The Brisbane Improv Festival is excited to be hosting 22 Improvisation Workshops as part of the 2023 Festival with facilitators from all over Australia and New Zealand.

Bad Habits
Facilitated by Katherine Weaver (Melbourne, Vic)

Do you always ... have your hands on your hips, talk over your partner, hesitate to add to the story, nod your head when people are talking, look down when starting a scene, make fists with your hands, etc.. Picking up on our habits helps us to create different characters on stage, forces us to be present, and explore different ways of playing. In this workshop, Katherine will help you discover your habits and give you tips and tricks to play differently. Adding new tools to your impro tool kit and letting go of your bad habits. (No habit can be completely bad as in impro the opposite is also true, but knowing what you do and choosing when to do it is a superpower, and 'Bad Habits' is a great workshop title).

About Katherine

Katherine is an improvisor, actor, teacher and Artistic Director of Impro Melbourne. She has performed and directed for many years with Impro Melbourne in such shows as Theatresports™, Gorilla Theatre™ and Maestro™. She is also part of the Soothplayers ensemble performing improvised Shakespeare. Her love of performing is only matched by her love of teaching, which she has been honoured to do on a weekly basis in Melbourne and as a guest in Wurzburg Germany, Wellington New Zealand, Adelaide, Canberra, and Brisbane.

The Brisbane Improv Festival will be following all current COVID-19 safety guidelines.