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Nothing Toulouse Chapter One: Beachball Brains & Dancing Dreams

At the start of tonight’s escapade, Madame De Beaujolais (Jenny Lovell), manager of the nightclub Le Chat Rouge, is at a café with famous painter Henry La Trebuchet (Jason Geary) and genius choreographer Remy Le Beau (Adam McKenzie)...

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Let’s take a walk, shall we?

Bonsoir mes amies! It’s that special time of year – where we will all delight in the love, laughter and intrigue of another improvised soap opera, this year – Nothing Toulouse! Let’s take a walk, shall we?

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Life lessons on failure and shame

How can we learn to embrace failure to use it as our strength? Check out our blog post from Rik Brown - a meditation on failure and shame with more alliteration than you can poke a stick at.

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Film Noir - with Jessica Pratt

I am super excited to be teaching this Film Noir course with Impro Melbourne this May. In 2018 I was fortunate enough to spend some time in LA working with Impro Theatre on various forms of genre theatre...

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Play it Like a Playwright

Tim Redmond writes about the course & performance of 'Play it like a Playwright'

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Play!

This brand-new workshop will allow you to continue to build on impro skills and let loose in a safe and playful environment.

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Pre Impro Preparation

Preparing yourself to go onstage to improvise is no easy task. With scripted theatre you can at least reassure yourself that the lines have long been learnt and your character carefully crafted. But improv leaves you craving comfort from chaos. Rik Brown writes.

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Impro Melbourne - Rookie Tryouts

Rookie Tryouts are open to Impro Melbourne students or improvisers invited by our Artistic Directors.

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Theatresports™ Review Weekend Notes

"It's thrilling theatre which is wondrous to witness: you can't help but admire the collective talent of its dynamic creators.~ Stories take unexpected turns. Drama flips to comedy. A throwaway line makes you think. ~ In these screen-fixated times, it's rare to find an alternative, accessible activity which appeals to the whole family. Add to the mix an evening's entertainment that champions qualities such as resourcefulness, teamwork, generosity and pluck, served up with a healthy dose of wholesome humour, and you have a winning formula for a fun, family experience. The name of the game is Theatresports."

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The Final episode of the GEB - “WEDDINGS, WIDOWS AND THUMB WARS”

It’s Theodore’s birthday! He is served a ‘bomb Alaska’ cake prepared by the Cook with Dr Foottee and the Countess. Theodore has finally achieved his childhood dream of owning the GEBH – could a romance with the Countess be next?

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