This course will teach you advanced skills for long-form improvisation.
Come and learn how to improvise a play!
Brisbane has a wonderful tradition of using improvisation to create one or two act plays. This style of long-form improvisation allows performers to explore one story or one set of characters across the course of a show. In doing this, it allows performers a unique opportunity to evoke a world on stage for the audience and to bring their characters to life. It is one of the most rewarding ways of creating impro for both audience and performers alike.
The focus of this 7-week workshop series is on techniques for developing short improvised plays or extended scenes. The workshop will provide you with the opportunity to explore these different approaches, and learn how to incorporate them into your work. The class will be highly interactive with an emphasis on putting ideas into practice plus some discussion and theory. It will also be fun!
The workshop will cover:
Taking time with your work and letting things develop
Using characters as an inspiration as a driver for a show
How to create a story without plotting
How to structure (or not structure) your show.
The class will also work with you to develop your own show ideas with the opportunity to see them in action at an end-of-workshop showcase.
Please note: Our classes are primarily aimed at adults - if you are under 18, let us know and we will confirm if you can attend the class. You must have completed a minimum of 2-3 courses with us to be eligible for the advanced long form course (a beginner’s course and at least an intermediate course as well)
Dates: May 8th to June 19th (7-weeks)
Time: Thursday evenings 7-9pm
Your teacher - Wade Robinson
Wade Robinson is one of Improv QLD’s founders, its Artistic Director and current President. Wade has performed in Murder at the Bowlo at the Anywhere Theatre Festival (2022), Illegal Underground Improv Battle at the Anywhere Festival (2021), Animated and Heart Felt Hight at the Brisbane Comedy Festival (2018/2019) and Robinson, Rimmelzwaan and White at the Anywhere Theatre Festival (2014). His producer credits include the Theatresports Grand Championships at the Brisbane Powerhouse (2013/2014), and he was also a member of the first Queensland team to win the National Theatresports Championships in Sydney.
Wade brings a passionate and on-going love of long-form improvisation to this workshop along with twenty years of performing experience. He has performed in a variety of long-form shows, including murder mysteries, french farces, and teen dramas (plus many, many more).