You're bold enough to step out on stage, and capable of playing some wonderful characters. Fantastic! Now let's talk about what goes into making our scenes comedic in nature.
Our Starter 3 course features a slightly more advanced look at the core building block of long form improvisation: the scene.
You'll get a chance to do a few scenes each week, while experimenting with some of the most influential theories of improv scenework being taught today: the game of the scene as defined by the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and Position Play as defined by Miles Stroth.
Learning about the game of the scene will help you recognise and play with the comedic engines at work in your improvised scenes and scripted sketches.
Position Play stresses the importance of listening to your scene partner in order to discover which of the four basic scene types (Realistic, Straight/Absurd, Alternate Reality & Character) we're most likely inside of. Once you know what scene type you're in, the hard work is done: you can often simply "play your position" and have an entertaining experience!
- Workshop Session #1Saturday, August 30, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info
$575 Full / $525 Concession & Full-Time Student
Plus online booking fee of $5
Prices include GST
Important dates, venues & times
Course calendar
- Workshop Session #1Saturday, August 30, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Workshop Session #2Saturday, September 6, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Workshop Session #3Saturday, September 13, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Workshop Session #4Saturday, September 20, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Workshop Session #5Saturday, September 27, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Workshop Session #6Saturday, October 4, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Workshop Session #7Saturday, October 11, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Workshop Session #8Saturday, October 18, 2025
11:30am–2:30pmThe Improv Conspiracy TheatreLevel 1 / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info - Student Showcase #1Sunday, October 19, 2025 @ 3:30pm
Meet your teacher
Instructor Profile
Kate Dehnert
Kate Dehnert is a writer/actor/improvisor whose work has earned rave reviews and sold out seats. She’s written and acted in TV, radio, theatre, web-series, podcasts, and on her poorly managed Instagram.
In 2022 she was at BBC Studios as a Staff Comedy Writer, writing on a wide variety of programs for BBC Radio 4 and developed her own shows.
“Bizarre, brave, daring, probably dangerous, but most of all smart and very funny. The dawning of a psychedelicomic superstar.” ★★★★½ - The Herald Sun
In Australia, you can watch her work in ABC’s Get Krack!n, Paramount+’s and Channel Ten’s The Project, and Binge’s The Last Year of Television + The Back Side of Television. Kate also created her own sketch podcast called Loner which was in the Australian iTunes Top 10.
Via time machine, you can watch and listen to her perform live comedy at several Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, Melbourne Fringes, on Triple J, ABC Radio, at Splendour in the Grass and Women of Letters. She’s also a previous recipient of a Moosehead Award, was a regular performer at Improv and Character Comedy nights, and guest on beloved web-series, Gamey Gamey Game. She recently taught improv at Blanche Improv in London.
