Improv coaching · Corporate workshops

Get better at thinking on your feet.

I'm Matt Young. I coach improvisers who want their next show or audition to land, and I run playful, practical workshops that help teams listen harder, trust each other, and stay loose under pressure.

I'm a performer I'm booking for a team

Warm, judgment-free, and built around you. Coaching improvisers and teams since 2019.

4.8/5

★★★★★

Rated by ~300 students

30+

Teams coached

25+

Workshops led

🏆 2023

Most Outstanding Workshop Instructor

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For performers

One-on-one and team coaching for improvisers prepping for shows, auditions, or a format you're trying to crack. We work on live scenes with specific, kind, real-time feedback - the kind that actually makes things click.

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For teams

Improv-based workshops that build the human skills every team relies on: listening, presence, quick thinking, and the confidence to take a risk in the room. Serious outcomes, actually fun sessions.

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◆ From a career educator
Matt is a fantastic teacher. His balance of sensitivity and sense of humour means he knows just the right thing to say at the right time to get the best out of students. His gentle style creates the psychological safety for students to take big risks. I've worked in education for 25 years - a Diploma of Education, a Master of Education, years in teacher development. I am speaking from a place of experience.

Scott · Master of Education, 25 years in teaching · 2026

The approach

Feedback that makes it click

I care more about how you play than what you play - presence, listening, clarity, and confidence. Whatever the room, the method is the same.

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Specific, not vague

Clear notes you can actually use, delivered in the moment and never at the cost of the fun.

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Safe enough to risk

A warm, low-pressure room where trying the big, silly, scary thing feels easy.

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Real growth, fast

Students routinely say they learn more in one session than in whole courses elsewhere.

Meet Matt

Ten years in comedy. A decade teaching. One obsession: making improv click.

I've been doing comedy since 2013 - stand-up, sketch, a bit of telly - and coaching improvisers since 2019, mostly with The Improv Conspiracy. I perform too: I'm one half of Cool & Smart, which took Best Team and Best Monthly Show in 2023.

What I care about most is the teaching. Getting you unstuck, out of your head, and making the whole thing feel easy and fun - for the performers and the audience alike.

🏆 Most Outstanding Workshop Instructor, 2023
🎭 Best Team & Best Monthly Show, 2023
👥 300+ students · 30+ teams
📍 Based in Richmond, Melbourne

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My promise: if your first coaching session isn't useful, it's on me - you won't pay for it.

In their words

People tend to remember his classes

Matt was the best instructor I've had. Really good at explaining concepts at a level we can understand, and giving practical, real-time feedback. Really encouraging, while also constructive.

Jessie · 2026

It's kind of amazing how targeted this was at things I wanted to work on: get out of the house and around people, get out of my own head, be a better listener. Not only will you find a rad new hobby, you'll change your life.

Emma · 2022

Not sure which fits?

Tell me a little about what you're working on - a show, an audition, or a team that could use a great day. I'll point you the right way.

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