Impro Theatre ACT

Secret Bar with show in Canberra, anyone?
Friday July 3 rock up from 5:00pm, Thank God It’s Theatre is back!!

@ Blank Cultural Platform, Level 2, 131 City Walk, Canberra City. Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/tgit

Canberra’s most casual, entertaining, and cost effective way to ease into the weekend, with some vopen mic variety from 5:00, very fun Sink or Swim improv show from 6:00, and cheap drinks.
Our new venue has a super cool, ‘secret door bar’ vibe, but it’s easy to get to, and you’ll be one of the people in the know.

Simply enter the glass auto doors leading into that arcade right next to King O’Malley’s pub, and walk through to the other end, and take the lift to Level 2 for all the good times.

See you there! https://events.humanitix.com/tgit

New Improv Taster Session Sunday July 19, Canberra!
Want to try the next improvisation class in Canberra CBD without committing to a whole short course, and right in the middle of the city?

Try Impro ACT's next Impro Winter Taster, Sunday July 19, from 2:00pm-4:00pm, and then decide without obligation, whether or not to sign-up to our classic short course (with optional start dates in late July), improving your theatre skills, and general happiness.

For this inspiring and fun one-off taster session, book here: https://impro.com.au/one-off-workshops/

What is this thing on this Friday June 19? A bunch of the coolest improvisers from Impro ACT are doing a fully sick independent production with Punko Regarto!

Oh, no, that so totally sucks, because everyone with any sense will go to this one and forget about poor little....., oh, wait a minute... Impro ACT doesn't have any other shows this week.

OK, I take it back. You should totally go to this, and we'll even be expecting you to go, unless you have a note from you parents confirming you are actually sick.

Tickets: https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/sick-day-97878?

One Night Only by Impro ACT
June 28 @ Smith's Alternative

is 4 super-entertaining, inspiring, and completely different shows that showcase what Impro ACT students have been learning this quarter, and it's super popular, so if you are improv-curious or you just want a truly feel-good time to finish-up the weekend, book early - some sessions do sell-out.

Read what each session is and book tickets, here: https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/one-night-only-97374?

One Night Only Sunday June 28, 6pm - 9pm | "One Night Only" Impro ACT student showcase - from 6pm, four different improvised theatre shows at $15 per session or $40 for all four sessions; 6.00pm, 6:50pm, 7:40pm, and 8:30pm.6.00pm..

International Special Guest Workshop – “Bold Choices” with Rahel Otsa (Estonia)
Sunday July 12, 2026, 12:00Midday-5:00pm, @ Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City. Book now: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/BNEVJADHPGLW8

Bold choices

Improvisers tend to be nice and polite people and sometimes we forget that on the stage we and our scene partners are playing characters not themselves.

So we make choices that we think would be nice and safe for our fellow actors in real life.

But the audience wants to see stories that are larger than their everyday life. They want to see someone confessing their love or leaving their job and travelling the world or facing a conflict with an old friend because they might never get to do those things themselves.

So, let’s have a look at how we can make those stories happen. And who knows, maybe we’ll get to inspire our audience through them as well.

Rahel Otsa

A thoughtful and dynamic improviser who created one of the first improv theatres in Estonia; Jaa !mproteater (2009-2019), Rahel is the main producer of the International Improv Festival Tilt in Tallinn (currently on hiatus) and has taught improv. In 2022, she opened up her own improv school in Tallinn called Rahel Otsa Improkool. Her workshops have been appreciated in Europe but also Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal and China.

Canberra improvisers will remember Rahel as a guest at Improvention and as a teacher who replaced Artistic Director of Impro ACT, Nick Byrne for a whole quarter in early 2020, so book fast before all her previous fans do 🙂

Book now: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/BNEVJADHPGLW8

mproINvention 2026 Guest Announcement #1
Kaisa Kokko-Palmer (Finland)

The incredibly inspirational Kaisa Kokko-Palmer (Finland - photo by Susanna Hyvarinen) is our first announced guest for the exciting new 2026 festival concept!

Now we’re announcing guests, registrations are going to really take off, so time to bite the bullet and get an earlybird booking number so you get the best choices of tutors.

The price of packages will go up slightly, very soon, but I’m giving you a little window before that happens. Grab a deposit or package, now: https://impro.com.au/improvention-packages/

When Kaisa first came to Improvention some years ago, it was immediately obvious I’d made one of the best guest selections ever.

She’s got all we want for this event: she’s got broad-based theatre experience and delivers workshops and performances from that real point of strength and diverse possibilities, (you absolutely will learn new stuff and have your mind and heart opened), she cares deeply about her students and respects your diversity, too, she’s full of ideas she’s passionate about and that’s contagious, she’s bringing her partner Sara, who is a great improviser, too (bonus!), she’s fot her own school in Helsinki, but travels the world doing this and knows exactly how to give you the best experience ever, and….well…, she’s from Finland, isn’t she?

I mean, if you were at the last Improvention, you know how we lost our minds and hearts to Finland, so prepare yourself for another impro-crush, and get a package or deposit to make sure you get to choose Kaisa as your tutor and show director: https://impro.com.au/improvention-packages/

Impro INvention Dec 7-13 2026

* Everyone who can make three or more consecutive days, including at least one weekday, does one or two multi-session intensives with the same tutor/s and group of participants, guaranteed to result in participation mainstage show/s!

* More time and options for social events, professional networking and sightseeing, OR just do a further intensive resulting in a show.

* Still an opportunity for additional one-off workshops.

* Summer activities finish together on the Sunday 🙂

Want to try the next improvisation class in Canberra CBD without committing to a whole short course, and right in the middle of the city?

Try Impro ACT's next Impro Winter Taster, Sunday June 14, from 2:00pm-4:00pm, and then decide without obligation, whether or not to sign-up to our classic short course (with optional start dates in late July), improving your theatre skills, and general happiness.

For this inspiring and fun one-off taster session, book here: https://impro.com.au/one-off-workshops/

Want to see Canberra's new secret bar?
This Friday June 5 rock up from 5:00pm, Thank God It’s Theatre is back!!
@ Blank Cultural Platform, Level 2, 131 City Walk, Canberra City. Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/tgit

Canberra’s most casual, entertaining, and cost effective way to ease into the weekend, with some vopen mic variety from 5:00, very fun Sink or Swim improv show from 6:00, and cheap drinks.

Our new venue has a super cool, ‘secret door bar’ vibe, but it’s easy to get to, and you’ll be one of the people in the know.

Simply enter the glass auto doors leading into that arcade right next to King O’Malley’s pub, and walk through to the other end, and take the lift to Level 2 for all the good times.
See you there!