Improv Theatre

Improv Theatre Company (ITC) is a Sydney Australia based improvised performance training company, a school for advanced theatrical improvisors. We were the first company in Australia to perform and teach Chicago style improv, and have advised, consulted or worked with most of the others. We specialise in custom workshops and courses for long form i... mprovisors, particularly the more actor relevant Chicago style. Viola Spolin spoke about improvisation taught as rules and a bag of tricks or skills, as a not particularly good way to learn how to improvise. We work with our students on the core skills of spontaneity, being present and discovering the truth of a scene in the moment. It's how the great improvisors work, and what great teachers teach. Everything else you learn as an improvisor stems from this basic grounding. It is improv ground zero. "Techniques are not mechanical devices-a neat little bag of tricks, each neatly labeled, to be pulled out by the actor when necessary. Growth of both individual and form suffer thereby, for [..] such rigidity in teaching, because it neglects inner development, is invariably reflected in [..] performance.Read More