Paula studied acting in »Cristina Rota School« in Madrid for 4 years and has been performing as an actress since 1996. She started her own improv company »Jamming« 22 years ago and works there as an actor, director, improvisor and coach.

She completed her professional acting trainings with acting coaches Jordan Bayne and Ivana Chubbuck. In addition to theater she is also working for film and TV.

Her life and work is based in Madrid, but she travels a lot and practices all over the world in places like: Bogotá, Lima, Cuzco, Santiago de Chile, Lyon and Berlin.

Chris Mead is a renowned improv director, performer and teacher from the UK. He is a senior teacher at »Hoopla«, London’s largest improv school, where his classes regularly sell out months in advance.

He is also the founder of »The Pretend Company« which teaches theatrical improv and stage craft to both, improvisers and actors. Internationally, he is one of the European circuits most in demand practitioners – visiting festivals in over 25 countries to teach, coach and perform.

He wants improv to be evermore compassionate, theatrical, playful and fun. He is known for his thoughtful teaching, joyful stage presence and absolute commitment to pushing the art form forward.

Balasree (Bala) Viswanathan is a southern Indian artist and improviser. She has been performing since 2016 and co-founded India’s first all-women improv group »The Adamant Eves«.

Her art is influenced by her traditional Indian actor’s training, Indian mythology and interest in the human psyche, creating a distinct cultural blend.

With experience in teaching and performing across the US, Europe and Southeast Asia, she offers a perspective that combines high-energy exploration with thoughtful reflection. She encourages her students to challenge themselves while developing their unique voices.

Born in Austria, Ursula trained professionally as an actress and a musical performer. After landing a series of roles in major musicals all over Germany, she moved back to her home country, where she is now an active member of the theatre and improv scene.

Amongst other things Ursula founded the ensemble »Salon Spontan«, to bring fully improvised musicals to the stage and explores physical improv alongside her duo partner Anne Rab as »Bemme & Melange«.

When Ursula isn’t making things up as she goes along, she might be found in a studio working as a voice actress, or on tour with her duo »Baumgärtner«, exploring parallels between humans and trees via original songs and scenes.

Born in Berlin in 1964, Leon has been performing improvisational theater since 1995. He studied acting and performed comedy and music theater for children. Like Barbara he is one of the founding members of »Die Gorillas«.

Besides improvising since 1997, he regularly performs on stage as a show host, passes on his experience as a teacher for improv theater, gives business-trainings using improv techniques. He still lives in Berlin.

Felix Raffel, born 1983 in Germany, has studied Film Music and Classical Piano. He gained international recognition by winning numerous prizes and awards both as a composer and pianist.

His film music works were presented at A-festivals such as »Cannes«, »Berlinale«, »Moscow«, »Shanghai« and on various TV channels. He performed in renowned concert halls all over the world as a soloist as well as an accompanist.

For Felix, improv is a perfect way to combine his two passions, writing film music and playing the piano: precisely adding musical atmospheres, songs and moods to scenes, played live on the piano or synthesizer. Felix is frequently playing in various formats at the »Ratibor Theater« and is a member of »Die Gorillas« since 2010.

Beatrix Brunschko is an actress, direcor and improvisor at »Theater im Bahnhof« in Graz/Austria since 1989.

In 2022 she became Professor for Drama and Improvisation at the »Theaterakademie Hamburg« where she currently lives.
She teaches Improv all over the Globe and co-founded the feminist improv collective »Mary Shelley’s Mothers«.

Together with her husband Jacob Banigan she forms the Duo »Series Junkies«. They bingeprovise Mystery Crime Series in long theatre nights.

She appears as an actress in Austrian movie and TV Productions and received the »Best Actress Award« at the »Europe Film Festival U.K. 2023«.

Konstanze Kromer was born in Freiburg in Germany, moved to Berlin in 1996 and finished her Actress-Studies in 2003.

Since then she has been improvising in different groups, now as a constant Guest at »Die Gorillas« and since 2020 with her own Group »CHAOS ROYAL!«. To be found, every Monday at the BKA-Theater in Kreuzberg.

She also sings and acts at »Atze Musiktheater« since 2008 in different theatre plays. She travels around Germany with the solo-comedy-play »Cavewoman«.

Besides all that, there were and still are a lot of of other projects, one of them being the »Lauratibor-Kollektiv«…

She loves to sing, no matter what!

Impro-theatre is jazz for actors. For Christopher Noodt, it’s the best of both worlds.

Where music and theatre meet and genres are mixed, the pianist and composer has always felt at home, from the »Maxim Gorki Theatre« to cabaret stages, with the »Ohrbooten« or »Mark Forster«.

Music is and remains the one moment that can never be preserved. Just like impro-theatre.

Noah is a German American comedian/ actor/ improviser. He is a founding member of »GLB«, Berlin’s premier longform improv team and was a member of »ComedySportz Berlin« for 8 years.

In 2015, he opened »Comedy Café Berlin«, the city’s first international alternative comedy stage and improv school, an effort which has afforded him the title of
“ye generous shepherd of improv teachers” by Will Hines himself.

You can see him performing improv with »GLB«, »Action Jackson«, »Night Lunch« and among other shows. He currently teaches and co-directs at »The CCB Training School«.