--- title: "John Glover: improv, ITS Comedy Festival 2026" description: "John Glover, 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/john-glover/ 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 # John Glover Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026 John Glover is a comedian who works in stand-up and improv, compères shows and runs marketing for Improv Theatre Sydney. [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) [Their site ↗](https://johnglover.substack.com/) [The festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/) Sold on improvtheatresydney.com.au. - **1**festival ahead - **1**festival bill ## Who is John Glover? John Glover is a comedian who works in stand-up and improv, compères shows and runs marketing for Improv Theatre Sydney. John Glover Must Die, his first solo hour, was a sell-out at the 2022 Sydney Fringe, and three of his shows have since played the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Be My BFFFFFF! and Microsoft Orifice among them. Twice a NSW state finalist in RAW Comedy, he starred in NTNNNNN, the live news satire led by Osher Günsberg, and in Breaking The Musical, an Olympics send-up, at the Edinburgh Fringe, and he played on ITS house teams through 2022 and 2023. He writes a monthly newsletter, Eat, Pray, Glove. At the 2026 ITS Comedy Festival he was in Pucking Rivals and in the Smackdown Grand Final with his team Kunst, alongside Kate Ingram and Stephanie Merriman. [1] [2] At a glance **Comedy** Improv **Known for** Marketing at Improv Theatre Sydney **Next** ITS, Nov 2026 **Updated** 13 November 2026 ## Where to see John Glover 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. Known forMarketing at Improv Theatre Sydney [1] 2. Known forEat, Pray, Glove, a monthly newsletter [3] 3. Credit · 2022John Glover Must Die, Sydney Fringe Festival [1] 4. CreditThree shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, including Microsoft Orifice and Be My BFFFFFF! [1] 5. CreditBreaking The Musical, Edinburgh Fringe [1] 6. Credit · 2026 [Pucking Rivals](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/pucking-rivals/), ITS Comedy Festival, Mini Theatre [4] 7. AwardTwo-time RAW Comedy NSW State Finalist [1] 8. Member of · 2022ITS House Team ensembles, including Call Your Mother and Bachelor's Handbag [1] 9. Member of · 2026 [Kunst](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/kunst/), ITS Smackdown Grand Final, ITS Comedy Festival [2] ## Plays with ITS House Team ensembles, including Call Your Mother and Bachelor's Handbag. [Kunst](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/kunst/), ITS Smackdown Grand Final, ITS Comedy Festival. ## Festival history 1. 2026 [ITS Comedy Festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/), Sydney, Australia ## John Glover: questions **What is John Glover known for?** Marketing at Improv Theatre Sydney. **Where can I see John Glover live?** At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026. **Is John Glover stand-up?** No: John Glover is improv, comedy made up on the spot. No two shows are the same. ## Find John Glover [johnglover.substack.com ↗](https://johnglover.substack.com/) [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/johnglover.net.au/) ### Sources 1. [improvtheatresydney.com.au ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/speaker/john-glover/) 2. [improvtheatresydney.com.au ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/events/its-smackdown-grand-final-the-teachers-lounge) 3. [johnglover.substack.com ↗](https://johnglover.substack.com/about) 4. 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