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LMA is restructuring as a not-for-profit. Keep reading to learn more.

Catch us every Thursday night at the Forresters for some improvised fun. Featured acts, comedy trivia, games, open jams, and prizes. Everyone welcome!

LMA Founder, Eran Thomson, shares 2019 highlights and what we can all look forward to in 2020.

The LMA Sydney Holiday Show and Party is on Dec. 20th and you and your friends are invited. Come play and perform along with our special guest, Jonathan Pitts.

It has been a long journey with LMA, firstly consulting to the school on creative matters, then kicking off the Melbourne School and ultimately moving to Sydney to take on the Artistic Director role.

LMA All Hands – October 2017 Re-Cap A big thank you to everyone who came to the LMA All Hands meetings in Melbourne and Sydney this month. For those of you who don't know, the All Hands is our chance to come together informally as a community and share news, ideas and dreams for the [...]

We are super excited to welcome Talya to the Teaching staff at LMA! Talya completed all four levels of improv training offered through Laugh Masters Academy (LMA) in 2016 and then whooshed through the LMA Teacher Training Track to land where she is today. She will be recognisable to many of you from her work [...]

Creating Community Through Comedy When I took my very first Level 1 Improv class at The Second City, I thought I was going to be awesome at it. In fact I distinctly recall telling a friend I was going to "rule improv." Somewhere around the middle of my second class I realised that by trying to [...]

That First Step Makes All the Difference. Ever wonder what it takes to be funny on the spot but scared that it's too hard?  If you are nervous and would like to dip your toes in and see if it's for you LMA have regular FREE introduction to improv classes on the second Saturday of [...]

Free Theatre Production Workshop! Laugh Masters Academy are offering a FREE production workshop this Wednesday 1 February. The workshop will be run by Elliot Stevenson who has been producing comedy shows and teaching in the USA for years. This valuable and fun workshop will open up doors to running shows at LMA and is an essential requirement [...]

David Tieck is Back... In Melbourne! LMA is excited to welcome David Tieck back to the roster of Australian Teachers, this time at LMA Melbourne. Some of you may recognise him from our shows at The Belvoir St. Theatre where he not only performed, but also coached a Student House Team. His experience is vast, with training [...]

Dan Pavatich is Everywhere If you've been in any way involved in the Melbourne comedy scene over the past few years, then chances are you've come across Dan Pavatich. And while those of us stuck in Sydney may have felt somewhat deprived by the tyranny of distance, that's all about to change because Dan is moving! Now [...]

Elliot Stevenson Returns to LMA in 2017 Elliot is having so much fun down under he's decided to stick around for another term! We are thrilled to announce that he will be teaching again at LMA in 2017. My favorite thing about teaching improv is that I get to see people gathered in a room together [...]

Lucy O'Brien Joins LMA as Musical Director LMA is thrilled to announce the addition of Lucy O'Brien to our growing roster of teacher talent. Lucy will be the Musical Director for Andrew Strano's, Musical Improv class at LMA Melbourne starting in Term 1, 2017. Musical improv has to be the most joyous, exciting, immediate way to get involved with music theatre, [...]

Class Clown Kimberley Twiner Joins the LMA Roster LMA is thrilled to announce the addition of Kimberly Twiner to our growing roster of talented teachers. Kimberly will be teaching Clown, Improv and Physical Comedy at LMA Melbourne starting in Term 1, 2017. I am delighted to be working with LMA in 2017, especially since sharing the seriously ridiculous world [...]

Santa Says Give the Gift of Improv Here we go again. Another year ends and another one starts. Usually with one hell of a party. But the end of the year is also a wonderful time for self reflection, goal setting, and putting a plan for personal progress into place. We believe the first spot to [...]