About ITS
Improv Theatre Sydney (ITS) is a creative, inclusive and world-class hub for spontaneity. Founded in 2014, we are the first and only dedicated improv theatre in Sydney, with hilarious, dynamic and captivating comedy shows every week.
Our staff, performers and alumni include award-winning actors, touring standup comedians, TV personalities, national radio hosts, artistic directors of international arts festivals and world-famous TikTok stars.
Our improv classes offer students vital skills in communication and teamwork, not to mention a fantastic grounding in storytelling, comedy and performance. We also offer outstanding standup comedy classes, sketch writing classes, and musical improv classes, taught by leading industry experts.
You’ll often find us out and about in Sydney, facilitating corporate improv workshops for national and multinational organisations like Google, Sydney Thunder, and Barnados Australia. We’re passionate about nurturing future generations of theatre and comedy performers and offer excellent curriculum-aligned drama workshops for schools.
Improv is an inclusive, collaborative and participatory art form, made better by diversity in the people on stage and in the audience. We work hard to provide a safe space where everyone can be creatively supported. Read more about our inclusion mission and ITS Bill of Rights.
Above all, we believe that improv is and should be an enjoyable experience. We’re very serious about being very silly.
Check out our FAQ for more information about how we work.
Acknowledgements
We proudly acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Nations People of the country currently known as Australia. In particular, we acknowledge the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the lands where we perform, teach, learn and play. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.
ITS would not exist without the team at Giant Dwarf.
Our venue is made possible by the generous support of our fundraising backers and cultural grants from the City of Sydney.
