<strong>Orientation:</strong> Changes in business environments have resulted in a need for the development of innovative teams. Improvisational theatre as a technique could contribute to the understanding of how individuals can work together and be innovative.<p><strong>Research purpose and motivation:</strong> This study evaluates the influence of a team development intervention utilising improvisational theatre exercises on innovative work group climate.</p><p><strong>Research design, approach and method:</strong> A quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group design was employed with an experimental group and a control group from a healthcare managerial division.</p><p><strong>Main findings:</strong> Repeated-measures ANOVA results indicated that for innovative work group climate as a whole, as well as for three of its factors, namely participative safety, vision, and task orientation, the experimental group&rsquo;s scores improved significantly (p &lt; 0.05). Support for innovation did not show significant differences.</p><p><strong>Practical/Managerial implications:</strong> This research has shown that improvisational theatre is a team development tool that can be used to assist work teams in creating a climate for innovation.</p><p><strong>Contribution/value-add:</strong> This study extends the body of knowledge in the field of team building and highlights the contribution that improvisational theatre can make toward the development of work teams.</p><p><strong>How to cite this article:</strong><br /> Kirsten, B., &amp; Du Preez, R. (2010). Improvisational theatre as team development intervention for climate for work group innovation. <em>SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 36</em>(1), Art. #862, 9 pages. DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v36i1.862</p>