This workshop is by application only. Please click here to find out more - including information on the submission process.

Let's get those sketches up on stage! In this class you'll work with your fellow students, the instructor and a director to create an completely original sketch comedy show at the Improv Conspiracy Theatre. 

The class will work as a team, pitching and brainstorming together in class and doing group writing assignments outside of class. The collective will come up with heaps of great content that couldn't have been created by any inpidual on their own. The back half of the eight weeks will include rehearsal time for the show, as well as practical lessons in acting and how to generate all of the necessary technical cues (lighting, audio and video).

Note: it's our hope that every student will get at least one sketch they've contributed to writing into the final show. However, this comes down to the quality and quantity of your work submitted throughout the term. It's possible to act in your own sketches, however the director may also pull actors from the wider Improv Conspiracy community.

  • Workshop Session #1
    Sunday, May 6, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
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Venue(s)
Course Fees

$500 Full / $450 Concession

Plus online booking fee of $5

Prices include GST

Course Prerequisites
Passing grade in Writer's Room
Please to determine eligibility
Bookings
This course has concluded

Important dates, venues & times

Course calendar

Workshop Sessions
MoTuWeThFrSaSu
MoTuWeThFrSaSu
  • Workshop Session #1
    Sunday, May 6, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
  • Workshop Session #2
    Sunday, May 13, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
  • Workshop Session #3
    Sunday, May 20, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
  • Workshop Session #4
    Sunday, May 27, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
  • Workshop Session #5
    Sunday, June 3, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
  • Workshop Session #6
    Sunday, June 10, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
  • Workshop Session #7
    Sunday, June 17, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm
  • Workshop Session #8
    Sunday, June 24, 2018
    1:00–4:00pm

Meet your teacher

Instructor Profile

Caitlyn Staples

Caitlyn joined the Improv Conspiracy in 2015 and made a name for herself as a valuable resource in the world of comedy writing. Caitlyn studied writing with The Second City and has written and produced two critically acclaimed sketch shows Who We Were and I'm Here (nominated best comedy at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2017) and has many years experience in stage design and show production. You can catch her writing and performing in action on the TIC House Sketch Team and with the comedy team Hit By A BlimpYou can also see her perform improv each week with her Harold Team The Sirens.

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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 10% off*

(* Sundays and Public Holidays excepted)

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