Within You There Are Three Wolves

THE WORKSHOP

EVER WATCHED ANOTHER IMPROVISER DO SOMETHING THAT SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED YOU, AND WONDERED ‘HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THAT?’ WISHED YOU COULD SEE INSIDE THEIR MIND TO SEE A DIFFERENT WAY TO IMPROVISE? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!

THIS WORKSHOP EXPLORES THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON IMPROVISING EACH LED BY ONE MEMBER OF THE JOY RIDERS (EMILIA HIGGS, JIM FISHWICK AND MADDIE PARKER), REPRESENTING THE ID, EGO AND SUPEREGO OF THE IMPROVISER.

YOU’LL EXPERIENCE PLAYING FROM EACH OF THE THREE POINTS OF VIEW AND HOW THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. YOU’LL WORK OUT WHICH PERSPECTIVE RESONATES WITH THEM THE MOST AND EXPLORE HOW TO DEVELOP THE OTHERS TO BECOME A MORE WELL-ROUNDED IMPROVISER. YOU’LL ALSO GAIN A LENS ON GROUP DYNAMICS THAT YOU CAN USE TO BUILD FUTURE ENSEMBLES.

MINIMUM RECOMMENDED EXPERIENCE:

PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE PERFORMING IN SCENES WITHOUT OUTSIDE SUPPORT/DIRECTION, EQUIVALENT TO HAVING COMPLETED ITS LEVEL 4 OR ABOVE.

THE TEACHERS

THE JOY RIDERS ARE A TRIO OF PERFORMERS WHO HAVE SHARED FRIENDSHIP AND STAGES FOR WELL OVER A DECADE, INCLUDING SHOWS AT THE SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL, SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND THE BRISBANE IMPROV FESTIVAL.

THE JOY RIDERS BRING TOGETHER A RANGE OF IMPROV BACKGROUNDS WITH A COMBINED 50+ YEARS OF IMPROVISATION TO THEIR NAME.

EMILIA HAS A BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE IN PHYSICAL THEATRE, CLOWNING, CLASSICAL MUSIC, PSYCHOLOGY, VISUAL ART, COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE, AND MEDIEVAL SWORDFIGHTING.

JIM, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT IMPROV THEATRE SYDNEY, HAS TRAINED AT BOTH LOOSE MOOSE AND IO CHICAGO, AIMING TO BE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF IMPROVISATION, AND WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN INTERACTIVE AND IMMERSIVE THEATRE.

MADDIE HAS BEEN PERFORMING IMPROVISATION FOR MORE OF HER LIFE THAN NOT, HAVING STUDIED, PERFORMED AND TAUGHT AROUND AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD, INCLUDING AT BACK-TO-BACK DEL CLOSE MARATHONS (RIP).

Find them on Instagram, @joyridersimprov, @fimjishwick, @emiliahiggs and @maddie_parkour

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!