Scenius
Scenius
Level / Experience: Advanced
Discover new ways of playing by tapping into the wisdom of the room. We’ll boil improvisation down to the basics, listening and reacting, and explore how they can help us come up with ideas collectively. We’ll work with longer scenes and performance pieces so you explore how collective creativity works. Scenius is designed for players who have taken Make a Scene.
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Find the game, find the funny.
You’re onstage with your scene partner. You’ve started a scene. You found a funny thing. Now what? In Pattern & Game, we’ll see how characters, emotions, and repetition can create unique and interesting dynamics - and how we can explore and heighten those dynamics to create compelling, funny scenes. The core concept here is the Upright Citizens Brigade’s notion of a game - a repeated pattern of unusual (but grounded) behaviour within a scene. Pattern & Game also bridges intermediate-level formats like The Montage to advanced formats like The Harold. The term will culminate in a format that combines elements of both.
Our advanced courses are designed for students with a solid grasp of the fundamentals — completion of both Rediscover Play and Make a Scene (or equivalent) is strongly recommended. Our advanced courses can generally be taken in any order; we encourage students to learn with different teachers to find which styles and techniques work best for them.
When: Begins Tuesday the 20th of October until the 8th of December (eight weeks), then an optional Student Showcase performance.
Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm (two hours)
Where: Birak - First Summer @ Loftus Recreation Centre (99 Loftus St, Leederville)
Teacher: TBC
Skills you’ll build…without even noticing
Through games, laughter, and a little organised chaos from improvised theatre, this course gives you practical experience in:
Learning how to read the room so you can make more intuitive, in-the-moment choices.
Practising “deep tissue listening” that goes beyond words to what’s really being said (and felt).
Building greater trust, confidence, and mindfulness in how you show up with others.
Other workshops on offer
Rediscover Play
Level / Experience: Beginner
Build confidence, expand your comfort zone, and reconnect with play through fun, low-stakes improv games and group exercises. Designed for people completely new to improvisation.
Make a Scene
Level / Experience: Intermediate
Deepen your improv skills, build creative confidence, and learn to create scenes and stories in real time. Designed for improvisers who have completed Rediscover Play.
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Scenius
Unlock creative confidence in a fun, supportive environment.
Level / Experience: Advanced
Find the game, find the funny.
You’re onstage with your scene partner. You’ve started a scene. You found a funny thing. Now what? In Pattern & Game, we’ll see how characters, emotions, and repetition can create unique and interesting dynamics - and how we can explore and heighten those dynamics to create compelling, funny scenes. The core concept here is the Upright Citizens Brigade’s notion of a game - a repeated pattern of unusual (but grounded) behaviour within a scene. Pattern & Game also bridges intermediate-level formats like The Montage to advanced formats like The Harold. The term will culminate in a format that combines elements of both.
Our advanced courses are designed for students with a solid grasp of the fundamentals — completion of both Rediscover Play and Make a Scene (or equivalent) is strongly recommended. Our advanced courses can generally be taken in any order; we encourage students to learn with different teachers to find which styles and techniques work best for them.
When: Begins Tuesday the 20th of October until the 8th of December (eight weeks), then an optional Student Showcase performance.
Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm (two hours)
Where: Birak - First Summer @ Loftus Recreation Centre (99 Loftus St, Leederville)
Teacher: TBC