--- title: "Bridie Connell: improv, ITS Comedy Festival 2026" description: "Bridie Connell, an improviser: who they are, and where to see them next: ITS Comedy Festival, 8–15 November 2026. Every festival that has billed them." url: https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/bridie-connell/ updated: 2026-11-13 --- ![The Eternity Playhouse, once the Burton Street Tabernacle, Darlinghurst, 2018, Sydney](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/img/photos/fest-its-comedy-festival-1600.webp) Improv The Comedy Festival Comics DB # Bridie Connell Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026 Bridie Connell is a writer, performer and improv teacher who has been with Improv Theatre Sydney from its very beginning. [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) [The festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/) Sold on improvtheatresydney.com.au. - **1**festival ahead - **1**festival bill ## Who is Bridie Connell? Bridie Connell is a writer, performer and improv teacher who has been with Improv Theatre Sydney from its very beginning. A one-time national improv champion who also reached the final of the World Theatresports Championship, she counts the Australian Whose Line Is It Anyway among her television credits, and won an ARIA award for her work on Tonightly with Tom Ballard. As a playwright she co-wrote The Plan (and Other Plans) with Grace Rouvray, a Hothouse Theatre commission that premiered in March 2024. At the theatre she plays regularly in the musical troupe Baker's Eight, and she has taught improv in the UK, the UAE and New Zealand as well as at home in Australia. At the 2026 ITS Comedy Festival she was one of the OGs, the theatre's original players. [1] At a glance **Comedy** Improv **Next** ITS, Nov 2026 **Updated** 13 November 2026 ## Where to see Bridie Connell next - ![Outside the Enmore Theatre, Newtown, Sydney, on a show night in March 2013](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/img/photos/aus-sydney-1600.webp) 8–15 November 2026 **ITS Comedy Festival** Sydney, Australia [The festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/) [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) ## On stage and screen 1. CreditWhose Line Is It Anyway Australia (television) [1] 2. Credit · 2024The Plan (and Other Plans), a play co-written with Grace Rouvray for Hothouse Theatre [1] 3. AwardARIA award, for Tonightly with Tom Ballard [1] 4. Awardformer national improv champion; World Theatresports Championship finalist [1] 5. Member ofBaker's Eight, a musical improv troupe at Improv Theatre Sydney [1] 6. Member of · 2026The OGs, Improv Theatre Sydney's original performers [2] 7. TeachesImprov Theatre Sydney, and students in Australia, New Zealand, the UAE and the UK [1] ## Plays with Baker's Eight, a musical improv troupe at Improv Theatre Sydney. The OGs, Improv Theatre Sydney's original performers. ## Festival history 1. 2026 [ITS Comedy Festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/), Sydney, Australia ## Bridie Connell: questions **Where can I see Bridie Connell live?** At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026. **Is Bridie Connell stand-up?** No: Bridie Connell is improv, comedy made up on the spot. No two shows are the same. ### Sources 1. [improvtheatresydney.com.au ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/speaker/bridie-connell/) 2. [improvtheatresydney.com.au ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/events/the-ogs-big-house) [The Comedy Festival Comics DB](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/) [Every name on every bill](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/lineups/) Your Vision Board ### “I want to do that.” “We could play there.” Tap ♡ on any card to keep it here, with the festivals and ideas you save on the front page. [Open my Vision Board →](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/#board) Comedy news 8 in the last few days ### The latest in comedy. - [Industry 13 Nov **'Sunset P.I.' Comedy Sets Release Date At NBC; First Photos**](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/news/#s-805cbae7c56eb76f) - [Industry 12 Nov **25 years of making stuff up...**](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/news/#s-6f7b7c2564d67908) - [Industry 11 Nov **Bruce Springsteen fan club breaks up after his Abdul El-Sayed endorsement**](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/news/#s-ffe163342778448f) [All the comedy news →](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/news/) Tickets ### ITS Comedy Festival Sold on improvtheatresydney.com.au. [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) Next call to close ### SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival Closes 13 November 2026, US$25 to apply. 35 festivals are taking acts now. [Every open call →](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/answers/comedy-festivals-open-for-submissions/) [New · make the bill **Build your dream festival** Your town, your comics, your poster. Build yours](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/dream-festival/)