Back to Improv

Ready to think on your feet, embrace spontaneity, and unlock your creative potential?

Perform Australia's Back to Improv acting course is designed for actors who have previous acting experience, or have done an acting course (e.g. our Acting 101 or Certificate course) and would to advance their skills in improvised theatre.

Back To Improv will help actors exercise their creative juices, respond spontaneously to situations, and improve the art of storytelling. You'll also get a chance to be a part of a performance in our studio at the end of the term!

When:

6pm-9:30pm, Wednesdays, 12 February to 19 March (including performance on 19 March)

Where: Studio 1, Perform Australia, 2A Barker St Griffith, ACT 2603

For: Intermediate actors. This includes

People who have completed another acting course with Perform Australia and would like to explore improv
People with some past experience in acting
Minimum age 16.

Cost: $235

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Step out of your comfort zone...

Improvised theatre - also known as "improv" or "impro" - is a form of live performance where the entire show is created spontaneously... without a script!

You may have seen "Thank God You're Here" or "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" on TV and wondered how they do it. Well, improv has some fundamental rules and parameters which allow a scene to flow.

In Back To Improv, you'll review those important building blocks, including:

The principle of "Yes, And": A key concept which teaches you to accept your scene partner's offer and push the scene forward
Being present and listening: Responding to your scene partner
Supporting your scene partner and making them look good: avoiding blocking scenes, validating the ideas of others, and responding generously to them
Making impulse-led offers: generating ideas and extending your ideas into storylines
and more!

Throughout the course, you'll begin to develop some important skills as an actor:

Quick Thinking and Adaptability
Active Listening and Collaboration
Emotional Authenticity
Creativity and Risk-Taking
Confidence and Stage Presence
Storytelling Skills

If you'd like to explore improvisation through Back To Improv, then enrol now and start this journey today.

This course is designed for people who have a little performance experience to date, and may not suit complete beginners.

About your tutor

Rachel Robertson

Rachel Robertson hails from Scotland and is an experienced theatre practitioner having performed in and directed many works. In her home country she has worked with Storyboard Theatre, New Celts Productions, and The Abbey Players among others. Most recently in Canberra she has appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream as Puck with The Q in Queanbeyan. For Perform Australia she directed Abra Cadaver at The Mill Theatre in 2024.

Reasons to do this course

1 / Your tutor knows what's she's talking about.

Rachel loves impro and will create a fun atmosphere in which to explore creativity.

2 / You'll develop new skills to assist you as an actor.

Improvisation skills have application to more traditional acting styles - whether that's being present, improvising through a scene when a line is dropped, or as a tool for exploration during the rehearsal process. So doing impro will help you build your 'performer's muscle'.

3 / You'll meet like-minded individuals.

Meet other actors! This course is a great opportunity to meet others interested in developing as actors.

4 / You'll tap into your creativity.

Improvisation is a great way to unleash your creativity. It's all about quick thinking, generating ideas and responding to the ideas of others. You'll get those creative juices flowing!

5/ You'll develop increased self-confidence.

As you move through this course you'll feel yourself being stretched. Stepping out of your comfort zone, you'll develop an increased sense of confidence in what you can do.

Perform Australia has a very supportive environment. You are always encouraged to grow into the best version of yourself. Through your studies, you work with a range of tutors which prepares you well for the industry. Great school!

Zoe, Canberra

Ready to enrol?

YES, I'D LIKE TO ENROL!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENROLMENT IN THIS COURSE

1. I understand that by signing up to this course I am expected to commit to all scheduled classes, rehearsals and performances.

2. I will notify Perform Australia by phone or email if I am sick or unable to attend a class. I understand I will not be able to attend a class if I am experiencing any signs or symptoms of COVID-19.

3. I agree to pay all my fees before the course begins, unless arranged otherwise with the Perform Australia office (phone 1300 908 905).

4. If a tutor is unable to attend a lesson, I understand Perform Australia may provide a substitute teacher.

5. If, due to unforeseen circumstance the course needs to be postponed, Perform Australia will make every effort to contact me in advance to ask whether I would like a refund, or to transfer my enrolment to a new course date.

6. If I withdraw from the course after it has started, I understand I am not entitled to a refund.

7. If I enrol into a course, but do not show up to any classes, I am not entitled to a refund.

8. I understand that if the course is cancelled by Perform Australia, Perform Australia will arrange a refund for me.

Back To Improv