We make things up on stage, but we plan things well behind the scenes…
2019 Festival Team
The New Zealand Improv Festival has rad bunch of production, admin, and marketing champs bringing NZIF 2019 to the stage in October at BATS Theatre. Read more about us here.
Jennifer O’Sullivan
Festival Director
D’ Woods
Production Manager
Campbell Wright
Production Assistant
Liam Kelly
Musical Director
Matt Powell
Online Registrations Coordinator and Designer
Beth Taylor
Marketing Manager
James Cain
Publicist
Emma Maguire
Festival Assistant
Julian Sewell
Participant Liaison
(VUW MFA Internship)
Laura Irish
Workshop Coordinator
Guanny Liu-Prosee
Youth Co-Coordinator
Nina Hogg
Youth Co-Coordinator
Festival Presenters
Submissions have closed for NZIF 2019.
Teachers
Lisa Garrity (Waiheke)
Matias Avaca (Auckland)
Matt Powell (Wellington)
Amy Moule (Melbourne)
Jonathan Briden (Christchurch)
Dr. Lori Leigh (Wellington)
Carrie Thiel (Wellington)
Emma Brittenden (Christchurch)
Luke Rimmelzwaan (Brisbane)
Joana Ponder (Auckland)
Christine Brooks (Wellington)
Olivia (Auckland)
Ian Harcourt (Wellington)
Jeremy Nelson (Wellington)
Laura Irish (Nelson)
Austin Harrison (Wellington)
Tara Swadi (Wellington)
Brenna Dixon (Melbourne)
Bryce Halliday (Sydney)
Brendon Bennetts (Christchurch)
Anke Zondag (Auckland)
Darryn Woods & Jaklene Vukasinovic (Wgtn/Melb)
Claudia Pantani (Australia)
Karina Kokonut
Liz Butler
Mario Hannah and Broni Lisle (Melbourne)
Nikkie Karki (Nelson)
Directors
Jason Geary (Melbourne)
Rik Brown (Melbourne)
Susan Williams (Wellington)
Amy Moule (Melbourne)
Takayuki Ueda (Osaka)
Jim Fishwick (Melbourne)
Amy Crawford & Merriden Varrall (Canberra)
George Fenn (Wellington)
Lyndon Hood (Wellington)
Companies
Mahua Improv (Auckland)
Impulse Theatre (Christchurch)
Improsaurus (Dunedin)
Best on Tap (Wellington)
Corporation Theatre (Brisbane)
Improv Theatre Sydney
Board of Trustees
The New Zealand Improv Trust oversees the management of the New Zealand Improv Festival.
Tai Samaeli (Chair)
Wellington
Amy Davison
Auckland