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Rep City: Presence

Skill development courses with some of our theatre's most exciting instructor and coaches, focusing on key performance and stage skills essential for succeeding in long-form improvisation.

Rep City is where you get your reps and build your skills with sessions tailored to the students present. 

On a rotational basis, Rep City focusses on four pillars of long-form improv performance:

  • Stage Craft
  • Bold Moves
  • Listening & Support
  • Presence

While each term will have it's own over-arching focus, no matter the pillar you're working on our most talented and popular instructors will lead you for a term of exploration, fun and really honing in on all the skills required to successfully create sustainable improv comedy scenes  – all without the demands of pass/repeat evaluations.

The Development Track, and Rep City are the natural progression from our Starter Track classes, and often where many students spend some time before being invited to undertake the Performance Track. 

Whether you have been specifically invited to take Rep City or whether you're keen to make a return to improv after an absence, this is the perfect class for mid-level improv students who aren't involved in our Performance Track, as well as folks in the Performance Track and Advanced Play who are looking for a course that can develop the essential skills that underpin all of their advanced work. 

  • Workshop Session #1
    Monday, June 29, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
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Course Fees

$625 Full / $575 Concession & Full-Time Student

Plus online booking fee of $5

Prices include GST

Course Prerequisites
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Bookings
This course is sold out

Important dates, venues & times

Course calendar

Workshop Sessions
June 2026
July 2026
August 2026
  • Workshop Session #1
    Monday, June 29, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
  • Workshop Session #2
    Monday, July 6, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
  • Workshop Session #3
    Monday, July 13, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
  • Workshop Session #4
    Monday, July 20, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
  • Workshop Session #5
    Monday, July 27, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
  • Workshop Session #6
    Monday, August 3, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
  • Workshop Session #7
    Monday, August 10, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm
  • Workshop Session #8
    Monday, August 17, 2026
    6:30–9:30pm

Meet your teacher

Instructor Profile

Ben Russell

Ben is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory Chicago and iO Chicago, as well as being a member of the iO Harold Team Ensemble. He moved to Melbourne where he debuted his award-nominated show The Tokyo Hotel which was adapted into an 8-part radio play for ABC radio.  He has toured shows to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Soho Theatre in London

Ben was the head writer for the bizarre tonight show Aaron Chen Tonight and has appeared in ABC shows Fancy Boy Pilot, Sideliners and The Let Down. He is co-creator of the cult hit touring show Nö Shöw with Xavier Michelides. Ben also works with YouTube sketch groups Hot Dads and Aunty Donna.

 

Ben is the coach for TiC Harold team Peter Heliar. 

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