Info & Bookings
Sips and Scenes – 1 May
March 2026 Update: Sips moves to Theory Bar 🍺🍷🍸 Sips & Scenes is now takes place at Theory Bar by default! It will move to the Swanston Street annex when Theory is unavailable due to a special event or function. BYO drinks are not allowed at Theory Bar, but are very much permitted when class is at the Annex
Come let your hair down after a long week of work, enjoy some beverages (alcoholic or otherwise) and get some scenework reps with one of our most exciting senior instructors:
- Josh Chodziesner
- Laura Josephine
- Adam Kangas
- Barney Pollock
- Hayley Tantau
- Matt Young
Anyone with Improv Conspiracy experience is welcome – whether you're two weeks into Starter 1 or you're a Harold Night all-star. We'll work on scenework fundamentals from a variety of exciting and accessible angles.
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When you're doing, coaching or watching improv, what do you value most in a scene?
Josh Chodziesner: Getting out of your head and finding ways to stay consistently excited by the opportunity to build something that you, your scene partner and the audience can all get on board with
Laura Josephine: Confidence and trust are the secret ingredients to great improv. Scenes are easier when we're working less and playing with more
Adam Kangas: Having as much fun as possible while keeping the audience on-side – by all means, be a freak, but be an empathetic one
Barney Pollock: Playing to lose and loving every loss, emotion based pattern play, driving a petrol tanker into a burning building
Hayley Tantau: The best kind of improv is born from feeling safe, silly, and playful. It’s when following the fun and asking “if this is true, what else is true?” becomes second-nature
Matt Young: Improv can be easy - be generous, trust your intuition, use your body, aim for clarity, and have a few key moves in your back pocket
- Workshop Session #1Friday, May 1, 2026
5:30–7:30pmTheory Bar (Ground Floor) – Back RoomGround / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info
$37.50
Plus online booking fee of $0.5
Prices include GST
Important dates, venues & times
Course calendar
- Workshop Session #1Friday, May 1, 2026
5:30–7:30pmTheory Bar (Ground Floor) – Back RoomGround / 19–23 Meyers Place, Melbourne CBDView map & info
Meet your teacher
Instructor Profile
Matt Young
Matt Young is an award-winning improv teacher, coach, and performer. He won Most Outstanding Workshop Instructor in 2023, and has taught dozens of workshops to hundreds of students at The Improv Conspiracy and beyond. As a private coach, he's helped teams sharpen their Harold, find their two-prov voice, and discover what makes them fun to watch.
Matt has completed every class TIC has to offer, performed in more shows than he can count, and formed one half of Cool & Smart (Best Team and Best Monthly Show, 2023) with Barney Pollock. He currently teaches various classes, Sips & Scenes, and works behind the scenes in the office at TIC, producing FTIQ and The Remix.
His teaching philosophy is simple: improv is adult play, and it should always be fun. Students describe him as an "infectious force of energy and positivity" with "a knack for making things click." A Professor of Education once called one of his sessions "the perfect blend of theory and practice - 10/10."
Matt believes that if you're stuck, overthinking, or tied up in knots on stage, you don't need to try harder - you need someone to make it easier. That's what he's here for.
