“So what the fish is ‘Improvention’ and what is it all about?”, she said as she casually flicked a rogue strand of strawberry blonde hair out of her eyes.
Well, Improvention is a festival dedicated to the art of Improvisation.
The festival includes theatre shows, workshops and conference sessions held over 8 days in Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Performances
The program of performances features a mixture of traditional short-form improvised theatre (such as that seen in TheatresportsTM and Whose Line is it Anyway?) and an eclectic mix of the most exciting new works of unscripted theatre in Australia and internationally.
Previous editions of Improvention have included unscripted theatre shows such as Inspired by Strindberg (by Sweden’s Per Gottfredsson), Spoken (by US improviser Randy Rixon), Rock Opera (by Australia’s Tim Redmond), What would Shakespeare do? (by Australia’s Jenny Lovell) and Canberra’s own The Displaced.
The Performance Program also houses the Canberra Impro Challenge which is in its ninth year in 2013.
Show tickets can be booked on our Showcase 2013 page.
Workshops
Workshops are held daily by leading Australian and international improvisers and theatre practitioners. These workshops vary in content from an insight into a particular improvisational skill such as characterisation, the examination of an improvised theatre performance format, to an exploration of other theatre forms or methods that can be utilised in unscripted theatre such as puppetry and mime.
Workshop packages can be booked on-line right here. They can be purchased individually or in a bunch at a time.
Conference
Improvention also includes presentations and forum discussions of Improvisation and Unscripted Theatre as an art form from leading instigators in the field and the greater arts community. Improvention’s conference section also explores the wider applications of Improvisation as a tool to promote positive behaviours, improve communication skills and foster creativity.