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This is Let's Talk Improv, a newsletter about (surprise) all things improv - what's on in Pōneke, NZ and further afield, what we’re up to, and what I've seen.
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Springtime for Festivals
Not to be extremely basic but: hell yes, it's springtime, friends. Wellington's seasonal seesaw-ing non-withstanding, I cannot wait for weather to be brighter and warmer, for events to be happening during daylight hours, and for my energy reserves to properly kick themselves up a
Join the Club
If your social media feed is full of arts organisations up and down the country sharing the shock of cuts and denials, join the club. Has the arts sector ever done it this hard? asks The Spinoff. We haven't even seen the results for Tier 1 and 2
Put Me In, Coach
Of all the workshops I've taught in the past, I think the ones that resemble coaching are my favourite. Meeting people where they are, seeing what they're working on and what they're trying to do, and helping them get over the humps or around
Funny Birds and Where To Find Them: 2026 Edition
Welcome to a break from my usual improv programming to publish the data of my annual gender survey of the NZ International Comedy Festival. I'm not going to send this out as a newsletter, but I did want it on this website somewhere.