A Fine Line Between Clever and Stupid

THE WORKSHOP

The line between clever and stupid is real thin when you get down to it.

In this workshop, we’ll focus on how to bring joy to your scene partner and make them look good on stage. We’ll work on building scenes together that are fun and full of creativity. Through simple exercises, you’ll learn how to pay attention to your partner’s ideas, stay present in the moment and support their choices, so you can create scenes that flow naturally and really surf the improv waves. By the end, you’ll have practical tools to inspire your partner, bringing joy and creating great improv moments together while walking that fine line between the brilliant and the real real dumb.

THE TEACHER

This workshop was originally going to be taught by Katherine Weaver, unfortunately she can no longer make the festival. Instead, this will be taught by Improv Theatre Sydney Director, Cale Bain!

Cale Bain has been performing improvised comedy theatre since 1988 and has taught, workshopped, directed, produced and performed shows with companies, troupes and festivals around the world ever since.

He trained through the Second City Theatre Company in his hometown of Toronto, Canada. Since moving to Australia, Cale has directed and produced Theatresports® to sell-out audiences at the 1700-seat Enmore Theatre through Impro Australia, where he also has had the role of director of training, and started Sydney’s first longform improv show, Full Body Contact No Love Tennis that lived for some ten years. Cale was the improv director for Foxtel‘s Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia.

Sunday 10th November, 2pm – 5pm at Improv Theatre Sydney.

This workshop is part of the ITS Comedy Festival 2024. Enrolling in a workshop will also grant you a free ticket to one of the shows happening at the festival (emailed to you after purchase)- check out the full program here! 

You can also get a discount off a workshop by grabbing one of our night/weekend festival passes for shows.