WHY TAKE IMPROV ACTING CLASSES WITH IMPRO BRUSSELS?
At Impro Brussels we value process.
You will never be asked to “think fast”, or to “be funny”, or anything like that. Rather, to… have fun!
We have to get rid of our inner judge, and connect with our scene partners to share that unique, unrepeatable moment that is happening in the improvisation. That’s why it’s also called “unscripted theatre”.
You will get out of your confort zone in a safe space, you will have a confidence boost to speak in public, learn how to have charisma on stage, on top of course of learning techniques of improvised theatre!
Whether you are a complete beginner, or have some experience, we have the right class for you. We have improv for everyone.
Our classes are in English; it doesn’t matter if your level of English is not perfect - almost no one is a native speaker. You will see that words don’t even count that much, while you’re acting.
Our Teachers
Pierpaolo Buzza
Pierpaolo is a professional improviser, director, author and actor from Italy, based in Belgium. He performs, teaches and directs theatre (scripted and unscripted) at all levels. He has been doing this job since 2006, creating and playing formats of all kinds: from short form games to dramatic long form, and everything in between.
He is or has been a playwright, stand up comedian, sketch writer, radio author, and math teacher, but that’s completely another story.
When he’s not in Belgium, he’s teaching and performing Improv around the world.
Artistic Director, Trainer
Desi Krsteva
Desi is a professional actress and improviser, trianed in different techniques such as Stanislavski, Meisner, Chekhov, Laban and many others.
She is an acting/improv trainer and performer for Impro Brussels, Queen City Comedy, Highwire Improv, The Bridge Theatre, Brussels Shakespeare Society and Cultural Creative Corner.
Desi never stops learning from other professionals and developing her onstage and offstage skills. Her new passions are piano and trumpet playing and singing.
Trainer
TrainerGabriele Tallone
Gabriele was only a teenager when he started working as a handyman in a theatre in Italy, and since then he has been addicted to drama – on and off stage. He discovered improvisational theatre in Impro Brussels, which quickly became his greatest passion. You can find him at most improv workshops and shows in the capital of Europe.
During the day Gabriele loves talking about politics to anyone who will listen. He is a fan of folk music and good movies. He has recently started going to the gym, after being compared to a Chupa Chups, in the hope of making his head look smaller.
Billy Kissa
TrainerBilly Kissa is a professional Greek actress in scripted and Improvised Theater. She graduated from the “Theater of Arts, Karolos Koun”, in Athens, Greece and studied Meisner technique with certified teachers.
On top of travelling the world, teaching and performing, Billy is a member of the European Network for improvisers “The SIN”, part of the multilingual show “Babel Games”, one half of the duo show "ECHO" with Raschid Daniel Sidgi and director of the All Female Cast Show “Huntress and Healer” and the unscripted play “The Dark Age of Love”.
Counting thousands of hours on stage and in classrooms, she approaches acting with honesty, vulnerability and most of all safety.
Improv Penguin
Our logoPenguins look cute and clumsy, but really, they’re very agile. Have you ever seen them underwater? They chase fish! Pure metaphor for improvisation.
Penguins have one of the strongest sense of community of all the animal kingdom. To survive the freezing winds of the winter in Antartica, they form a circle, all facing inwards. Those closer to the center are warm, those on the edges get all the wind on their back; in order to protect everyone, there is a slow “current of penguins” costantly pushing towards the center those on the edge, and vice versa. Which is another great metaphor for improvisation.
There are 17 species of penguins, all different, but associated by a common concept of Penguinitude. Just like the improvisers!
Some penguins, after years of trial and error, actually manage to fly for small distances*
When you put together the Chinese ideograms for “goose” and for “business”, you get the word “penguin”. Which is kind of funny, if you take a second to think of a goose in business.
Penguins remain faithful to their spouse until the penguin chick is old enough to afford their own rent.
[* I just made this up, but wouldn’t it be cool if they did?]