--- title: "Jim Fishwick: improv, ITS Comedy Festival 2026" description: "Jim Fishwick, 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/jim-fishwick/ 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 # Jim Fishwick Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026 Jim Fishwick is an award-winning director, teacher, writer and improviser who first stepped onto an improv stage at seventeen, with Sydney's Impro Australia. [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) [Their site ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/speaker/jim-fishwick/) [The festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/) Sold on improvtheatresydney.com.au. - **1**festival ahead - **1**festival bill ## Who is Jim Fishwick? Jim Fishwick is an award-winning director, teacher, writer and improviser who first stepped onto an improv stage at seventeen, with Sydney's Impro Australia. Performing and teaching took them on to Impro Melbourne, the Academy of Improvisation and the University of Sydney, and for more than ten years they have freelanced in Aotearoa and Australia. Jim runs Jetpack Theatre as its general manager, a company making interactive, immersive and improvised work since 2015, and earlier shared the artistic direction of New Zealand's national improv festival. Alongside Emilia Higgs and Maddie Parker they form The Joy Riders; they also write questions for the BBC quiz Only Connect and devised The Saboteur and Grifted & Talented. At the 2026 ITS Comedy Festival Jim directed and hosted the Smackdown Grand Final and The Teachers' Lounge at the Eternity Playhouse, and played in the teachers' set. [1] [2] At a glance **Comedy** Improv **Known for** General manager, Jetpack Theatre **Next** ITS, Nov 2026 **Updated** 13 November 2026 ## Where to see Jim Fishwick 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 forGeneral manager, Jetpack Theatre [1] 2. Known forThe Saboteur and Grifted & Talented, shows they devised [1] 3. CreditQuestion writer, Only Connect, BBC2 [1] 4. Credit · 2026Director and host, ITS Smackdown Grand Final and The Teachers' Lounge, ITS Comedy Festival, Eternity Playhouse [2] 5. Member ofThe Joy Riders, with [Maddie Parker](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/maddie-parker/) and [Emilia Higgs](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/emilia-higgs/) [1] 6. Teaches · 2026Improv Theatre Sydney; coach of the house team Horse Divorce [3] ## Plays with The Joy Riders, with [Maddie Parker](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/maddie-parker/) and [Emilia Higgs](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/emilia-higgs/). ## Festival history 1. 2026 [ITS Comedy Festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/), Sydney, Australia, headlining ## Jim Fishwick: questions **What is Jim Fishwick known for?** General manager, Jetpack Theatre. **Where can I see Jim Fishwick live?** At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026. **Is Jim Fishwick stand-up?** No: Jim Fishwick is improv, comedy made up on the spot. No two shows are the same. ## Find Jim Fishwick [improvtheatresydney.com.au ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/speaker/jim-fishwick/) ### Sources 1. [improvtheatresydney.com.au ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/speaker/jim-fishwick/) 2. 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