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Improv Starter Track

Sips and Scenes

Our popular Friday evening blend of after-work drinks and improv training. 2-hour drop-in sessions that are open to all community members from the first week of Starter 1 onward

March 2026 Update: Sips moves to Theory Bar 🍺🍷🍸 Sips & Scenes is now takes place at Theory Bar by default! It will move to the Swanston Street annex when Theory is unavailable due to a special event or function. BYO drinks are not allowed at Theory Bar, but are very much permitted when class is at the Annex

Come let your hair down after a long week of work, enjoy some beverages (alcoholic or otherwise) and get some scenework reps with one of our most exciting senior instructors:

  • Josh Chodziesner
  • Laura Josephine
  • Adam Kangas
  • Barney Pollock
  • Hayley Tantau
  • Matt Young

Anyone with Improv Conspiracy experience is welcome – whether you're two weeks into Starter 1 or you're a Harold Night all-star. We'll work on scenework fundamentals from a variety of exciting and accessible angles.

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When you're doing, coaching or watching improv, what do you value most in a scene?

Josh Chodziesner: Getting out of your head and finding ways to stay consistently excited by the opportunity to build something that you, your scene partner and the audience can all get on board with

Adam Kangas: Having as much fun as possible while keeping the audience on-side – by all means, be a freak, but be an empathetic one

Barney Pollock: Playing to lose and loving every loss, emotion based pattern play, driving a petrol tanker into a burning building

Matt Young: Improv can be easy - be generous, trust your intuition, use your body, aim for clarity, and have a few key moves in your back pocket

 

(stay tuned to meet our other instructors...)

Course Prerequisites
Please to determine eligibility
Course Duration
Single Session
Course Fees

$37.50

Our community watering hole

Enjoy some good times downstairs at Theory Bar

Fancy a beverage after your next show or class session? Our ground floor bar is open Wednesday–Sunday.

Community members and ticket-holders get access to our fantastic Happy Hour menu all night long

Please note: drinks can not be transferred between venues in the building

Theory Bar