Travel Information

What lodging options are available?

Staying with friends is great. AirBNB is good. Hotels are expensive but there are lots of cheap n cheerful. hostels/backpackers around.


What transportation options are available?

Uber is awesome here. Buses are less awesome, and the trains are better than the buses. Taxis take cash or card and sometimes can cost just as much as an Uber. There's a cheap train from the airport to Central Station and we recommend that for getting into the CBD.


What dining options are available?

Sydney is known as a "food city" and there is no shortage of great places to eat.
Also Little Ceasar's Pizza is a sponsor so there are discounts available if you're into that sort of thing.


What local events or attractions are available?

So many. Bondi, The Opera House, The Bridge, The Drop Bears...

Festival Information

How much stage time will performers receive?

All teams will get a minimum of 25 minutes. If you need more, let us know. Some teams may get to perform more than once schedule permitting.


What is the range of shows and styles the festival is seeking?

We lean long form, but all styles of improv are welcome. We are open to new formats and unusual ideas. Show us what you got.


What is the local improv scene like?

Growing - and awesome. Short form has been around since the '80s, but long form is relatively new - largely brought to Sydney in 2012 by Laugh-Masters Academy - who since opened in Melbourne in 2016. Other schools include ITS in Sydney and TIC in Melbourne.


What are the festival's goals?

The Australian Improv Festival is a place for local and international improvisers to come together for four days of shows, workshops and endless discussions on where you can find the best flat white.

AIF was created to offer a space where improvisers can meet other improvisers from around the world. It’s an opportunity for people to showcase the many ways improv has grown, evolved and made an impact in our lives and communities.

It’s a place to fail gloriously, play generously, and succeed hilariously.

Through this, we hope to expand the audience for improv theatre in Australia and get more people to join the cult.

I mean community.


What unique improv experiences will performers gain?

They get to say they survived Australia.