After a couple of months hibernation, the Brisbane impro scene is slowly coming back to life. It's good to be finally shaking off the rust and getting back to work. Or to play, as the case may be.

It amazes me that Brisbane really is a thriving impro metropolis, and even though we pretty much close down for 2 months a year, the passion for improvisation is not dulled.

We've already had the first Harold performance for the year, not one but two Gumball Theatre shows in 2011 (and the start of their Tuesday impro labs), a very cool Impro Gym (with a cross section of the local impro community attending) and my intro workshops kick off in a couple of days. Also Impromafia has already begun their weekly Albion shows, as well as having a full plate of Arts Theatre productions lined up for the rest of the year, and their Speakeasy due to start up again any day.

That's not to mention Playback Theatre's ongoing shows and workshops, and Extreme Team Comedy's jams - and the Sherbet Underground has things planned for the future as well.

At the moment, with the loss of Kitty O'sheas and the Speakeasy venues, we actually have more shows than available venues here in Brissy.

And of course Theatresports Queensland will be running the school competition and their occasional Impro Gladiators show this year as well.

Last year, Robin, an improvisor from Olso visited Brisbane and was blown away by how much we had going on. I think he ended up seeing 5 impro shows in the one weekend.

Impro in Brisbane is alive and well. And I'm keen to play!