improv courses in english at Stockholms Improvisationsteater


IMPROV COURSES IN ENGLISH

Stockholms Improvisationsteater (SIT) is the largest and oldest improv theatre in the Nordics. This year we celebrate our 32-year anniversary!
Our theatre is located in central Stockholm, between Odenplan and St. Eriksplan.
The theatre offers over 50 different courses every year, with a total of approx. 900 student spaces.

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SPRING SEMESTER 2026
Free try-out improv
Improv in English Level 1- short course 
Improv in English Level 1 
Improv in English Level 2
Improv in English Level 3
Improv in English Level 3-4
Improv in English Level 4


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Free improv try-out in English

Are you interested in improv but am unsure if it's right for you? Then come to one of our drop-ins! During one hour, you get to try out some basic improv games in a safe and fun environment. We may not be able to guarantee that improv is right for you, but we guarantee that you will have a fun one-hour, with lots of laughter. Welcome!

Prerequisite: None

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Course no
: 2600-8
Name:
Free improv try-out in English
Occasions:
1
Teacher
: Johan Lidman
Date: 2026-03-15
Weekday: Sunday
Time: 17.00 - 18.00
Price:  SEK 0
Venue: Stockholms Improvisationsteater
Address: Sigtunagatan 12

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Course no
: 2600-9
Name:
Free improv try-out in English
Occasions:
1
Teacher
: Johan Lidman
Date: 2026-03-29
Weekday: Sunday
Time: 16.00 - 17.00
Price:  SEK 0
Venue: Stockholms Improvisationsteaters "Studion"
Address: ligger mellan Sigtunagatan 14 och Sigtunagatan 16

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Improv in English Level 1 - short course

In a level 1 course we, through play, introduce the basics of improvisational theatre. Different games and exercises are used as we work on areas such as imagination, spontaneity and teamwork. This is an excellent course if you want to become more confident when speaking in public, want to develop your imagination and creativity, or just want to have a lot of fun once a week.

Prerequisite: No prior experience required..

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Course no
: 2643
Name:
Improv in English Level 1 -short course
Occasions:
5
Teacher
: Johan Lidman
Date: 2026-04-27 - 2026-05-25
Weekday: Monday
Time: 19.40 - 21.40
Price: 1795 SEK
Venue: Stockholms Improvisationsteaters' "Annexet"
Address: it is located between Sigtunagatan 16 and Sigtunagatan 18

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Improv in English Level 1

In a level 1 course we, through play, introduce the basics of improvisational theatre. Different games and exercises are used as we work on areas such as imagination, spontaneity and teamwork. This is an excellent course if you want to become more confident when speaking in public, want to develop your imagination and creativity, or just want to have a lot of fun once a week.

Prerequisite:
No prior experience required..


Course no: 2625
Course: Improv in English Level 1
Date: 2026-02-09 - 2026-04-27
Weekday: Monday
Time: 19.40 - 21.40
Holiday: week 9 and week 15
Occasions: 10
TeacherStefan Andersson
Price: SEK 3395
Venue: Tage Granit
Address: Crafoordsväg 14 in Vasastan
FULLY BOOKED
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Improv in English Level 2 short course

In level 2, we continue our work with the improvisers eight fundamental skills. We will use different techniques to create exciting scenes and develop a range of characters. More time is also given to reflect on the different skills and on the scene work.

The course includes a rookie show, offering a first meeting with the audience.

Prerequisite:
At least one level 1 course or equivalent.

Course no: 2638
Course
: Improv in English Level 2
Date: 2026-05-12 - 2026-06-09
Weekday: Tuesday
Time: 17.30 - 19.30
Occasions: 5
Class show: 1
Teacher: Camila Vieira
Price: SEK 1995
Venue: Stockholms Improvisationsters' "Annexet"
Address: It is situated between Sigtunagatan 16 and Sigtunagatan 18


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Improv in English level 3


In this Level 3 course, we work on creating longer scenes that together create one connected story. Through deepening our knowledge of the eight fundamental improv skills and continuing to practice them, we develop the ability to better build upon each other's scenes and characters. More time is also given to reflect on the different skills and on the scene work.

The course includes a rookie show, offering a first meeting with the audience.

Prerequisite:
Level 1and at least one Level 2 courses in Stockholms Improvisationsteater or equivalent

Course no: 2627
Course: Improv in English Level 3
Date: 2026-01-29 - 2026-04-16
Weekday: Thursday
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Holiday: week 9 and week 15
Occasions: 10
Class show: 1
TeacherPau Drzastwa
Price: SEK 3895
Venue: Tage Granit
Address: Crafoordsväg 14 in Vasastan

FULLY BOOKED
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Improv in English Level 3-4


In this Level 3-4 course, we work on creating longer scenes that together create one connected story. Through deepening our knowledge of the eight fundamental improv skills and continuing to practice them, we develop the ability to better build upon each other's scenes and characters. More time is also given to reflect on the different skills and on the scene work.

The course includes a rookie show, offering a first meeting with the audience.

Prerequisite:
Level 1, Level 2 and at least one Level 3 courses in Stockholms Improvisationsteater or equivalent

Course no: 2628
Course: Improv in English Level 3-4
Date: 2026-02-02 -2026-04-20
Weekday: Monday
Time: 19.40 - 21.40
Holiday: week 9 and week 15
Occasions: 10
Class show: 1
TeacherCynthia Morissette
Price: SEK 3895
Venue: Stockholms Improvisationsteater, the stage/the yellow room
Address: Sigtunagatan 12
FULLY BOOKED
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Improv in English Level 4


In this Level 4 we continue exploring how the building blocks of improv can support bigger, braver scenes. And how those scenes can be stitched together into deeper and fuller stories.
You'll get to sharpen your skills and instincts, and practice playing scenes and stories with clarity and playfulness.

This course aims to let you grow both individually and as part of an ensemble, through practice and clear, constructive feedback, aimed at helping you build on your strengths and develop new ones.

The course includes a rookie show where you’ll get to apply your skills in front of an audience.


Prerequisite:
Level 1, 2 1and at least two Level 3 courses in Stockholms Improvisationsteater or equivalent

 

Course no: 2629
Course: Improv in English Level 4
Date: 2026-01-26 - 2026-04-13
Weekday: Monday
Time: 17.30 - 19.30
Holiday: week 9 and week 15
Occasions: 10
Class show: 1
TeacherMichael Håkansson
Price: SEK 3995
Venue: Stockholms Improvisationsteater, the stage/the yellow room
Address: Sigtunagatan 12

FULLY BOOKED
Please email to be placed on the waiting list
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Practise your swedish through improv

Would you be interested in practicing Swedish through improv?

Using simple Swedish, we explore the fundamentals of improvisation. We create a safe, relaxed, and playful environment where it's easier to let go and at the same time strengthen your Swedish language skills.

The course leader
Åsa Dahlgren, a trained teacher and theatre educator. She has 15 years of experience in improv, both as a facilitator and an improviser.

Interested?
Send an expression of interest to Per at per@impro.a.se and tell us about your level of Swedish and whether you have any experience with improvisation.


Course no: 2626
Course: Practise your swedish through improv
Date: 2026-01-21 - 2026-04-01
Weekday: Wednesday
Time: 17.30 - 19.30
Holiday: week 9
Occasions: 10
Teacher:  Åsa Dahlgren
Price: SEK 3100
Venue: Stockholms Improvisatonsteaters' "STUDION"
Address: it is situated between Sigtunagatan 14 and Sigtunagatan 16
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DUO/TRIO - make a show


This course is aimed at you who are an experienced improviser and now want to take the next step in your development. We recommend that you have taken an improvisation course for at least 5 semesters at Stockholms Improvisationsteater or equivalent.

Realize your idea of your improv show
I den här exklusiva kursen får du möjlighet att under professionell ledning jobba fram en föreställning tillsammans med en eller två improkompisar som du trivs på scenen med .. Här kan du förverkliga dina egna föreställningsidéer och spela upp inför publik.

Challenge yourself!
A strong personal drive and commitment is required to make maximum use of the possibilities of this course. It is also a real challenge for your character work, storytelling, stage presentation and your stage presence.


  The goal of the course is two performances to be played in the fall semester 2025 or spring 2026. You will be responsible for one act.

  The director is one of those who work full-time at the theatre, Per Gottfredsson, Janne Berg and Caroline Falk

  You book the 6 occasions with your director, day, time and venue

  There are opportunities to purchase several training sessions with your director.


Course info
Practice sessions: 6 x 2 hours with a director
Pass 1: For the first session, you bring a performance idea or you develop it with your director.
Performances: 2
Day and time: as agreed with the director
Price for DUO: SEK 5895/person
Price for TRIO: SEK 5295/person

Expression of interest
Please send in a notification of interest to per@impro.a.se where you tell us about yourselves, your impro background and whether you already have an artistic idea for a performance.
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The teachers of our Improv Courses in English:

Angelica Conradi Regnell
Angelica loves meeting other people and seeing them develop. She has been improvising since 2009.For her, improv is a place where everything is possible and where it is allowed to fail. The most important thing for Angelica as an educator is that everyone should feel safe and have fun.

Camila Vieira
After studying cinema and theater, Camila discovered the delights of improv when she moved to Stockholm in 2012. She sees it as a playful escape from overthinking – a space to be present, spontaneous, and not take herself too seriously. She loves the magic of real-time, collaborative storytelling, and having a relaxed, supportive atmosphere where mistakes are a part of the fun.

 

Caroline Falk
Caroline works full time at Stockholms Improvisationsteater. She has been working as a music teacher for many years, sings in Tensta Gospel Choir and loves to teach improvised singing

 

Cynthia Morissette
Cynthia has been improvising since birth. She discovered how to do it in a more organized fashion in a university basement in Boston. Since then, she has been doing so and teaching it in some fashion for over 20 years. She enjoys seeing people discover improv in their own basement – an actual basement (the most common space one can find people doing improv around the world) or a metaphorical one. Come let loose and rediscover the joy of play where rules are negotiable, and points don't matter.

 

Gustaf Blix,
musician
Gustaf är musiker med över 15 års erfarenhet inom flera olika genrer på flera olika instrument, och har dessutom en kandidat i klassisk komposition. Han är också ibland med som skådespelare under improvisationsföreställiningar. English Gustaf is a musician with over 15 years of experience across multiple genres on muliple instruments, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Classical Composition. In addition, he sometimes also joins as an actor during improv shows.

 

Eva Löfgren
Eva is an experienced leader and improviser who has led courses in improvisation theatre at different levels for many years. In her leadership, she focuses on creating a well-functioning group that has fun together. Eva is keen to adapt leadership to what the unique group will achieve together. She likes to work to find the space for audience feelings and fantasies, the complexity of characters and their relationships, as well as music and movement.

Johan Lidman
Johan has been performing improvisational theatre for fourteen years. As an educator, it is important to him to create a safe group built on mutual trust, where there is plenty of room for energy and playfulness. In 2022, he appeared in the production Survivor. Johan has studied acting at Actors Studio Stockholm and Studio Meisner.

Linda Gustafsson
Linda is an actor, improviser, and pedagogue who over the years has taught many highly appreciated courses at Stockholms Improvisationsteater. She has also played a lot of impro and directed. She's now back at our theatre after a couple of years at Västerbottensteatern in Skellefteå and is longing to teach again! Linda is a perceptive and empathic teacher with a broad knowledge in improvised theatre. Focus is on creating safe groups where the members together can achieve greatness – and of course have a ton on fun together! When it comes to longform her approach is to create engaging characters in grounded scenes and stitching it together to a captivating story!

 

Matild Swahn
Matilda started with improvisational theater to become more spontaneous and dare to make mistakes. It has been twelve years and now she is an experienced and very popular course leader who places great emphasis on playfulness, curiosity and creating a safe and permissive group feeling far removed from performance requirements.

 

Michael Håkansson
Michael Håkansson stumbled on improv around 13 years ago, and he has been falling deeper ever since. As a teacher Michael will always try to find a balance between complete silliness and drama, between total unbridled freedom and feedback, and between playing as a group and the individual expression. Michael has been teaching courses at all levels at SIT and will get up on stage as soon as there is an opportunity. Currently in the shows Hotpot and Smak at Stockholms Improvisationsteater and with the groups Köttet and Plausible Productions.

 

Pau Drzastwa
Pau Drzastwa - loves to combine everything with music and see how it works. Pau is an improviser, producer, theatrologist, graduate of the Improv School in Warsaw and iO West in LA. In Warsaw, she was a member of the Experimental Choir Gre Badanie and an actress of the theater/music project The Chorus of Women, based on the concept of an ancient Greek chorus.

 

Per Gotftredsson
Per is the artistic director at, and one of three owners of, Stockholms Improvisationsteater. Per has more than 25 years experience as an improvisor, teacher and director, both in Sweden and internationally.

 

Stefan Andersson
Stefan is an improviser, teacher, and artistic director who started improvising over 17 years ago and has international improv experience from ten different countries. His philosophy is that learning improv should be fun and that the best way to learn the art form is through lots of joy and laughter. Seeing students grow and evolve beyond what they at first thought was possible is what drives him and what he loves the most about teaching.

Viktor Bjule Öberg
Viktor has been working as an improviser, educator and lighting designer at the Stockholm Improvisation Theatre for 14 years. He is a highly regarded course leader whose hallmarks are lots of spontaneity, humor, warmth and commitment to his students.
Åsa Dahlgren
Åsa is an actor, drama teacher and improviser. She places great importance on creating a permissive and non-judgemental atmosphere in the group so that everyone dares to throw themselves into imagination and play. Everyone should be able to develop and have fun. It is just as much fun to teach the basics of improv as, for example, acting techniques, genres or storytelling. Playing improv is clearly the best method to stay for a while in what is; here and now


 


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