Conditions of Participation in an Only the Human Class

In Plain English

When you enrol to take a course with us, you acknowledge that:

  • Participation in an improvisation course is active. You’re asked to be playful, support the growth of your classmates, and ensure each other’s safety. We consider these our core behaviours for students. You can read more about our core behaviours here.

  • You agree to our Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy and acknowledge you can lodge a complaint if you feel it has been violated.

  • We’re unable to provide refunds if you change your mind, once the course has begun.

  • You’ll receive occasional emails from us, and you can unsubscribe from those that aren’t related to your course.

  • You’ll only contact your teacher(s) by phone or text and only for attendance-related matters.

  • Your teacher(s) will participate outside of the course at their discretion.

  • Graduation from the course depends on attending no less than six (6) classes and meeting the core course outcomes. Graduation is always at the discretion of the course teacher(s).

The Fine Print

  • Our core behaviours govern everything we do at Only the Human. For students, the most important ones to keep in mind are to be playful, support growth, and ensure safety.

    🎭 Be Playful: Be willing to be vulnerable, take risks, and have a go! Improvisation can be scary, but by turning up we’re committing to giving things a go – so bring your full self to class.

    🌱 Support Growth: Our classes are a cohort-based environment. We learn from each other as much as we do from the teacher, so an effort to support the growth of other students is expected. This means enthusiasm, patience, care, and kindness.

    🦺 Ensure Safety: Ensure you’re looking out for your fellow players and consider their physical and psychosocial safety in your conduct. We’ll introduce some strategies in class to keep each other safe.

    Our course assumes a level of psychological wellbeing. This means our classes may not be appropriate for people with an acute mental health condition or complex needs. If you have any doubt about your ability to fully contribute, email don@othcomedy.com or discuss improvisation with your healthcare professional.

    Of course, we acknowledge you’re here to learn, and mistakes might happen. The goal is not to be perfect but, to paraphrase Drake, to keep ‘working on excellence.’ By the end of an introductory term we expect all students to be capable of supporting a safe, enjoyable environment and to have the skills to maintain their own and each other’s safety.

    We also have an Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy which you agree to by taking this class. If you believe you’ve been a victim of discrimination or harassment, you can lodge an anonymous complaint.

  • We’re unable to refund class registration fees most of the time but will consider refunds on a case-by-case basis. Where we can’t organise a refund, we’ll consider a transfer to another course. If you’d like a refund or a transfer to another course, email our Executive Officer don@onlythehuman.com.

    Occasionally, if you’ve booked a course and we feel you aren’t an appropriate fit, we reserve the right to cancel your enrolment. If we do this, you’ll always receive a full refund and an explanation. Usually this happens if we feel a student has enrolled in an advanced course without adequate training.

    If you’re on a payment plan, we’ll email you our Bank Details in Week 5.

  • Our office staff will use email as our primary method of communication with you outside of class hours. You agree to receive a reasonable number of emails from us during the class term, at the email address you provide when signing up. In rare/urgent cases we may contact you via phone or text message. We suggest adding don@onlythehuman.com to your contact list so these emails don’t go to spam.

    By registering for workshops, you also opt-in for the Only the Human mailing list, which you can always unsubscribe from later. If you’ve unsubscribed in the past, we won’t resubscribe you. Student emails are separate from the mailing list, so if you unsubscribe you’ll still receive student emails.

  • Teachers should only be contacted via text message, or phone call if its urgent, and only for matters related to attendance at class. Please do let the teacher know if you won’t be able to make class.

    Teachers may choose to participate in discussions on Discord or offer contact outside of class hours, but this is entirely at their discretion. Some of our teachers have families and are busy – others love to have a chat after class. If you want feedback from your teacher, it’s best to ask during the class break.

    Our Discord (you’ll get an invite early in the term) is a great place for general chatter with your classmates and the broader community. All other concerns should be directed to our Executive Officer don@onlythehuman.com.

  • Our classes are designed to provide a scaffolded, developmental experience of improvisation, and so regular attendance and a commitment to learning are required to get the most out of the class.

    To graduate, you need to attend six of eight classes, demonstrate our core behaviours (be playful, support growth, and ensure safety), and meet the class requirements to a satisfactory level. Students will graduate from a class at the teacher’s recommendation.

    For introductory students, graduation is required to advance to intermediate and advanced classes. You may be able to repeat an introductory course in this case.