The Brisbane Improv Festival is excited to be hosting 22 Improvisation Workshops as part of the 2022 Festival with facilitators from all over Australia and New Zealand.

Ferris Wheel

Facilitated by Wade Jackson

Ferris Wheel is a delightful improv comedy show format created by Wade Jackson. It’s structure stops the improviser from running around on stage and forces them to connect to their partner and create a relationship.

This format is fabulous for those who love to perform character driven comedy. In this workshop you’ll learn to bring strong characters, develop relationships, be fully present, have an understanding of scenic variety, practice your storytelling skills and have lots of fun. It’s a wonderful workshop for those with short-form experience and wanting to do more long form improv in a safe environment. For those with long form experience it’s great practice to focus on relationships and developing them over time.

The show will be cast from workshop attendees, and allows for up to 15 performers.

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 Wade

Wade Jackson is a master teacher who has been performing, teaching and producing improvised comedy since 1994. He is the founder and artistic director of the Covert Theatre in Auckland , New Zealand and founding member of The Improv Bandits. With postgraduate qualifications in both Drama and Health Science he is a high performance improv coach with a deep understanding of the principle of the art of improvisation. He has authored three books, taught on four continents and is an in-demand teacher and speaker on creativity and storytelling around the globe.

The Brisbane Improv Festival will be following all current COVID-19 safety guidelines and will also require all workshop participants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for the wellbeing of all participants and facilitators - please note this is a extra requirement mandated by the Festival.