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The Improv Playground is where you get your reps and build your skills with sessions tailored to the students present. 

A rotating selection of our most talented and popular instructors will lead you for a month of exploration, fun and really honing in on the skills required to successfully create sustainable improv comedy scenes  β€“ all without the demands of pass/repeat evaluations and specific performance outcomes.

The Hobby Track, and The Improv Playground are the natural progression from our Starter Track classes, and often where many students spend some time before undertaking the Performance Track. 

Whether you have been specifically invited to take The Improv Playground or whether you're keen to make a return to improv after an absence, this is the perfect class for mid-level improv students who aren't involved in our Performance Track, as well as folks in the Performance Track and Advanced Play who are looking for a short course that can develop the essential skills that underpin all of their advanced work. 

  • Workshop Session #1
    Saturday, April 12, 2025
    3:00–6:00pm
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Course Fees

$575 Full / $525 Concession & Full-Time Student

Plus online booking fee of $5

Prices include GST

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Important dates, venues & times

Course calendar

Workshop Sessions
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  • Workshop Session #1
    Saturday, April 12, 2025
    3:00–6:00pm
  • Workshop Session #2
    Saturday, April 19, 2025
    3:00–6:00pm
  • Workshop Session #3
    Saturday, April 26, 2025
    3:00–6:00pm
  • Workshop Session #4
    Saturday, May 3, 2025
    3:00–6:00pm

Meet your teacher

Instructor Profile

Barney Pollock

Barney is an actor and improviser. He has worked professionally in theatre, film and television, appearing on Channel Ten as a member of the Thank God You're Here ensemble cast and upcoming ABC Comedy White Fever. Barney graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2015, winning the Frances Barbe Award for most outstanding performer for the class of ‘15.

Barney is also a content creator, hosting one of the southern hemisphere's most downloaded English Premier League Podcasts A Bit Spursy and performs monthly with long-term Collaborator Matt Young (Deadloch) in their popular show Cool & Smart at The Improv Conspiracy Theatre.

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