At Ease: Confidence Without the Performance
Confidence isn’t about being the loudest in the room.
Real confidence is quieter: feeling comfortable in your own skin, trusting your voice, and not needing everything to go to plan.
Improv is one of the best places to build it. There’s no script and no right answer, so you learn to stop overthinking and start trusting yourself. Mistakes become offers. Uncertainty becomes play. And over two hours, something shifts.
In this workshop, you’ll
- Get comfortable being seen, without having to perform
- Quieten the inner critic and trust your instincts
- Find a presence that feels like you, only steadier
- Discover that mistakes are where the good stuff starts
You’ll leave feeling lighter, braver and a little more at home in yourself.
Salman Qureshi
For the last 15 years, Salman Qureshi has lived in two worlds. On stage, as a stand-up comedian, improviser and actor, he’s learned what it takes to walk out with nothing planned and connect with a room full of strangers. In the training room, as a lead corporate facilitator, he’s spent just as long helping people find their confidence and connect with each other at work.
Both worlds taught him the same thing: it’s never about having the perfect line. It’s about reading the room, listening closely and meeting people exactly where they are. That’s what makes his sessions so easy to step into, whether it’s your first time or your hundredth.
Today, Salman is co-founder and Lead Facilitator of The Other Room. He brings warmth, humility and quiet confidence to every session, along with a knack for finding the fun in the real moments between people. If you’re new to improv, you’re in safe hands. If you’re an improviser, there’s plenty here for you too.
Good to know
- Open to everyone. Never tried improv? You’re exactly who this is for. Already an improviser? Come and play.
- No one gets put on the spot. Everything is done in pairs and groups, at your own pace.
- Come to one, two or all four. Each workshop stands on its own, and they work beautifully together.
- Wear something comfortable. You’ll be up and moving.
- Venue: The Hood by Mamahood, Dubai · Get directions
- Price: 200 AED for one session, 370 AED for any two, or 660 AED for all four