Impro
Theatre ACT

Short courses

Next courses

New stage one classes begin Tuesday August 5th, and new stage two classes begin Thursday July 31st. Register now by contacting Nick Byrne via admin@impro.com.au or 0417 217442.

About the courses

Our courses are based on the models used by other impro groups, allowing players to freely participate if they move to another city or simply enter a one-off competition somewhere else.

Each course runs one night per week for nine weeks at Daramalan College, Dickson, 7:00pm - 9:45pm, and cost $170 in total.

There is a Stage One course "Prepare To Be Unprepared", and a large percentage of the group choose to continue to Stage 2 or 3. There are also free weekly jam sessions at which existing performers keep their hand in and look at new games.

In Stage One, we teach all the basic skills of improvisation and enough of the performance games to equip you to begin participating in shows, should you choose to. Students learn that impro is not about being clever. The best performers are team players that train themselves well in certain basic principles and can then demonstrate them on stage. Improvisation is about training the mind to express itself spontaneously, rather than training it to think quickly. Anyone can do it!

Sessions are a lot of fun, with most attendees forming lasting friendships. Many have little or no previous theatrical experience and this presents no disadvantage in learning the very specific skills of impro. Many have no ambition to be performers, but do the course to promote self-confidence, creative thinking, etc. Whilst they certainly achieve these aims, the majority end up reaching the point where they'd like to perform, anyway.

Stage two classes are available for those who have completed Stage 1 or a similar course in another city. In these courses, participants learn many more improvisation games & skills and hone their stagecraft with more individualised care.

Head tutors are Nick Byrne and PJ Williams, each having extensive professional experience in both impro and the theatre industry generally.