The New Zealand Improv Festival is looking for a rad bunch of production, admin, and marketing champs to help bring NZIF 2018 to the stage in October at BATS Theatre and Hannah Playhouse.
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In 2008 four NZ companies came together for a three day festival of improvisation, to connect and to share their experiences. In the ten years since then the festival has grown to an eight day internationally attended event with over 100 practitioners from New Zealand, Australia, and further afield…
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Robbie Ellis has been a musician for improv for literally more than half his life. He’s worked with ConArtists, WIT, The Improvisors, Improsaurus and the Court Jesters in New Zealand; he’s a past Music Co-ordinator for NZIF; and he’s also hit major Australian impro [sic] festivals.
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Kevin McHugh is an improv pianist and teacher from Seattle. Since 2009 Kevin has lived in Tokyo, working as a full-time jazz pianist and accompanist for both Broadway and improv theatre shows.
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Jamie Burgess is a pianist, composer, improvisor and generally excellent human. As a tutor, he’s provided advice to many aspiring musical theatre improv hopefuls. He looks forward to making up songs and ‘opening numbers’ with you.
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Christine Brooks has been improvising for over 20 years. She has directed, taught and performed at improv festivals around the world including in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, France, UK, Australia and of course New Zealand. She is a founding member of the New Zealand Improvisation Trust and a former Artistic Director of the New Zealand Improv Festival.
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Jennifer O'Sullivan is a performer and producer in Wellington, NZ, with a long history of making things up as she goes along. As an improv teacher she has travelled nationally and internationally, helping improvisors become fearless and work naturally on stage. She is currently completing an MFA in Creative Practice at Victoria University, and has served as the festival director for New Zealand Improv Festival since 2014.
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Clare Kerrison is an experienced improv teacher, performer and arts administrator. Since returning to Wellington in 2016, she has become the improv teacher for Basejump Improv, performed with Wellington Soap Factory (Lyall Baywatch, Deep Space Naenae) developed her solo show (Clare Kerrison's Infernal Recall) and created a plus-one act (Meet Cute).
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