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Joanna (aka Jo Ghastly, aka The Cool Mum) has been improvising for over 20 years. She is heavily involved in film acting, including roles in feature films and TV comedy. She performs regularly as a stand-up comedian, known as “the ultra-cool Mum who knows the lingo”. She is involved in sketch writing and performance including … Read more

Experienced in improv, screen and stage acting, Isabel is passionate about inviting the audience into a colourful world of phantasm and melodrama. With a wide range of emotions to play with, Isabel is no stranger to bringing unique and eccentric characters to life, or even something as simple as a loaf of bread.

As a comedian, improviser and spinster, Eve is what’s known in showbiz as a triple threat. Though new to the comedy scene, she’s quite funny and people often laugh at her jokes. Her award-winning debut show, “Eve Ruined Everything”, is not as bad as it sounds.

A very experienced improviser, actor, and writer, Debbie has also spent many years involved in producing, writing, filming and editing independent short films and is an enthusiastic 48 Hours Film Fest entrant since 2004. (Team Upshot). She brings both her sketch writing and performance skills to shows such as “Skitch” and the female comedy troupe … Read more

They breed ’em big in the Netherlands, and AJ is as talented as he is tall — and he’s quite tall.

Andrew’s early life almost ended in tragedy when his family mislaid the recipe for toast. While he has otherwise made a full recovery, he was never able to play the piano again. He has been improvising since the late 17th century, but his career was interrupted by the Napoleonic Wars. He has appeared sporadically at the … Read more

With a performance career stretching back to 1987 with the Court Theatre, Jonathan has performed in hundreds of shows, and taught and directed improvisation and acting in New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada, Argentina, and England. He is a well recognised teacher in NZ and overseas, an actor, and the founder of Impulse Theatre.