Chris originally trained with the Maydays in Brighton (taught by Liz Peters!). When he moved back to his hometown of Norwich, he missed improv hugely, which led him to create a company – Dogface Improv and take classes with as many different schools and coaches as he…
Ali’s first taste of improvising was in their second year of university in Sussex, where they took part in a course with the UK’s longest-running all-female improv troupe – The Short & Girlies. Shortly after, they were invited to audition, and the rest is well, history! With…
Ric studied improvisation with iO Chicago, UCB New York, and The Maydays in Brighton. He has also trained in acting with ACT Brighton and clowning with Spymonkey. Ric is a founding member of Tea & Toast Improv, helps to run monthly improv night Scoops, and performs regularly…
Alan is a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, producer and engineer from Brighton, England. Years of experience performing music has taken Alan all over the world and to all kinds of venues – to Europe, the US, South America, Australia, on tours with signed bands, on cruise ships, to…
Heather originally trained in physical theatre and went on to study improvisation at Chicago’s I.O and Annoyance theatres. She improvises with the Olivier award-winning ‘Showstopper! The Improvised Musical’, ‘Blues Hammer’ – an improvised blues show with the legendary Joe Bill, and London’s premier all-female improv team, ‘Yes…
Jules started improvising while studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was a member of now-defunct group the Improsarios. After graduating, he was a founder member of the Nursery, where he was Artistic Director for over a decade. During that time, he ran the Nursery Theatre,…
Jenny trained at Youth Theatre Northwest in the States throughout her teens. She later relocated to Brighton. She has since studied with The Maydays, Jill Bernard, Joe Bill, Bill Arnett and Lindsay Hailey. As well as studying clowning with Dr Brown. Lucky her! She is a founding member of the…
Jon is a British / Vietnamese improviser who trained with Dogface Improv in Norwich, UK. He is a proud member of the Maydays, The UK’s first pan Asian Improv Team The Comediasians, Hooplas raucous scenic team Michelle, the Virtual reality based show Galaxicle Implosions, the theatrical Improvised Play and the…
Liz trained as an actress at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts before studying improvisation at iO Chicago, and has performed in numerous productions since the 1900s! She improvises throughout Europe, on international ensembles and with her home team ‘The Maydays’; plays in London’s all-female team ’Yes Queens’…
Juwel started out by taking improvisation classes after work. He got the bug; taking more classes, forming performing teams with classmates, and volunteering at schools and theatres. In his quest to master improv and spread its benefits to others, he has learned and played in every kind of show from…
Rebecca came to improv from another life where she got a classics degree and held management roles within a large business and a national charity. Once she found improv however, there was no way back! Since then she’s studied, and continues to, with a long list of greats in Chicago…
Jen studied theatre at ACT Brighton before discovering improvisation in 2005. Since then, she’s trained at Annoyance and Secondcity (Chicago) and with numerous other improv teachers from across the globe. She’s performed with The Maydays since 2006 and Impromptu Shakespeare since its inception. Jen…
