--- title: "Pucking Rivals: improv, ITS Comedy Festival 2026" description: "Pucking Rivals, an improv troupe: 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/pucking-rivals/ 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 Troupe or group The Comedy Festival Comics DB # Pucking Rivals Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026 Pucking Rivals is an improvised comedy that borrows the plots of the ice hockey romances that took off on BookTok, naming Heated Rivalry and Off Campus as its models. [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 are Pucking Rivals? Pucking Rivals is an improvised comedy that borrows the plots of the ice hockey romances that took off on BookTok, naming Heated Rivalry and Off Campus as its models. The players take ideas from the crowd and build a new love story on the spot, steering toward the genre's familiar turns: a spark that should never be acted on, tension in the change rooms and a championship riding on the result. Rachel Alexander produced and directed it, with Jess Allen as assistant producer, and both played in the cast alongside Sam Westwood, Nat Jensen, Emilia Higgs, Tasman McClymont-Griffiths, John Glover and Alex Reynolds. It was staged in the Mini Theatre at Improv Theatre Sydney. [1] At a glance **Comedy** Improv · group **Known for** An improvised hockey romance from audience suggestions **Next** ITS, Nov 2026 **Updated** 13 November 2026 ## Where to see Pucking Rivals 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 forAn improvised hockey romance from audience suggestions [1] 2. Credit · 2026Produced and directed by [Rachel Alexander](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/rachel-alexander/) [1] 3. Members · 2026 [Alex Reynolds](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/alex-reynolds/), [Emilia Higgs](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/emilia-higgs/), [Jess Allen](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/jess-allen/), [John Glover](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/john-glover/), [Nat Jensen](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/nat-jensen/), [Rachel Alexander](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/rachel-alexander/), [Sam Westwood](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/sam-westwood/) and [Tasman McClymont-Griffiths](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/tasman-mcclymont-griffiths/) [1] 4. Home stage · 2026Improv Theatre Sydney, Mini Theatre [1] ## Who's in it [Alex Reynolds](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/alex-reynolds/), [Emilia Higgs](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/emilia-higgs/), [Jess Allen](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/jess-allen/), [John Glover](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/john-glover/), [Nat Jensen](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/nat-jensen/), [Rachel Alexander](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/rachel-alexander/), [Sam Westwood](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/sam-westwood/) and [Tasman McClymont-Griffiths](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/tasman-mcclymont-griffiths/). ## Festival history 1. 2026 [ITS Comedy Festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/), Sydney, Australia ## Pucking Rivals: questions **What are Pucking Rivals known for?** An improvised hockey romance from audience suggestions. **Where can I see Pucking Rivals live?** At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026. **Are Pucking Rivals stand-up?** No: they are improv, comedy made up on the spot. 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