--- title: "Sam Burkett: improv, ITS Comedy Festival 2026" description: "Sam Burkett, an improviser, next at ITS Comedy Festival, 8–15 November 2026: who they are and every festival that has billed them." url: https://comedyfestivalguide.com/comics/sam-burkett/ 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 # Sam Burkett Next on a festival bill: ITS Comedy Festival · Sydney, Australia · 8–15 November 2026 Sam Burkett is a dancer and comedian whose work joins contemporary dance with comedy improvisation, and who is now based in Sydney. [Tickets ↗](https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/its-comedy-festival-2026-shows/) [Their site ↗](https://www.samburkettdance.com/) [The festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/) Sold on improvtheatresydney.com.au. - **1**festival ahead - **1**festival bill ## Who is Sam Burkett? Sam Burkett is a dancer and comedian whose work joins contemporary dance with comedy improvisation, and who is now based in Sydney. Their solo show GOSS has Sam trading gossip with the audience and turning the talk into improvised comedy and movement, so every performance is different. GOSS has played the Edinburgh Fringe at Assembly Roxy, the Brighton Fringe and the Pleasance Futures Festival before coming to Improv Theatre Sydney for the 2026 ITS Comedy Festival. An earlier piece, Crop Tops Make Me Feel Vulnerable, took the Best of Anything Goes award at the 2018 Houston Fringe Festival. [1] [2] At a glance **Comedy** Improv **Base** Sydney **Known for** GOSS, an improvised dance-comedy solo show **Next** ITS, Nov 2026 **Updated** 13 November 2026 ## Where to see Sam Burkett 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 forGOSS, an improvised dance-comedy solo show [2] 2. Credit · 2026GOSS, Edinburgh Fringe (Assembly Roxy) [2] 3. Credit · 2026GOSS, ITS Comedy Festival, directed by Tara Marie Boland [3] 4. Award · 2018Best of Anything Goes, Houston Fringe Festival, Crop Tops Make Me Feel Vulnerable [1] 5. Member ofHotbed and Summer Camp, house teams at The Free Association, London [1] ## Plays with Hotbed and Summer Camp, house teams at The Free Association, London. ## Festival history 1. 2026 [ITS Comedy Festival](https://comedyfestivalguide.com/festivals/its-comedy-festival/), Sydney, Australia ## Sam Burkett: questions **What is Sam Burkett known for?** GOSS, an improvised dance-comedy solo show. **Where can I see Sam Burkett live?** At ITS Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, 8–15 November 2026. **Is Sam Burkett stand-up?** No: Sam Burkett is improv, comedy made up on the spot. No two shows are the same. **Where is Sam Burkett from?** Sam Burkett works from Sydney. ## Find Sam Burkett [samburkettdance.com ↗](https://www.samburkettdance.com/) [Instagram ↗](https://instagram.com/samburkettdance) ### Sources 1. [samburkettdance.com ↗](https://www.samburkettdance.com/curriculum-vitae) 2. [samburkettdance.com ↗](https://www.samburkettdance.com/work/goss) 3. 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