order to continue taking courses with us.
We do not offer make-up classes for missed classes. Students are added to a Google Group for their course and can message fellow students for notes about missed classes, but please keep in mind that no one is under any obligation to respond.
Sometimes. We allow course prerequisite exemptions on a case by case basis, but please keep in mind that we rarely grant exemptions. We teach a very specific style of long form that is relatively unique in Europe. We lay the foundation for that in our Intro course and we’ve found that students who have received training at other schools that focus on short form ‘impro’, status and narrative are often at a disadvantage when skipping Levels, in addition to slowing down the progress of other students.
Our courses and workshops are capped at 16 students max; some courses and workshops have a lower class size – these will be noted in the event description.
Still have questions?
Get in touch or email us at [email protected]
Please do not contact instructors directly!
Corporate Training
Berlin’s premiere English-language improv training school is proud to offer workshops & courses for your company or event!
We work directly with teams and tailor to your specific needs. Whether you need to jump-start innovation and creative ideation, bring teams closer together, relieve inhibitions among new team members or just want to have some fun, we’ve got your back!
Our instructors have years of experience teaching, performing and innovating improv.
Send a message and we’ll get the ball rolling.
