Signature Masterclass Series

Oshow is a Japanese improviser, clown, performer, and teacher known for combining improv and clown into a unique performance style. After discovering improv in 2010, he dedicated himself to studying and performing internationally. He trained with Shawn Kinley at Calgary’s Loose Moose Theatre and studied with renowned artists including Patti Stiles, Joe Bill, Philippe Gaulier, Angela de Castro, and Avner Eisenberg. His solo improv-clown show, Words Beggar, has been invited to festivals and performed in 14 cities across 10 countries.

Lê Kim Thanh is a Hanoi-based improviser/writer. She is the founder and director of The Improv Hub, Vietnam's first community space dedicated to improv, and the Vietnam Improv Festival. 

Kim Thanh has been building the improv community across Vietnam, with the spirit of treasuring both local cultures and international bonds. She has also taught and performed in Australia, China, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. 

When not doing improv, she gets nerdy and writes case studies about Asian businesses, or takes her motorbike and wanders around Vietnam.

Matías Avaca, an Argentinian improviser based in New Zealand since 2016, is the co-founder of Mabel Impro and the Auckland Improv Festival. His style emphasises the universality of improv, transcending linguistic and cultural boundaries.

Matías is also a driving force behind Laenye Productions, a performing arts production company based in Auckland, dedicated to promoting Spanish-speaking artists and fostering appreciation for Spanish and Latin American culture, art, and languages.

Matías's influence extends globally, coaching theatre ensembles and shaping improv theatre formats across over 15 countries, further solidifying his impact on the international Improv community.

Tiziano Storti is an actor, improviser, teacher and artistic director based in Rome. Founder and artistic director of Appiccicaticci, he has performed and taught improvisational theatre in Italy and internationally for over twenty years. A member of Italy’s National Improvisation Team, he became European Champion in 2010 and World Champion in 2023, when he was also named the tournament’s best player. His career spans theatre, television, radio and corporate training, including appearances on Italia’s Got Talent, international festivals and TEDx Spoleto, alongside extensive work developing and directing original theatrical productions.

Paula is an actor, director, coach and improviser. She studied acting in Cristina Rota school for 4 years. She also studied psychology in the UAM. She has been working as an actress since 1996. She started her own improv company “Jamming” 23 years ago. We can also see her working on cinema and TV. She worked as an improv-acting teacher in Bogotá, Lima, Cuzco, Santiago de Chile, Lyon, Berlin… And she completed her professional career Jordan Bayne and Ivana Chubbuck Now she is working in Madrid regularly and also traveling around the world. In Madrid she works with her company Jamming. As an actor, director and coach and teacher. She is the Artistic Director of Impro Bora Improv Festival in Trieste. She also collaborates with a national Spanish radio program doing and improv show on air.

After completing her drama degree in 2008, this actress wandered the streets of Madrid looking for scripts to bring to life. One day, she came across a school where everyone seemed to have a character without a script. Since then, she has continued participating in shows and workshops, committed to the struggle to make these characters act with greater truth and acting technique, without neglecting the freshness of improvising dramaturgy. If you're less credible than a child in the final year play, she can solve your problems.

Rozana Radu is a Belgian-Romanian professional actor, improviser, trainer and director. After working in Romania's cultural scene for more than 15 years doing theatre, film, television and improvisation, she moved to Belgium in 2018 and joined ImproBubble, a professional school of improvised art. Alongside her colleagues, she was on a mission to bring this art in all its forms to Brussels and...beyond. After 8 years as a member and one as Artistic Director for this company, she became the Head of Improvisation at The Bridge Theatre Brussels, the only professional English speaking cultural establishment in the capital. She is also a part of La Compagnie qui Petille, a French-based theatre company, which tackles strong, impactful social subjects on stage. Rozana is a regular cast member of The Schuman Show, Brussel's most popular sketch comedy production who portrays daring and acute political issues with humor and wit. And last but not least, she directed her first short film in 2025 and believes that this is another path she will want to explore more of in the future.

Vero’s improv journey started more than twelve years ago. On this journey she got herself a formal acting degree, took (and still takes) workshops all over Europe, the USA and Australia, has been one of the organizers of the IFO (Impro Fest Online) during the pandemic and is teaching/coaching and performing in Vienna and internationally e.g. Athens, Manila and Beijing.

She sees improvisational theater as an art form and cares deeply about bringing strong, positive characters to the stage, as well as portraying human relationships and vulnerability.