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Joe Bill is Bringing The Power to LMA! Mr. Joe Bill is will be at LMA Sydney for one night only to run his world famous Power Improv Scenes Workshop The focus of this workshop is how to play improv Scenes in any context, but specifically Long Form and Narrative, from a place of strength. We’ll play [...]

End of Term Drinks! All you gotta do is RSVP! Open to any and all former, current and incoming LMA Students and Teachers. End of Term Drinks – Term 2, 2016 Free June 24, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm The Local Taphouse, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010 Is all this Improv is making you thirsty? We thought [...]

Meet Flavie Laliberte: LMA's New Social Media Wizard Laugh-Master Academy is excited to welcome its newest team member: Social Media Coordinator, Flavie Laliberte. We sat down with her for a few questions to get to know her better. What is your name and where are you from? Flavie Laliberte from the beautiful city of Montreal, Canada. How [...]

LMA House Team Audition Results - Term 2, 2016 History was made yet again at The Belvoir St. Theatre last week as LMA Students came out in full force, representing all levels, to show off their improv chops and try for a coveted spot on the LMA House Team. The vision for LMA as we grow, is to have [...]

LMA Announces "The Draft" The Draft is how we reward students with perfect attendance and promptness. It’s really simple: If you have a 100% class attendance record and are never late, you will get to play with the Teachers on stage at the end of term Gold Coin Comedy Show. Which is kind of a [...]

David Tieck Joins the LMA Roster LMA is excited to welcome David Tieck to the roster of Australian Teachers. Some of you may recognise him from our recent Improvoir Show at The Belvoir St. Theatre where he not only performed, but also coached our Student House Team. His experience is vast, with training from all [...]

The Jump Score Leaps into Improv for Innovation Cassie Hunt is the Founder of The Jump Score, a boutique innovation consultancy in Sydney with a passion for growing businesses by helping them think differently. Here she shares a few quick thoughts on her experience at a recent LMA Workshop and how improv training is invaluable for [...]

Toyota Takes Improv Training for a Test Drive Jayne-Louise O'Connell is a Digital Platform Specialist for Toyota and recently participated in one of LMA's Improv Based Learning & Development Workshops. In this breezy chat she shares a few quick thoughts on her team's experience and how improv training can help your professional career. Oh What a [...]

LMA Sydney's New Home Is... ...The Belvoir St. Theatre! We know. It was perhaps the worst kept secret in the Australian Improv Community, but we were waiting to "officially" announce it until a few more I's were dotted and T's crossed. So without further adieu, LMA Sydney is thrilled to officially announce that we will [...]

Prepare Thyselves for the Del Close Marathon NYC Nobody really needs an excuse to book a trip New York, but hoo boy do we have one for you just in case. The Del Close Marathon is 3 days long and has over 600 long form improv shows on 9 stages. The stages are spread out [...]

An Interview with LMA Instructor David Evans David Evans Talks Improv... and Other Things. LMA wouldn't be where it is today without the heart, enthusiasm, and playful spirit of Mr. David Evans. Dave was instrumental in helping LMA Sydney move from holding periodic weekend workshops to regular ongoing classes and for those of you who've had the [...]

Thank You Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon We know it's a long shot, but if any of you Australian improv comedy fans are headed to SXSW this year, you don't want to miss this. For those of you who don't yet know, Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy [...]

Inaugural LMA Student House Team Members Announced History was made at The Belvoir St. Theatre this week as LMA Students came out in full force, representing all levels, to show off their improv chops and try for a coveted spot on the inaugural LMA House Team. After much deliberation and debate the judging panel has made their selections. [...]

Students Make History at First Ever LMA House Team Auditions History was made at The Belvoir St. Theatre this week. Maybe you felt it. It was amazing. LMA Students came out in full force, representing all levels, to show off their improv chops and try for a coveted spot on the inaugural LMA House Team. The [...]

Chicago's loss is Austraia's gain! Laugh-Masters Academy is super excited to announce the addition of Sophie Long to our roster of Australian based Instructors. Sophie is an Performer, Writer, Director, Teacher and Coach in stand-up, sketch comedy, musical comedy, and storytelling. She has recently returned home from Chicago - the "birthplace of improv comedy" - [...]

Pete Lead Joins the LMA Roster Super exciting news today for all LMA students and alumni, Mr. Pete Lead has come on board and will be teaching our next Level 3 Improv Class in Sydney. If his smiling face is familiar, you may have seen him perform at one of our Gold Coin Comedy Nights. We [...]