On The Fly Impro

On The Fly Impro On the Fly is South Australia's premier improvisational theatre training organisation.

03/06/2026

Term Three starts this week!
You’ve still got time to book yourself into a whole term of fun, chaotic silliness!

BUT HURRY!!!

TERM THREE STARTS THIS WEEK! Book your spot now! Intro to ImproMake a Scene! Building Character Long form to showLinks i...
01/06/2026

TERM THREE STARTS THIS WEEK!
Book your spot now!
Intro to Impro
Make a Scene!
Building Character
Long form to show

Links in our Bio!

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MONOSCENES INTENSIVE: wrap upToday we learned about relationships, status, commitment, emotional truth, and what happens...
30/05/2026

MONOSCENES INTENSIVE: wrap up

Today we learned about relationships, status, commitment, emotional truth, and what happens when you shoot your scene partner in the face at a remote cabin.

Along the way there were cherry trees felled, Monopoly rivalries escalated, a genuinely beautiful father-daughter relationship emerged, and Tierney met an untimely end.

A successful day of Monoscenes by any measure.

Huge thanks to Dane and everyone who spent the day diving deep into scenes.

And if you’re thinking, “I could use a little more Dane in my life,” you’re in luck. There are still a few spots left in Long Form to Show.
promises about the murder rate, but the scene work will be excellent.

29/05/2026

MONOSCENES INTENSIVE TOMORROW!
When the Monoscenes course sold out y’all whined and complained so much that Dane has agreed to come back and run it again as an intensive.

Tomorrow’s Monoscene Intensive is your chance to explore a format where scenes are allowed to breathe, characters get to stick around, and nobody swoops in with an edit just as things get interesting.
One location. Real time. Endless possibilities.
Saturday May 30, 10AM–5PM
Wauwi Inparrila, 11 Mellor St, Adelaide
Tutor: Dane McFarlane

Every improvisor has a character they keep accidentally playing.OverAndOverAndOverThis course is about finding a few mor...
29/05/2026

Every improvisor has a character they keep accidentally playing.

Over
And
Over
And
Over
This course is about finding a few more.

Join Cathy and Lewis for seven weeks of exploring bold, memorable, fully realised characters that can thrive in anything from a two-minute game to a full-length show.

Funny characters. Awkward characters. Confident characters. Characters with terrible ideas and excellent intentions.

If you love disappearing into someone else for a while, this might be your new favourite course.

Building Character
Wednesdays 7PM–9PM, June 3 to July 15
BH2-12 Barbara Hanrahan Building, Adelaide University City West

Prerequisite: Completion of On the Fly’s Intro to Impro and Make a Scene!, or equivalent as discussed with the Artistic Director.

Tutors: Cathy & Lewis

Curtis has been making a scene for years. Now he’s teaching other people how to do it too.If you’ve survived Intro to Im...
29/05/2026

Curtis has been making a scene for years. Now he’s teaching other people how to do it too.
If you’ve survived Intro to Impro and are ready to turn random moments into memorable stories, join Curtis for Make a Scene! Over seven weeks you’ll build characters, sharpen your scene skills, and discover why the best improv often starts with absolutely no idea what’s coming next.
No scripts. No safety net. Plenty of laughs.
Thursdays 7–9pm, June 4 – July 16
Restless Dance Theatre, 195 Gilles St
Tutor: Curtis Shipley

Get your spot now!

Term 3 bookings are live and Long Form Class to Show is back for improvisors ready to hit the stage.This is not just a c...
24/05/2026

Term 3 bookings are live and Long Form Class to Show is back for improvisors ready to hit the stage.

This is not just a class.
It’s a rehearsal room, a creative process, and a performance rolled into one.

Across seven weeks, you’ll work together to develop an original long form impro show from the ground up. You’ll refine your long form skills, sharpen your ensemble work, explore format, structure, and storytelling, and build a performance ready for a live audience.

This course is designed for experienced improvisors wanting to push beyond scenes and games into sustained worlds, connected narratives, and compelling ensemble driven theatre.

You’ll experiment.
Refine.
Cut what doesn’t work.
Discover what does.
And shape a full impro show together in real time.

Perfect for improvisors wanting:
More advanced long form training
Stronger ensemble and group mind skills
Experience developing original impro formats
Performance focused rehearsal processes
A chance to perform in On the Fly’s July showcase

Led by Dane.

Wednesdays 7pm to 9pm
June 3 to July 15
Advanced improv classes Adelaide
Long form improvisation training
Improvisation performance course

Prerequisite:
Completion of six terms with On the Fly including long form study, or equivalent experience discussed with the artistic director.

For improvisors ready to build something bigger, this is the room.

Term 3 bookings are live and Building Character is here for improvisors ready to go deeper.Anyone can put on a funny voi...
24/05/2026

Term 3 bookings are live and Building Character is here for improvisors ready to go deeper.

Anyone can put on a funny voice.
This course is about creating characters that actually live.

Characters with physicality.
Characters with instincts.
Characters that survive beyond the first joke and keep delivering whether you are in short form chaos or long form storytelling.

Across seven weeks, Building Character explores character creation through behaviour, impulse, physicality, relationships, and pressure before worrying about plot or clever choices.

You’ll steal from real people politely.
Borrow from animals.
Transform objects.
Push status and stakes.
Discover how your character moves through the world and what happens when the world pushes back.

Perfect for improvisors wanting:
Stronger and more consistent characters
Better physicality and stage presence
Tools for both short form and long form impro
Characters that can evolve and deepen over time
Practical techniques you can return to again and again

By the end of the course, you’ll walk away with repeatable methods for building characters quickly.

Taught by Cathy and Lewis.

Wednesdays 7pm to 9pm
June 3 to July 15
Adelaide improv classes
Character improvisation course
Long form and short form impro training

Prerequisite:
Completion of Intro to Impro and Make a Scene! or equivalent experience discussed with the artistic director.

For improvisors serious about character work, this is the course.

24/05/2026

Ever wanted to feel more confident speaking in front of people?
Better at thinking on your feet?
Be braver?
Play more?
Less awkward in social situations?
Or maybe you’ve just watched Thank God You’re Here or Whose Line Is It Anyway? and thought “I want to try that.”

This is where you start.

Intro to Impro is our beginner impro course in Adelaide designed for people who are completely new to improvisation.
No experience needed.
Just a willingness to give things a go.

Across seven weeks you’ll learn the foundations of impro in a supportive, low pressure environment with plenty of laughs along the way.

Perfect for:
People looking to improve public speaking and confidence
Creatives wanting to get out of their head
People wanting to find more silly in their lives
Anyone wanting to meet new people and have a genuinely fun Wednesday night
Actors wanting to sharpen their improvisation skills

Classes are led by and and take place at Restless Dance Theatre on Gilles Street.

Wednesdays 7pm to 9pm
June 3 to July 15

Spots fill quickly every term so jump in while you can.

Term 2 was a blast, and this week the OTF community came out to celebrate the term that had been at the Hymn Bar.One mom...
21/05/2026

Term 2 was a blast, and this week the OTF community came out to celebrate the term that had been at the Hymn Bar.

One moment we had warring oracles delivering prophecies with the intensity of a Greek tragedy, the next we had Spice Girls energy tearing through the room like it was 1997 from our Intro class.

Make a Move taught us that egg sandwiches are not to be trusted. Ever.

Monoscenes gave us forgotten birthdays, lonely lighthouses and a deeply concerning number of windows.

Make a Scene delivered frisky giraffes, monkey napping, and the kind of choices that make impro either genius or deeply alarming. Sometimes both.

It was a night full of huge laughs, questionable decisions, committed performers, excellent gin, and the kind of community that reminds us why we keep coming back to the stage.

Massive love to all our students who spent the term throwing themselves into the work, taking risks, and making us laugh until it hurt.

‘Again!’

Term 3 bookings are live!
don’t miss your chance to be part of our next student showcase.

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