--- title: "Clare Cavanagh: improv, ITS Comedy Festival 2026" description: "Clare Cavanagh, 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/clare-cavanagh/ 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 # 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. [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) [Their site ↗](https://www.clarecavanagh.com.au/) [The festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/) Sold on improvtheatresydney.com.au. - **1**festival ahead - **1**festival bill ## 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] At a glance **Comedy** Improv **Known for** Confetti Gun, an improv troupe she co-founded **Next** ITS, Nov 2026 **Updated** 13 November 2026 ## Where to see Clare Cavanagh 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 · headlining [The festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/) [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) ## On stage and screen 1. Known forConfetti Gun, an improv troupe she co-founded [1] 2. CreditThe Set, Tonightly with Tom Ballard and Prank You Very Much (writing and acting) [1] 3. CreditThrilled You're Here!, a FRESH selection, Sydney Comedy Festival [1] 4. Credit · 2026The Teachers' Lounge, ITS Comedy Festival, Eternity Playhouse [2] 5. Award · 2020Pitch Pleez, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, for the web series How to Be Queer [1] 6. Member ofthe ITS Ensemble at Improv Theatre Sydney [1] 7. Teachesimprov across Sydney; oversees the Improv Theatre Sydney house team programme [1] ## Plays with the ITS Ensemble at Improv Theatre Sydney. ## Festival history 1. 2026 [ITS Comedy Festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-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. ## Find Clare Cavanagh [clarecavanagh.com.au ↗](https://www.clarecavanagh.com.au/) [Facebook ↗](http://facebook.com/ClareECavanagh) [Instagram ↗](http://instagram.com/clavanagh) ### Sources 1. 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