Five weeks to find real confidence in yourself as a coach. Hands-on from the first session, with you actually running exercises and coaching the room rather than watching someone talk about it.
Starts
26 August
Nights
Wednesdays
Where
Carlton
Places
6 max
$350AUD
For all 5 sessions, 15 hours of coaching in total.
Wednesday nights, 7:00pm to 10:00pm
26 August to 23 September 2026
333 Drummond St, Carlton VIC
Strictly limited to 6 places, so you coach in every session
Payment is handled securely by Stripe. Cancel before 19 August for a full refund.
Who this is for
Improvisers who are moving into coaching, and coaches who are already running rooms but want to sharpen what they do. If you have been asked to coach a team and felt slightly out of your depth, this is built for you.
Around six months of improv behind you is a good guide rather than a hard rule. If you are near that mark and keen, you will be fine. You don't need to have coached before.
What we'll cover
Five sessions that build on each other, ending with you coaching the room.
1
Foundations of effective teaching and coaching
What actually makes a coach useful. Reading a room, holding a group, and the difference between teaching improv and just running exercises you liked as a student.
2
Lesson planning and structuring sessions
Building a session that goes somewhere. Choosing exercises that serve a point, sequencing them so each one sets up the next, and knowing what to cut when the room needs something else.
3
Providing empowering feedback and addressing challenges
Side-coaching that helps mid-scene, and notes that land after it. Plus the hard bits: the player who dominates, the one who has gone quiet, and the group that has lost its nerve.
4
Developing your own teaching style and continuous improvement
Finding the version of coaching that sounds like you rather than an impression of your favourite teacher, and building a habit of getting better at it.
5
Coaching exercises showcase
You run the exercises you have designed, with the group as your players and the room as your feedback. Depending on numbers we may run this session longer so everyone gets proper time.
Expect to be on your feet
This one is hands-on. You'll run exercises throughout the five weeks, and you should also be ready to play the improviser when techniques are being demonstrated or when someone else is leading the group. That swap between coaching and playing is a lot of where the learning happens.
What you'll leave with
A coaching philosophy that is yours
A clear sense of what you value in a room and how you want to run one, instead of borrowing someone else's voice.
Exercises you designed yourself
A set of custom-built exercises you have written, run with real players, and refined off the back of what actually happened.
Notes that land
A practical approach to side-coaching and feedback that improvisers can act on, including for the tricky rooms.
The details
Discipline
Improv
Level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
None set in stone (around 6 months of improv is a good guide)
When
Wednesday nights, 7:00pm to 10:00pm (26 August to 23 September 2026)
I've been teaching and coaching improv for the last decade, across Australia, England and the United States, and I regularly coach indie and house teams at TIC. My focus is on simple approaches that make you a more confident, playful and present improviser, and the same thinking runs through how I coach coaches.
Real emotional depth, moderate swearing, supportive contact.
Content
Themes with emotional depth. Moderate swearing and implicit mentions of adult themes.
Physical contact
More emotionally supportive actions like a full hug or holding hands.
Example topics
Themes like close relationships, ethical dilemmas and societal issues. Dramas like "The Crown", emotional films and series like "Good Will Hunting" or "Fleabag", complex characters and ethical questions like Shakespeare, coming-of-age films like "Eighth Grade", moral complexity like an Agatha Christie mystery.
Suitable for
People comfortable with emotional engagement and moderate adult themes.
