ITS Comedy Festival 2026 – Workshops
Explore our 2026 workshops!
Spend a week immersed in improv, with 17 workshops from local, interstate and international guests.
Whether you’re honing your skills, expanding your horizons, or just want to make cool friends, come live at the theatre for a week and try something new.
Please note, workshops are available to over 18s only.
Mon 9 Nov
Monday 9 Nov, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Dissect scenes to identify what the story needs, why we make the choices we do, and why some choices feel more right than others.
Monday 9 Nov, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Listen and play from a completely new perspective, as you create scenes, movement and moments inspired by the real lives of audience members.
Tue 10 Nov
Tuesday 10 Nov, 6pm – 9pm
Dive into a centuries-old form of theatre to unlock heightened physicality, big emotional reactions, and mischief mischief mischief!
Tuesday 10 Nov, 6pm – 9pm
Feeling stuck in your scenework? Do a bunch of scenes, and receive personalised, bespoke feedback, all about you.
Wed 11 & Thu 12 Nov
Wed 11 & Thu 12 Nov, 10am – 5pm
A two-day intensive exploring how to make romantic, intimate, electric and rewarding improvised scenes on stage in a safe, consensual, supportive way.
Fri 13 Nov
Friday 13 Nov, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Has your scene partner left you on stage to fend for yourself? Want to improvise but don’t have a team? Don’t panic! You have everything you need.
Friday 13 Nov, 1pm – 4pm
Hide exposition more smoothly in your dialogue and spot the things your scene partners may have hidden in theirs!
Friday 13 Nov, 10am – 5pm
Build a new set of skills for musical improv! Use rap, beatboxing, sound effects and more — no instruments, just your voice and your body.
Sat 14 Nov
Saturday 14 Nov, 9:30am – 12:30pm
A playful introduction to theatrical clown! Get out of your head and into impulse, rhythm, reaction, failure and glorious stupidity.
Saturday 14 Nov, 10am – 1pm
Enter a world of betrayal, secrets and redemption, and discover how sincerity and exaggeration coexist to make powerful and hilarious scenes.
Saturday 14 Nov, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Use honest reactions to uncover personal, dynamic emotional range in grounded, naturalistic scenes.
Saturday 14 Nov, 2pm — 5pm
Explore your voice from the perspective of play. Develop and discover characters for scenes using a range of vocal choices in imaginative ways.
Sun 15 Nov
Sunday 15 Nov, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Take your musical improv to the next level! Make your song choices worth it by knowing who the audience wants to hear from.
Sunday 15 Nov, 10am – 1pm
Find the emotion and perspective your character already have on the inside, then bring them out to drive your scene forwards.
Sunday 15 Nov, 10am – 1pm
What if scenes didn’t need conflict, drama or snark to be compelling? Explore generous and supportive characters who are calm, friendly and nice!
Sunday 15 Nov, 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Use an array of physical and acting techniques to build distinct characters, break patterns, and unlock endless possibilities for your scenes.
Sunday 15 Nov, 2pm – 5pm
Receive years of sketch experience in three hours, if you’re brave enough to unpack dozens of regrettable examples from over a decade of sketch-writing. Hard lessons learned have been dusted off and neatly packaged in the form of twelve key messages, with each one backed up by multiple examples drawn from a database of 100+ analysed and categorised sketches.
And that’s our workshops! We’ve got a huge line up of shows all week!
Check out our shows here
