Improvention 2016 celebrates improv theatre in Canberra

By Nick Fuller
Updated July 30 2016 - 10:08am, first published June 30 2016 - 9:34am
The Improvision 2015 closing number. Front: Sonja Vilc, (Slovenia); second row: Hsiao Hsien Wu of Taiwan, Jason Geary, Nick Byrne, and Esther Longhurst of Australia, David Razowsky and Tom Johnson of USA, Jennifer O'Sullivan and Matt Powell of New Zealand, Nadine Antler of Germany, Jim Fyshwick of the UK.   Photo: Mark Turner Images.
The Improvision 2015 closing number. Front: Sonja Vilc, (Slovenia); second row: Hsiao Hsien Wu of Taiwan, Jason Geary, Nick Byrne, and Esther Longhurst of Australia, David Razowsky and Tom Johnson of USA, Jennifer O'Sullivan and Matt Powell of New Zealand, Nadine Antler of Germany, Jim Fyshwick of the UK. Photo: Mark Turner Images.
Improvision 2015 winner Sonja Vilc of Slovenia. Photo: Mark Turner Images
Improvision 2015 winner Sonja Vilc of Slovenia. Photo: Mark Turner Images

Those who want life to be planned and predictable would be astonished by unscripted theatre where the actors make up the story as they go – but improvisation ("improv") is one of the fastest growing, most popular theatrical techniques, performed on every continent, with more than a thousand companies worldwide.

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