Kate Coates

Kate (she/her) is an improviser, actor, comedy writer and sketch comedian who has trained with Impro Australia, Improv Theatre Sydney, iO and Second City in Chicago.

At ITS, she’s a company director, teacher and performer. Since her improv career began in 2012, she has won the 2015 inaugural ITS Smackdown competition at Giant Dwarf, the 2013 Fresh Cranston Cup, the 2015 Cranston Cup and the 2016 Theatresports Nationals Competition at the Enmore Theatre. Representing NSW, she won the National Theatresports Titans competition in the 2014 Adelaide Fringe Festival and performed in the Australian Theatresports Challenge for Amnesty International.

She has produced, directed and hosted a bunch of improv shows including ITS Sandpit, the First Thursday Impro Club and Full Body Contact No Love Tennis. She teaches Theatresports and drama across many schools including Kambala, Sydney Girls High, Pymble Ladies College, Fort St High School and Reddam House.

Offstage: When she’s not improvising, Kate can be found reading a book, eating slabs of tofu or scratching a cat’s chin.

Favourite improv advice: Just fucking react!