Kate Coates
Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026
Kate Coates is an improv performer and teacher whose training took in Impro Australia and Improv Theatre Sydney at home, plus iO and The Second City in Chicago.
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Who is Kate Coates?
Kate Coates is an improv performer and teacher whose training took in Impro Australia and Improv Theatre Sydney at home, plus iO and The Second City in Chicago. At the theatre she teaches, performs and directs, and was once a company director there. Since starting out in 2012 she has gathered a run of titles: the Fresh Cranston Cup in 2013, the first ever ITS Smackdown and the Cranston Cup in 2015, and the 2016 Theatresports Nationals at the Enmore Theatre, and at the 2014 Adelaide Fringe she took the National Theatresports Titans title for NSW. She has been producer, director and host of shows such as ITS Sandpit and the First Thursday Impro Club, runs corporate workshops, and teaches Theatresports and drama in schools including Kambala and Sydney Girls High. At the 2026 ITS Comedy Festival she played in The Teachers' Lounge at the Eternity Playhouse. [1][2]
Where to see Kate Coates next
On stage and screen
- Known forProducer, director and host of ITS Sandpit and the First Thursday Impro Club [1]
- Credit · 2026The Teachers' Lounge, ITS Comedy Festival, Eternity Playhouse [2]
- Award · 2015ITS Smackdown, the first ever, at Giant Dwarf [1]
- Award · 2013Fresh Cranston Cup [1]
- Award · 2015Cranston Cup (2015) and Theatresports Nationals Competition, Enmore Theatre (2016) [1]
- Award · 2014National Theatresports Titans, representing NSW, Adelaide Fringe Festival [1]
- TeachesTheatresports and drama in schools, including Kambala and Sydney Girls High [1]
Festival history
- 2026ITS Comedy Festival, Sydney, Australia, headlining
Kate Coates: questions
What is Kate Coates known for?
Producer, director and host of ITS Sandpit and the First Thursday Impro Club.
Where can I see Kate Coates live?
At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026.
Is Kate Coates stand-up?
No: Kate Coates is improv, comedy made up on the spot. No two shows are the same.