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.

The Mockumentary
Facilitated by Lindsay Drummond (Improv Hub, Brisbane Qld)

We will be learning the structure and skills to perform this fast-moving, fun improv format. You will be creating interesting characters and hilarious premise for a made up on the spot Documentary!!!

In the style of spinal tap, a mighty wind, best in show, this country, we could be heroes, etc. the Mockumentary is funny, character based and breaking the 4th wall! It is a very different format to most 'in scene' improv.

We will discover interesting characters, places, and relationships, with the addition of expert fact-checks, infomercials, and advertisements to really spice it up!

Rather than doing scenes where we talk TO each other, we are doing them WITH each other to the imaginary camera crew (the audience)!

Let’s create instant fun with wacky idiosyncratic characters, a loose narrative, hilarious interjections with a dash of audience participation.

This is an intermediate/advanced class.

Please note that any Festival shows cast from workshops is at the discretion of the show's director and is not guaranteed. Please go into workshops with a view to learning new improv skills and having fun. Any performance opportunity is a bonus.

About Lindsay

Lindsay is a self-confessed 'Improv evangelist' and truly believes if everyone in the world did just one Improv class, the world (maybe even the universe) would be a better place!

Founder of Improv Hub, Lindsay was one of the first in the world to start teaching improv online. As a pioneer of online improv Lindsay teaches games, tools and exercises especially for an online environment. On special occasions Lindsay also teaches a unique selection of ‘in real life’ classes at theatres and festivals locally and overseas. Lindsay has a Bachelor of Social Science (Behavioural Studies), a Graduate Certificate in Creative and Professional Practice and is a Master Practitioner of NLP. Lindsay has also been a professional musician and entertainer for over 20 years. Lindsay has trained in Improv with some of the best improvisers in the world such as Jill Bernard, David Razowsky, Patti Stiles, Heather Urquhart, Joe Bill, Carlo Richie, Liz Peters, Stephen Thornton, Armando Diaz and Andrew Eninger. Lindsay is the creator of 'Drummond and Friend', a popular online YouTube show where she improvises scenes with other great improvisers from all around the world. Lindsay also hosts the ‘Masters of Improv’ and Banterpreneurs podcasts.

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