DEFROST 2026: Play by Play

LIVE IMPROV COVERAGE! Watch your favourite performers face commentary from two of Melbourne’s most opinionated improvisers.

Ever wondered what an experienced improviser is thinking when they watch a set? Hanging out to see your teacher or coach be noted instead of you? Find yourself thinking, we're two minutes into the scene and we still don't know who they are to each other?! Play by Play has you covered!

It’s TV sports commentary meets long form improv, with quite a bit of roasting. Commentators Ben Russell and Jenni Townsend will be mic’d and ready to draw on their years of improv experience to call out every deep-cut improv move.

Howzat side support? Which initiation will win the toss? Was that edit across the line?

Now THAT’S improv!