Defrost Festival
2025 Festival Coming Soon
Shows, workshops & social events
July 30th – August 9th

Only half of the ticket allocation is available during the festival launch sale. Get in quick!

Want your metaphors to be a piece of cake? Want your similes to be as easy as falling off a log?

This workshop explores simple ways to add layers of meaning to improv scenes, through metaphor, simile, and symbols: any time we use one thing to say something else.

It’s not about being clever! This is about adding emotional resonance, depth and beauty to everything from the humdrum to the ridiculous.

  • Workshop Session #1
    Saturday, August 9, 2025
    3:00–6:00pm
Instructor(s)
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Course Fees

$75

Plus online booking fee of $1.5

Prices include GST

Course Prerequisites
This course has no prerequisites
You are eligible for this course
Bookings

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  • Workshop Session #1
    Saturday, August 9, 2025
    3:00–6:00pm

Meet your teacher

Instructor Profile

Jim Fishwick

Jim Fishwick is an award-winning director, teacher, actor and writer based on Gadigal land in Sydney, Australia. They have been in demand as a theatremaker and consultant around Australasia for over a decade, and are currently the Artistic Co-Director of the New Zealand Improv Festival.

Jim is the general manager of Jetpack Theatre, who have created experiential, interactive and immersive theatre since 2015. They are one third of improv group The Joy Riders, and regularly teach with Improv Theatre Sydney.

In their spare time, Jim writes for the BBC2 quiz show Only Connect and enjoys cryptic crosswords.

Our community watering hole

Enjoy some good times downstairs at Theory Bar

Fancy a beverage after your next show or class session? Our ground floor bar is open Wednesday–Sunday.

Community members and ticket-holders get access to our fantastic Happy Hour menu all night long

Please note: drinks can not be transferred between venues in the building

Theory Bar