ITS Smackdown Heats

ITS Smackdown is back and bigger than ever!
28 teams. 5 heats. 1 champion.
ITS Smackdown is Sydney’s biggest, wildest improv battle—fast, fierce, and hilariously unpredictable.
A record-breaking 28 teams including 88 players are hitting the stage, going head-to-head for improv glory across five electrifying Heats. The crowd decides it all with audience votes crowning each Heat’s champion, earning them a place in the Grand Final at the iconic Eternity Playhouse on Wednesday, November 12. This is the wildest, funniest, most unpredictable competition in Sydney comedy—don’t miss a second of it!

 

Hosted by Scary Strangers aka Ru Halwala & Tom Stevenson

 

HEAT 1 FINALISTS: Fever Dream // Jack Moran & Susan Kernot

HEAT 2 FINALISTS: Good Scott, Great Charlotte // Jess Allen & India Stuart

HEAT 3 FINALISTS: The BBs // Steph Merriman & Kate Ingram

HEAT 4:

The Force | Zac Simpson, Aarushi Garg, Andrew Maher, Drew Wiseham
The Same Girl | Allana Duncan, Maddie Dockrill, Sydney Pead
Space Cadets | Clare Cavanagh, Kristelle Zibara, Hayden Wright, Ruby Blinkhorn
Hip Hip Hooray |Leo Xia, Isabella Pinson, Dov Dubosarsky
Detective Je M’apelle |Jordy Russo
Malabar | Audrey Clarke, Gabrielle Dadgostar

 

HEAT 5:

Chaos Theory | Izzi Boustead, Megan Dawes, Justin Trinh, Maddie Wilkinson
Squeaky Clean | Margarita Arakas, Alisha Walkerden & Rachel Firmer
Prov Actually | Adam Tiding, Rachel Alexander and Matthew Fisher
Squirm Gang | Jordan Warner, Bruno Dubosarsky, Roxanne van Zyl, Sam Downing
The Witches | Alex Reynolds and Michelle Robin Anderson
Snatched and Afraid | Zelda Winestock, Lucy Rose, Jon Dahl

 

  • Heat 1 - Sat 11 Oct
     October 11, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Heat 2 - Sat 18 Oct
     October 18, 2025
     5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Heat 3 - Sat 18 Oct
     October 18, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Heat 4 - Sat 25 Oct
     October 25, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Heat 5 - Sat 1 Nov
     November 1, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
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  • Heat 1 - Sat 11 Oct
     October 11, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Heat 2 - Sat 18 Oct
     October 18, 2025
     5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
  • Heat 3 - Sat 18 Oct
     October 18, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Heat 4 - Sat 25 Oct
     October 25, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Heat 5 - Sat 1 Nov
     November 1, 2025
     9:30 pm - 10:30 pm


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