--- title: "Happy Feraren: improv, ITS Comedy Festival 2026" description: "Happy Feraren, 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/happy-feraren/ 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 # Happy Feraren Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026 Happy Feraren writes plays, teaches and has improvised for more than 18 years, performing and teaching at festivals on four continents, from Oceania and Asia to Europe and North America. [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 Happy Feraren? Happy Feraren writes plays, teaches and has improvised for more than 18 years, performing and teaching at festivals on four continents, from Oceania and Asia to Europe and North America. She started out in the Philippines with the Manila group SPIT, has long performed with them, and helped produce the Manila Improv Festival, a biennial event billed as Asia's largest. Working between Australia and the Philippines, she founded the team Fillow Talk, and her first play, Savior, was set for Griffin Theatre's 2026 mainstage season. Her festival stages include Amsterdam, Hong Kong, New York and Chicago. At the 2026 ITS Comedy Festival she was in ITS Now or Never, a one-night-only show pairing visitors with theatre regulars, alongside Rama Nicholas, Lorna Shaw, Liz Talbot, Matías Avaca and Chipz Jin. [1] [2] [3] At a glance **Comedy** Improv **Next** ITS, Nov 2026 **Updated** 13 November 2026 ## Where to see Happy Feraren 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. Credit · 2026Savior, her debut play, Griffin Theatre mainstage season [1] 2. CreditProducer, Manila Improv Festival [2] 3. CreditInternational improv festivals in Chicago, New York, Hong Kong and Amsterdam [2] 4. Credit · 2026ITS Now or Never, ITS Comedy Festival, Main Theatre [3] 5. Member ofSPIT, the Manila improv group [2] 6. Member ofFillow Talk, as its founding member [1] 7. Teaches · 2025Let's Get Political!, a workshop at the ITS Comedy Festival [1] ## Plays with SPIT, the Manila improv group. Fillow Talk, as its founding member. ## Festival history 1. 2026 [ITS Comedy Festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/), Sydney, Australia ## Happy Feraren: questions **Where can I see Happy Feraren live?** At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026. **Is Happy Feraren stand-up?** No: Happy Feraren is improv, comedy made up on the spot. No two shows are the same. ### Sources 1. [improvtheatresydney.com.au ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/events/lets-get-political/) 2. [laugh-masters.com.au ↗](https://laugh-masters.com.au/people/happy-feraren/) 3. 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