Introducing our team

Wade Robinson - Festival Director

Wade Robinson is one of Improv QLD’s founders and director of the Queensland Youth Theatresports Festival. Wade has performed in numerous improv shows, with his most notable credits performing in Theatresports (2021 - 2024) and Murder Village (2022, 2023, 2025) at the Brisbane Comedy Festival. He was also a member of the first Queensland team to win the National Theatresports Championships in Sydney. He has also performed in Murder at the Bowlo at the Anywhere Festival and Sydney Fringe Festival (Fringe Ready Award and nomination for Best Immersive Show).

He also directed of Elves and Magic at the Anywhere Theatre Festival in 2024 which won the award for best comedy.

Wade is an experienced teacher, and has been a key driver of its workshop program since 2010. He is excited about directing the Youth THeatresports Festival this year as the festival was how he developed his love of improvisation.

Becky Gethen - Schools co-ordinator

Becky is the Workshop Director at Improv QLD and a passionate teacher and performer. She has both an acting and Improvisation background which has seen her perform internationally as part of the Auckland Improv Festival and the Manila Improv Festival in 2023 as well as the Singapore Improv Festival in 2024. Becky has also performed locally in the Theatresports Grand Championships in the Brisbane Comedy Festival in 2023 and 2025. Becky’s career has seen her perform and facilitate workshops both locally and internationally to children, teenagers and adults in a variety of settings ranging from summer camps to prisons. Career highlights include working for Disney Cruise Line in the US and Bahamas, touring theatre in education to schools across Italy, as well as touring across the UK and to remote Indigenous communities in Australia delivering laughter and play to children and families through Improv in her role as Captain Starlight.

Becky loves the feeling of play, flow and spontaneity that comes with Improvisation to allow creativity, authenticity and trusting yourself and your instincts in the moment.