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Justin Porter & Vidya Rajan Join the Roster
05
Sep
Justin Porter & Vidya Rajan Join the Roster Things are about to get super sketchy at LMA in Melbourne. We are extremely excited to welcome Justin and Vidya to the LMA family. They will kick things off in Melbourne with a Level 1 Sketch Comedy Writing Class - and you can register right now! Justin [...]
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Finding The Funny
29
Apr
Finding The Funny Search for: Recent Posts The Last Laugh? When Will In-Person Classes Resume? Thursday Nights: All in and All out State of Play 2019 You Shaved My Legs! Eight Weeks with Laugh Masters Academy Recent CommentsWhat is improv comedy & theatre? - The Australian Improv Comedy Festival on What is Improv?- LMA on [...]
Announcing the LMAy PartAy!
18
Mar
Announcing the LMAy PartAy! You know what's awesome? Us. And by "us" we mean you. You and everyone else who has jumped in and joined this crazy, comedic and cross-cultural community we've created. We think it's amazing and special and lovely and we want to celebrate it with crazy costumes, good music and bad dancing. So [...]
Who Wears The Pantsuit Now? – A Chicago Style Sketch Review
29
Nov
Who Wears The Pantsuit Now? - A Chicago Style Sketch Review A hilarious mix of insights from the last year, Who Wears the Pantsuit Now? is a fresh new take on sketch comedy from up and coming students at Laugh-Master’s Academy. Written and starring: John Budreski , Brandon Lawlor, Kate O'Keefe, Trish Koutrodimos, Miles Ross, [...]
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LMA House Team Auditions – Term 4, 2016
03
Nov
LMA House Team Auditions - Term 4, 2016 Laugh-Masters Academy is inviting Students to audition for spots on Official LMA Improv House Teams. House Teams will be given opportunities to regularly perform on stage at The Factory Theatre, The Belvoir Theatre, and other venues, as well as, participate in official LMA events, represent LMA in the wider Improv [...]
LMA Family Represents at Sydney Fringe Festival
30
Aug
LMA Family Represents at Sydney Fringe Festival Laugh-Masters Academy is proud to have students, teachers and Alumni alike participating in this year's Fringe Festival here in Sydney. For those who don't know about Fringe, this is the largest independent arts festival in New South Wales for the 7th year in a row. In 2016, Sydney [...]
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“On The Cusp, Off The Cuff,” – An Improv Comedy Documentary
02
Aug
“On The Cusp, Off The Cuff,” - An Improv Comedy Documentary Via: The Comics Comic Who decides to pursue a life or career in improv comedy, what are their motivations, and what is the reality of that life and career, really? Especially if you're living and working in New York City. A few years ago, [...]
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First Fridays at The Factory Monthly Comedy Show
21
Jul
First Fridays at The Factory Monthly Comedy Show LMA is pleased to announce a new, ongoing relationship with The Factory Theatre in Marrickville, NSW (Sydney). Starting August 5th, 2016 LMA will begin its first regularly scheduled* improv and sketch comedy show - "First Fridays at The Factory" which, as you can probably guess, will be [...]
Improv Photos from the July 15 Blue Note Show!
16
Jul
Improv Photos from the July 15 Blue Note Show! On Friday night we had the LMA’s first Blue Note Comedy Night! - Student Showcase, an evening of amazing comedy featuring a fantastic lineup of Australia’s rising improv and sketch comedy All-Stars. This special evening consisted of LMA's own Practice Team "Shut Up Darryl!", Sketch Team "The Pursuit [...]
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Meet Dan Pavatich, Artistic Director, LMA Melbourne
19
Jun
Meet Dan Pavatich, Artistic Director, LMA Melbourne Dan Pavatich is an Australian comedy legend, an extremely well rounded improvisor, and overall, a lovely - and funny - fella. He's been actively involved with the improv scene in Melbourne for under a decade and has developed comedy shows, worked and toured as a performer, and helped launch [...]
LMA House Team Auditions – Term 2, 2016
05
Apr
LMA House Team Auditions - Term 2, 2016 Laugh-Masters Academy is inviting Students & Teachers to audition for several new Official LMA Improv Teams, known as House Teams. House Teams will be given opportunities to regularly perform on stage at The Belvoir Theatre (and other venues), participate in official LMA events, represent LMA in the [...]
Use Your Words
16
Feb
Use Your Words We'd love to hear from you. Write about your favourite show, most recent class, training you did overseas, how improv has helped/changed you, Top Tips you'd like to share, pet peeves... whatever. Pitch us your ideas and chances are we'll say "Yes, and..."
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Sophie Long Joins the LMA Roster
06
Jan
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" - [...]
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LMA House Team Auditions for 2016
23
Dec
LMA House Team Auditions for 2016 Laugh-Masters Academy is inviting Students & Teachers to audition for several new Official LMA Improv Teams, known as House Teams. House Teams will be given opportunities to regularly perform on stage at The Belvoir Theatre (and other venues), participate in official LMA events, represent LMA in the wider Improv [...]
Sketch Comedy SuperStarr Joins LMA!
15
Dec
LMA is thrilled to welcome Sketch Comedy legend Tony Starr to the roster. Tony has recently relocated to Sydney from L.A. and boy has he hit the ground running. In under a year he has already developed, co-wrote and performed in the Show Giddyup Garfunkle at the Sydney Fringe Festival and regularly performs around town. We're extremely excited to have Tony [...]