A unique opportunity. Australian improv legend in Prague! Apply here.
Workshops in Prague 2025
Thursday, July 3, 5pm-9pm
Flick or Elastic
Timing. Rhythm. Silence. Tension. Impact.
How do you build scenes that truly resonate – whether comedic or dramatic?
In this workshop, Nick Byrne busts the myth that "good timing" is a talent. It's not – it's a skill you can learn and develop. You’ll explore the power of pauses, rhythm shifts, vocal and physical dynamics, and how to use these to create moments of real impact.
Stretch your theatrical instincts like an elastic band – build tension, release it with purpose, and let your scenes land with clarity and force.
For intermediate to advanced improvisers ready to go beyond the comfortable and into the truly effective.
Workshop in English.
Friday, July 4, 4pm-9pm
Dimensions & All At Once show
Characters from other dimensions. Presences you can feel but not see. One shared space.
What if you're sharing a scene with someone who isn’t there yet – or who no longer exists?
What if time doesn’t matter, and presence transcends reality?
In Dimensions, you’ll explore the imaginative and emotional space between worlds – ghosts, memories, past lives, alternate versions – and how these enrich our scenes.
This workshop leads to a unique performance: All At Once, where characters from different timelines gradually emerge until all are on stage, sharing one strange and magical present.
You’re welcome to join the workshop even if you don’t wish to perform. Performers will be selected during the workshop.
Workshop in English.
Nick Byrne
Nick Byrne is Artistic Director and the creator of Improvention; Australia’s original and largest international festival and convention of unscripted theatre. He is also Artistic Director of Impro ACT, the major improvisational theatre company in Australia’s capital, Canberra.
Nick works as an actor, director, producer, and musician, in all realms of theatre and film, and has been a delegate to the Australian Theatre Forum, but improvisation is his ruling passion. He has worked in 40 countries throughout Europe, Asia, and Australasia, as an individual guest, or in festivals, including; Moment16 & Moment18 in Vienna, Mt Olymprov in Athens, FIIF in Tampere, Improfest in Gothenburg, Salento Improv Festival, Sofia Improv Festival, RIIF in St Petersburg, TILT in Tallinn, Bengaluru (India), Jo Festival in Poland, Improvember in Munich, and Singapore Improv Festival.
In 2024, he worked in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Iceland, Bulgaria, Belgium, India, and even went to Kyiv in Ukraine to donate some time to theatre practitioners keeping their arts and hearts alive.
He teaches and directs all styles of the craft, and has done so for 20 years, producing groundbreaking shows, “The Displaced” (refugee issues), “Crescendo” (a rock band with dramas), “Drivers” (about your internal monologues), “In Person 8” (improvised impersonations), and “Parallel” (three physical stories at once), and more recently, his popular vulnerable solo show, “Inspired”.
Nick tries to make the areas of improvisation that seem difficult, easier for performers, and reduce their worry so that they can play at their peak. He also conducts workplace sessions, helping Olympians deal with adversity, and United Nations Peacekeepers to remain culturally aware. He likes to explore.
Nick is fascinated by people, and always aims to meet as many as possible, at festivals and arranged workshop visits.
Nick writes the 220,000 words An Improviser's Learning Journal. Read here: https://impro.com.au/learning-journal/.
