The Sneaky Improviser with Jim Fishwick

When we improvise, we’re trying to get on the same page as our scene partner and the audience about what’s going on. But if we just stuff that bare information into our dialogue, we stop sounding like real people. (“Y'know, we’ve been brothers for twenty years...” "Hi, I'm the window cleaner you booked to clean the windows in your tall, tall house.")

This three-hour workshop, taught by Jim Fishwick, looks at the art of exposition: ways of hiding this information more smoothly in our dialogue and detecting the things that our scene partners may have hidden in theirs.

Required experience: This workshop assumes a general familiarity with basic improv techniques, and students should be comfortable performing in improvised scenes by themselves. Please email hello@jetpacktheatre.com with any questions.

About Jim

Jim Fishwick is an award-winning director, teacher, actor and writer based in on Gadigal land in Sydney, Australia. They have been in demand as a theatremaker and consultant around Australasia for over a decade, and are currently the Artistic Co-Director of the New Zealand Improv Festival.

Jim is the general manager of Jetpack Theatre, who have created experiential, interactive and immersive theatre since 2015. They are one third of improv group The Joy Riders, and regularly teach with Improv Theatre Sydney.

In their spare time, Jim writes for the BBC2 quiz show Only Connect and enjoys cryptic crosswords.

"Jim's teaching style is warm and empowering. They strike a perfect balance of learning through listening and through doing." — Former workshop participant

“Jim Fishwick's mind is insightful and brilliant, and they are adept at communicating its many moving parts." — Former workshop participant

Stand-by List

Inspired by our friends at PopRox, we're 'keeping a stand-by list for places in this workshop. A few days before the workshop, we'll 'give away any remaining places for free on a first-come-first-served basis. If the fee is a barrier for you to come along, then simply email hello@jetpacktheatre.com and we'll pop you on the stand-by list. No need to provide a reason, no questions
asked. Everyone on the list will be notified whether there was a place available for them 3 days before the workshop.