Our upcoming classes
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Building a Solo Show From Scratch - Comedy Workshop
Create a one-person-show with comedian Marcel Blanch-de Wilt!
Where do we begin when it comes to creating a one-person-show that will captivate the crowd? Across this workshop, Marcel will demystify the experience of building a show and provide you with the tools to ensure the process is approachable and fun. Through a series of exercises, discussions, and activities, you will leave this workshop feeling inspired and ready to take on your next project.
About Marcel:
Marcel is a comedian, improviser, writer, and director. He has won awards for his work on-stage and behind-the-scenes. He has performed in every capital city in Australia as well as NZ, USA, and the UK. Marcel performs alongside his wife in their improv duo, The Newlyweds. He has been teaching a range of performance styles since 2015. His specialties include improvisation and stand-up but he also loves clowning, and character comedy. He has trained with Joe Bill, Dr Brown, Zach Zucker, Patti Styles, Andel Sudek, Steen Raskopoulos, and more. Marcel is an in-demand director and has built several shows with a heap of talented folk including Lizzy Hoo, Steph Broadbridge, Ting Lim, and Eleanor Stankiewicz.
Taking Your Improv To The Next Level - Improv Workshop
Create a one-person-show with comedian Marcel Blanch-de Wilt!
Where do we begin when it comes to creating a one-person-show that will captivate the crowd? Across this workshop, Marcel will demystify the experience of building a show and provide you with the tools to ensure the process is approachable and fun. Through a series of exercises, discussions, and activities, you will leave this workshop feeling inspired and ready to take on your next project.
About Marcel:
Marcel is a comedian, improviser, writer, and director. He has won awards for his work on-stage and behind-the-scenes. He has performed in every capital city in Australia as well as NZ, USA, and the UK. Marcel performs alongside his wife in their improv duo, The Newlyweds. He has been teaching a range of performance styles since 2015. His specialties include improvisation and stand-up but he also loves clowning, and character comedy. He has trained with Joe Bill, Dr Brown, Zach Zucker, Patti Styles, Andel Sudek, Steen Raskopoulos, and more. Marcel is an in-demand director and has built several shows with a heap of talented folk including Lizzy Hoo, Steph Broadbridge, Ting Lim, and Eleanor Stankiewicz.
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Wednesdays - March 2025
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Writers Room 2: Pitch to Performance - Saturdays - March 2025
This 8 week Writers Room 2 - Pitch to Performance course takes students out of the classroom and into a simulated writers room as they create a full-hour live sketch show from scratch over the course of the term. Students will work together every week to pitch, write, edit and stage the show, with guidance and direction from the teacher as Head Writer. The term culminates in a live performance of the final sketch show (note: Writers Room 2 students are not required to act in the show unless they would like to).
Foundations 2: The Scene - Saturdays - March 2025
Improv Acting Class: The Scene focuses on the two person scene which is the backbone of Chicago style long form improvisation. The Scene will allow you to understand Big Fork Theatre's signature style of play while also complimenting and improving your own set of skills.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Advanced: The Harold - Sundays - March 2025
Improv Acting Class: The Harold - The Harold is a format that is performed all around the world - it weaves together multiple threads of characters and stories through two person scenes, group games and organic exploration of themes - all inspired by a single word.
Foundations 4 Elective: Intro to Musical Improv - Sundays - April 2025
In this 6 week Intro to Musical Improv class we will introduce students to the basic concepts and tools needed to create songs and music in the moment.
There is nothing more joyful than creating a fully improvised song out of thin air. It can explore the emotional connections of your characters and drive the action of the scene forward, all while getting a catchy chorus stuck in your audience’s head for hours.
If you’ve ever wanted to stretch your improv muscles then Intro to Musical Improv is where you should start.
Foundations 5: Finding the Funny - Sundays - August 2025
Capped at 12 participants, in this 8 week Finding the Funny class we explore how to take true stories and turn them into hilarious improvised scenes. This gives students experience in the Armando format which is the core of Big Fork Theatre's flagship show, Cool Story Bro.
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Tuesdays - February 2025
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Preparing for Song with Criss Grueber
Whether a complete beginner or veteran improviser - making up a song can be tricky! The main focus for this workshop is to gain the skills to enter musical work more confidently and with a couple of skills to make every song simple yet meaningful. Criss' experience as both a skilled musician and veteran improvisor give him the tools to teach you how to work with a musician to sing an affecting, impressive and heartfelt improvised song.
Criss Grueber is an enthusiastic improviser with over fifteen years of experience under his belt. As a member of the Court Jesters, he takes pride in being a performer as well as a Musician and has performed in shows such as "Scared Scriptless", "Dream Team", "Dungeons and Comedians" and "The Good The Bad and the Completely Made Up". Blurring the lines between music and comedy, he has an enthusiastic style of play and is more than willing to take on an impossible challenge!
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Foundations 3: Characters - Sundays - February 2025
Improv Acting Class: In Characters students will explore how to access fully fleshed out characters in an improv scene. Characters will teach techniques to unlock your way of playing characters and jump in and out of them with ease. Whether you want to play characters that are larger than life or a little more nuanced this class if for you.
Writers Room 1: Sketch Fundamentals - Saturdays - February 2025
Writers Room 1 will introduce students to the basic concepts and tools of sketch writing and development, with a focus on writing for live and audio sketch comedy. From the kernel of an idea to the final cut, students will put theory into practice at every step as they develop their own sketches throughout the course.
Foundations 2: The Scene - Wednesdays - February 2025
Improv Acting Class: The Scene focuses on the two person scene which is the backbone of Chicago style long form improvisation. The Scene will allow you to understand Big Fork Theatre's signature style of play while also complimenting and improving your own set of skills.
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Sundays - February 2025
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.
Foundations 4: Group Mind - Saturdays - February 2025
Group Mind will hone your ability to work as a group and create scenes with multiple performers, as well as how to incorporate them into long form improvisation.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Improv can help you become a better listener, improve your confidence in public speaking, kickstart your creativity and teach you how to work as part of a group. Most of all, a Discover Improv class with Big Fork Theatre is guaranteed to send you home laughing.
Our free Intro to Improv session will be taught by some of Big Fork Theatre's most talented improvisers. The session will give you a basic introduction to Big Fork's style of improvisation in a fun, low pressure environment, and attendees will leave with a discount code for our full, 6-week Improv Fundamentals course.
If you have any questions about the session please email us at training@bigforktheatre.com - we hope to see you there!
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Saturdays - October 2024
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.
Foundations 4 Elective: Intro to Musical Improv - Mondays - Term 4 2024
This class meets for 6, 3 hour sessions 10AM to 1PM starting 1 May.
Click through for more details.
Foundations 2: The Scene - Saturdays - Term 4 2024
Improv Acting Class: The Scene focuses on the two person scene which is the backbone of Chicago style long form improvisation. The Scene will allow you to understand Big Fork Theatre's signature style of play while also complimenting and improving their own set of skills.
Advanced: The Harold - Wednesdays - Term 4 2024
This class meets for 6, 3 hour sessions 1PM to 4PM starting 6 February.
Click through for more details.
Foundations 4: Group Mind - Mondays - Term 4 2024
Group Mind will hone your ability to work as a group and create scenes with multiple performers, as well as how to incorporate them into long form improvisation.
Foundations 3: Characters -Sundays - Term 4 2024
Improv Acting Class: In Characters students will explore how to access fully fleshed out characters in an improv scene. Characters will teach techniques to unlock your way of playing characters and jump in and out of them with ease. Whether you want to play characters that are larger than life or a little more nuanced this class if for you.
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Wednesdays - October 2024
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Sundays - September 2024
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Wednesdays - August 2024
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Writers Room 2: Pitch to Performance - Mondays - Term 3 2024
This class meets for 6, 3 hour sessions 10AM to 12:30PM starting 5 February.
Click through for more details.
Discover Improv - free intro to improvisation class
Anyone can improvise! Ever wanted to try improv but you weren't sure if it was for you? This free 2 hour intro to improvisation course is designed for those who have never had any experience with improv.
Advanced: Improvising a Musical - Sundays - Term 3 2024
Improvising a Musical will have students performing a full length, fully improvised musical from a single suggestion with confidence.
Foundations 4: Group Mind - Saturdays - Term 3 2024
Group Mind will hone your ability to work as a group and create scenes with multiple performers, as well as how to incorporate them into long form improvisation.
Foundations 1: Improv Fundamentals - Saturdays - August 2024
Improv Acting Class: Anyone can improvise and Big Fork Theatre's Improv Fundamentals is the perfect place to start! This six-week course is designed to introduce participants to Big Fork Theatre's approach to improvised comedy. No previous acting or improv experience is required to participate.