COURSES AND EVENTS FOR INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED LEVELS
Continue your theatre journey, today….
The below courses are suitable for anyone who has completed a minimum of Impro ACT’s “Prepare To Be Unprepared”, or another recognised impro-specific course, or additional intermediate/advanced improvisation training.
ALL new courses at this level will appear below on this page. If you are new to improv, you can sign-up to a beginners’ course instead here: https://impro.com.au/beginners-courses/ or if you’d like a one-off improv class or experience at any level, you can do that now, here: https://impro.com.au/one-off-workshops/
- “Creators Den” – create a variety of brand new improv show formats and learn to play them – Intermediate short course. 7 Monday evenings from Monday May 4 (excludes public hol Mondays) @ Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City.
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- “Acting With Freedom” – raw improv meets genuine actor training led by special guest artist, Jhi Rayner – Intermediate short course. 7 Tuesday evenings from Tuesday May 5 @ Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City.
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- “Next Level Improv” – build upon all prior fundamentals and feel comfortable to really start having fun – Intermediate short course. 7 Wednesday evenings from Wednesday May 6 @ Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City.
Enrol using the Paypal buttons at the bottom of this page, or write to admin@impro.com.au
“Creators Den” – create a variety of brand new improv show formats and learn to play them
Group devise new improv shows. Learn what makes a great show, and how to develop one, and rehearse one, and direct one, and resource one.
One of our most fascinating and developmental yearly offerings, regardless of your experience. In this course, you can pitch an idea for a type of improv show (if you want), or just let others pitch them. The group decides on a range of these pitches to explore and with guidance, completely new show structures are generated and played together, with at least one getting the chance to be performed publicly.
If you don’t come with an idea to pitch, your experience of the course will be to learn the skillsets of a wide range of styles of improvised performance, based on the shows the group decides to develop, and you’ll also be surprised how much your own performance improves on stage, when you know what involved in getting the whole thing together! You’ll also be an original cast member of a world premiere performance of whatever is created!
And if you do come with an idea to pitch, it can be a simple single-thought-bubble, or an entire template for a format you’ve thought of. We’ll listen to all the ideas and learn to understand how to collaborate on them. You’ll also be part of all the other shows pitched!
7 Monday evenings from May 4 (skipping public hols), 7:00pm-9:30pm, @ Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City.
Enrol using the Paypal buttons at the bottom of this page, or write to admin@impro.com.au
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“Acting With Freedom” – raw improv meets genuine actor training led by special guest artist, Jhi Rayner
Create bold improvised work that looks like it came straight from a script!
What happens when raw improvisation without any format collides with genuine classical actor training? Inspiration. Real growth as a performer. More enjoyment!
Many of you know Jhi Rayner – Improvention guest teacher/director, tertiary-trained theatre artist, technical director, and not to mention, our man in Wagga Wagga who collaborates to bring us our Summer School. He is a rare breed of professional who came to improv after his classical theatre experience and is uniquely placed to give us a course that includes the best of both worlds.
Over 7 weeks, you will strip away the formats and dive into core acting skills. Drawing from a wide array of teachings including some of the world’s most respected influences upon professional actors: Konstantin Stanislavski, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and Stella Adler, creating impressive results that appears to be straight from the playbook.
Expect movement. Expect adventure. Expect to go beyond.
We will explore:
- Improvised scenes without structure or templates
- Given circumstances and playable action
- Realistic performance that grows with your imagination
- Physical precision and stagecraft
- Stakes, objectives, and truthful behaviour
Whether for drama or comedy, this is for improvisors who want their scenes to land with impact, clarity, and consequence. No formats. Just craft meeting spontaneity.
7 Tuesday evenings from May 5, 7:00pm-9:30pm, @ Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City.
Enrol using the Paypal buttons at the bottom of this page, or write to admin@impro.com.au
AND/OR
“Next Level Improv” – build upon all prior fundamentals and feel comfortable to really start having fun
If you need to ask what should I do next, or what is the next appropriate level for me, no matter how much improv you’ve done to date, I suggest this one. We don’t like talking about levels at Impro ACT, because you’re all equals, learning different things at a different pace, but this course is the perfect next step from Prepare to Be Unprepared, or for all those people who thought about doing the first course again to hone their fundamentals, but didn’t want to go all the way back to the beginning, We’ll simply do more solid work on all the basics of scene-building, game-playing, fitting scenes together into longer sequences, characterisation, relationship building, and more.
This course is to make you feel strong and comfortable about jumping into any show, and help you feel happily ready for anything. A great way to start the year and then jump into more niche topics next term.
It’s been a long time coming for all those who have asked for something like this. Probably good to book early!
7 Wednesday evenings from May 6 (excluding public hols), 7:00pm-9:30pm, @ Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City.
Enrol using the Paypal buttons at the bottom of this page, or write to admin@impro.com.au
Enrol here for the above courses using the Paypal buttons below or write to admin@impro.com.au for further payment/enrolment options:
*** By selecting an option with the weekly journal, you’ll get additional learning materials in written form with a discounted 13 week subscription to An Improviser’s Learning Journal. (To find out more about the Journal or order a Journal subscription separately, go here; https://impro.com.au/learning-journal/ )