Clare Cavanagh
Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026
Clare Cavanagh is a writer, improviser and actor who works on stage and screen and has won awards for her writing.
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Who is Clare Cavanagh?
Clare Cavanagh is a writer, improviser and actor who works on stage and screen and has won awards for her writing. She plays regularly in the Improv Theatre Sydney Ensemble, was a founding member of the improv troupe Confetti Gun, and trained at ITS, UCB and the Second City; UCB has twice asked her to play its Del Close Marathon. Her screen credits as writer and performer include The Set, Prank You Very Much and Tonightly with Tom Ballard, and How to Be Queer, a web series of hers, took the Melbourne Queer Film Festival's Pitch Pleez contest in 2020. She has taken two sketch shows of her own on tour, the first of them a Sydney Comedy Festival FRESH pick. She also teaches improv and oversees the theatre's house teams. [1]
Where to see Clare Cavanagh next
On stage and screen
- Known forConfetti Gun, an improv troupe she co-founded [1]
- CreditThe Set, Tonightly with Tom Ballard and Prank You Very Much (writing and acting) [1]
- CreditThrilled You're Here!, a FRESH selection, Sydney Comedy Festival [1]
- Credit · 2026The Teachers' Lounge, ITS Comedy Festival, Eternity Playhouse [2]
- Award · 2020Pitch Pleez, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, for the web series How to Be Queer [1]
- Member ofthe ITS Ensemble at Improv Theatre Sydney [1]
- Teachesimprov across Sydney; oversees the Improv Theatre Sydney house team programme [1]
Plays with
the ITS Ensemble at Improv Theatre Sydney.
Festival history
- 2026ITS Comedy Festival, Sydney, Australia, headlining
Clare Cavanagh: questions
What is Clare Cavanagh known for?
Confetti Gun, an improv troupe she co-founded.
Where can I see Clare Cavanagh live?
At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026.
Is Clare Cavanagh stand-up?
No: Clare Cavanagh is improv, comedy made up on the spot. No two shows are the same.