Lisa Lynn is a world renowned and award winning professional improviser, actor, singer and director. She also has a degree in teaching, and coaches teams both nationally and internationally. Lisa specialises in naturalistic acting, physical theater, sitcom, improvised Shakespeare and Musical impro. She currently stars in Acaprov, Not GCSE Drama, Lost in Translation impro and both the Southend and Cambridge improvathons. She is DELIGHTED to be visiting Malta with Acaprov.

Lisa Lynn

Jen Hardy is an improviser, poet, teacher, coach, and theatre producer from Liverpool. She has performed with all-female comedy troupes and Liverpool’s first UCB-style team, and works with companies including Playing Dead Theatre and Rubbish Shakespeare, touring the UK with the acclaimed The Incomplete Works of Shakespeare. She has produced shows such as Mystery Laugh and her solo show Wet Skeleton. A trained teacher, she coaches across the UK and internationally, supporting performers from first steps to professional careers. As co-director of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival, she is passionate about fostering creativity and community, helping people embrace their strengths, develop their unique style, and build confidence through play. She has trained with leading improvisers including Susan Messing and Katy Schutte, and continues to develop her practice as an artist and facilitator.

Jen Hardy

Owen has been improvising for over 20 years. During that time, he has been lucky to learn from and perform with great improvisers from the UK and the rest of the world. Having never learned a specific “school of thinking” Owen loves improvisation that is theatrical and emotional, but without ever forgetting the joy of comic improv.

Owen was co-director of Open Heart Theatre in Newcastle, is co-director of Playing Dead Theatre, and most recently founded SaSS improv in Sheffield. He has performed solo as a one man improvised musical, performed game style improv and genre improv with The Hang in Newcastle, and performed/directed Living. Dying. Dead – a unique improv theatre show about death.

Outside of improvisation Owen is an Intensive Care Medicine doctor with a postgraduate diploma in education. He also loves Eurovision and has made a national final in a coffee-making contest

Owen Scrivens

Ferran Luengo is a Spanish actor, improviser, storyteller, and applied theatre facilitator based in London.

After transitioning from scripted theatre to improvisation in 2006, Ferran has remained a constant presence in the scene. He has trained with a wide range of Spanish and international practitioners, including intensive studies at The Annoyance Theatre in Chicago. In Spain, he served on the organizing committee of the Quart de Poblet improv league and co-founded the English-speaking group Valencia Improv Playground. Now based in London, he performs with the a cappella musical improv troupe Acaprov, as well as Not GCSE Drama and Shuffle.

Ferran is deeply passionate about Playback Theatre, a community-oriented improv art form he has practiced since 2013. As an accredited trainer through The Centre for Playback Theatre (USA), he has delivered workshops across several continents. Locally, he performs and facilitates regularly with London Playback and True Heart Theatre.

As an applied theatre specialist, Ferran is committed to Theatre in Education (TiE). He has facilitated drama workshops and performed in over a hundred schools and colleges throughout London and the surrounding areas.

Ferran Luengo

Ahmed Achrafi is a multi-disciplinary actor, improviser, dancer, director, and teacher working across the Middle East and internationally. Active since 2011, his work blends acting, physical theatre, contemporary dance, and improvisation, informed by his multicultural background and bilingual storytelling in Arabic and English.

He holds a BA in Acting from the Sharjah Performing Arts Academy and a Diploma in Physical Theatre and Contemporary Dance from the Cairo Contemporary Dance Center, and further trained at the Actor Studio in Cairo. His improvisation practice has been shaped through mentorship with international artists including Shaun Keinley, Tim Orr, Felipe Ortiz, Fena Oritalli, Andrew Hefler, Andrew Gentili, and Ramsi Lehner.Ahmed was a founding performer with Irtigalia, Egypt’s first improvisation troupe. In 2023, he founded 3albaraka Improv (عالبَركَة) in Dubai, the UAE’s first bilingual improvisation ensemble. The company brings together performers from across the Arab world and South Asia and has developed a distinctive style of audience-driven theatre that fluidly blends Arabic dialects and English while drawing on Middle Eastern storytelling traditions. Through solo, duo, and ensemble formats, the group creates spontaneous performances rooted in cultural nuance, physical theatre, and collaborative storytelling.

His acclaimed solo show Once Upon a Time in Egypt premiered in Dubai and has toured internationally, including at the Sintra Espontâneo International Improv Theatre Festival in Portugal. The show continues its international circuit with appearances at the Impro Amsterdam Festival, Cairo Improv Festival, and the Helsinki International Festival of Improvisation.

His duo show Duet has also been featured internationally, including performances at the Manila Improv Festival and the Midsummer Comedy Festival in Stockholm

Alongside performing, Ahmed regularly teaches improvisation workshops worldwide. He has led training at international festivals including Sintra Espontâneo, the Manila Improv Festival, and the Helsinki International Festival of Improvisation.

Based in Dubai, Ahmed has spent several years performing and teaching at The Courtyard Playhouse, where he works across more than fifteen improv formats and trains children, adults, and corporate teams. His corporate clients include Bvlgari, Roche, Publicis, AstraZeneca, and the Executive Office of Abu Dhabi.

Beyond improvisation, Ahmed’s theatre and dance work has been presented at the Sharjah Biennial and festivals in Cairo, and he has collaborated with directors from Egypt, Germany, Spain, Romania, and Canada. On screen, he appears in the Amazon Prime series Transit.

Ahmed Achrafi

Kathy and Joe Rinaldi bring decades of experience in theatre and performance from New York to Canada, blending a deep understanding of storytelling with a vibrant, theatrical approach to improvisation. Joe Rinaldi is a veteran SAG/AFTRA/AEA actor whose career spans television, film, and professional theatre across the Northeast, Midwest, and New England. He is a former producer and artistic director of Firedrake Productions (NYC), and a founding member of several acclaimed improv ensembles, including Come What Will (Shakespearean improv), Unconsciously Coupled, and ImprompTwo. Kathy Rinaldi, a founding member of ImprompTwo and Unconsciously Coupled, is a professional playwright and theatre director with credits in Toronto, New York, and Florida. Her broad theatrical background includes directing, producing, and serving in leadership roles with theatre companies throughout Canada and the U.S. ImprompTwo has recently expanded its company to ImprompTwo & Co.

Joe Rinaldi and Kathy Rinaldi from ImprompTwo

Alessio’s passion for theatre began in childhood. In 2007 he started his improvisation journey with Compagnia Maia in Latina, performing in both short and long form and later working as a teacher. He works internationally as an improv musician, actor, and trainer, collaborating with companies such as Appiccicaticci and i Bugiardini, and performing in shows including “B.L.U.E. Il Musical Completamente Improvvisato” and “Shhh! An Improvised Silent Movie”, which featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He is a regular musician and teacher at international festivals including Welcome! Improvvisazioni dal Mondo, Pandora Improv Festival, and Improvizza (Malta), and collaborates with several improv companies across Italy.

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