Moustache Twirling for Dummies

THE WORKSHOP

WHO DOESN’T LOVE A GOOD BAD GUY! STORIES HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR GENERATIONS OF HEROES AND VILLAINS, AND WE ALL LOVE TO SEE THAT PLAY OUT.
BUT IT’S HARD WHEN WE’RE IMPROVISING. SOMETIMES WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE POSITION OF MORAL AMBIGUITY, AND WE’RE WORRIED; WHAT IF PEOPLE THINK THAT I REALLY BELIEVE THIS?
LEARN TO TWIRL YOUR MOUSTACHE AND POISON THE OLD WELL WITH PRIDE IN THIS WORKSHOP THAT WILL TEACH YOU INTIMACY PRACTICES, ROLLING IN AND OUT OF CHARACTER TECHNIQUES, AND EMPOWER YOU TO FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE IN VILLAINOUS SITUATIONS, FROM THE SILLY AND RIDICULOUS TO THE HUMAN AND DEVASTATING, EMPOWERING YOU TO MAKE CHOICES WITH CONFIDENCE.
TO QUOTE A WISE, MUSCLE-BOUND VILLAIN: “YOU ARE A BAD GUY, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE BAD GUY.”

MINIMUM RECOMMENDED EXPERIENCE:

INTERMEDIATE – ITS LEVEL 4 OR EQUIVALENT.

THE TEACHERS

JHI RAYNER IS AN ACTOR, DIRECTOR, IMPROVISOR, THEATRE MAKER, TECHIE, SELF PROCLAIMED ALL-ROUND GOOD BLOKE, AND THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF FREEROAM THEATRE INCORPORATED IN WAGGA WAGGA. JHI FELL IN LOVE WITH ACTING AND IMPROVISATION WITH THE TAMWORTH DRAMATIC SOCIETY, AND THAT PASSION DROVE HIM TO UNIVERSITY, COMPLETING HIS ACTING BACHELOR AND A MASTER OF CREATIVE PRACTICE IN DIRECTING AND IMPROVISATION. SINCE THEN, JHI HAS BEEN BUSY LEARNING AND MERGING THE GAPS BETWEEN THE SCRIPTED ACTOR AND THE IMPROVISOR, AND FINDING THE WAY FOR THE TWO TO BECOME THE ONE.

Find them on Instagram, @jhirector

TUESDAY 11th November, 6:30pm – 9:30pm At Improv TheAtre Sydney.

This workshop is part of the ITS Comedy Festival 2025. Check out the full program here!