Short form ensemble Do you love improv but always thought something was missing? That’s because there’s always Room for Improvment! Room for Improvment takes classic improv games and turns them on their head. Combining the improv you know and love from shows such as ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ with the zany slapstick humour of …
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Hot Doggies
Improvised physical comedy duo This act features grounded relationships, multiple characters, and a high level of physicality. It’s not a show unless Vinay and Alfred have lifted each other up in awkward positions at least once. The duo often utilize all areas of the stage (and areas off stage when possible) to give audience members …
Lady Fingers
All female trio “Stories! Melodies! Anarchy! Oh my!” The Lady Fingers bring you cheeky, musical, character based, scenic, improvisational theatre. Watch and be amazed as these three mischief makers improvise vocal music to inform scene work, make multiple characters and abundant laughs. Storylines may cross, characters may disappear or return in this fun adventure into …
Soothplayers
Improvised Shakespeare Soothplayers create all new Shakespearean plays completely on the damn spot. That’s right, an entire play from start to finish all based on the suggestion of a title from the audience. Despite the show using the conventions of Shakespeare, the end result is often quite revisionist in terms of how certain issues are …
The A-Team
Musical Improv Fairytales, westerns, sci-fi, bio-pics, whatever the genre, The A-Team will play it. Give them the name of a famous or historical figure and they will instantly build a narrative through song and dance that tells you their whole life story. Performer Bio The A-Team is a narrative musical improv group who perform one-act …
Murder Murder
Improvised Murder Mystery Murder Murder is an improvised murder mystery troupe born out of the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) theater in Los Angeles. Watch as they perform a murder mystery right before your very eyes! Laugh along and see if you can discover who-dun-it! Performer Bio Murder Murder developed their unique murder mystery show at …
2019 Venue Partner Announced
We are thrilled and honored to be hosting the inaugural Australian Improv Comedy Festival Shows at the acclaimed Seymour Centre in Sydney. Note: All festival workshops will be held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Surry Hills – near Central Station. Seymour has just the right vibe for the festival. As a theatre …
#FunnyAiF
On behalf of the the Australian Improv Festival, we’d like to cordially invite you and all your funniest friends to stick it. We’ve got some new stickers to help promote the festival and you can get some by coming to a show, taking a class at LMA or one of the many schools around the …
Our first (yummy) sponsor!
We’re pleased to announce that Little Caesars Pizza has come on board to help support the Australian Improv Festival.
Is this a good idea?
We believe Australia is finally ready for a world-class festival that serves the two cities where most improvisers live and most overseas teachers and performers want to visit. So we’re giving it a go.