WHO WE ARE
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OS IMPROVÁVEIS ("the improbbables"), founded in 2008, are a Portuguese professional group dedicated to Improvisational Theater in all its forms: performance, teaching and applied Improvisation. They are pioneers of Improvisation in Portugal and the most renown group abroad.
OS IMPROVÁVEIS are seen as “unstoppable”, with an extensive experience in many different projects, both related and non-related with improvisation (scripted theater, sketches, hosting awards and ceremonies, facilitation, and many more).
Year after year, they keep on deepening their knowledge and experimentation within the world of Improvisation (and beyond) by conceiving new formats, creating new business and artistic partnerships, and by traveling regularly across the world as teachers and performers at international improv festivals. OS IMPROVÁVEIS are also pioneers in teaching improvisation in Portugal. They have had over 300 improv students and have brought corporate training and improvisation soft-skills to thousands of professionals. They are a professional group that embraces the general public and the corporate world. In their portfolio they always have careful, unique, unrepeatable and improvised solutions. Their goal is simple: to take improvisation further and show its value to as many people as possible. |
Our journey so far...
The first show of OS IMPROVÁVEIS premiered in 2008, at Teatro Casa da Comédia. They have been on stage since then in Lisbon, all over Portugal and in many countries abroad (see the next section for more info).
The cast members of this group are professional actors, with specialization in Improv Theater acquired in Chicago, New York, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Corfu, Boston, Berlin, among others. They have attended the renowned iO Chicago Theater, Second City, The Annoyance Theater, and Upright Citizens Brigade (where many well-known performers came from, such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mike Meyers, Andy Richter or Bill Murray).
With their improvisation, drama and communication skills, OS IMPROVÁVEIS are a self-driving force that work professionally in many areas. They collaborate in parallel with other professional theater companies, participate in television and radio shows, movies, role plays, facilitation, do voiceovers, dubbing, etc.
The cast members of this group are professional actors, with specialization in Improv Theater acquired in Chicago, New York, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Corfu, Boston, Berlin, among others. They have attended the renowned iO Chicago Theater, Second City, The Annoyance Theater, and Upright Citizens Brigade (where many well-known performers came from, such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mike Meyers, Andy Richter or Bill Murray).
With their improvisation, drama and communication skills, OS IMPROVÁVEIS are a self-driving force that work professionally in many areas. They collaborate in parallel with other professional theater companies, participate in television and radio shows, movies, role plays, facilitation, do voiceovers, dubbing, etc.
Around the World
They have participated in numerous INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, performing and teaching. Some of the main festivals include Impro Amsterdam, Del Close Marathon, Chicago Improv Festival, Our Lives, Espontâneo, Copenhagen Impro Festival, Festlip, and many others.
They have also performed in important venues such as SESC Copacabana, Teatro Laura Alvim and Teatro Café Pequeno (Rio de Janeiro), iO Theater, ComedySportz, Apollo Theatre and Athenaeum Theater (Chicago), Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Chelsea e Gershwin Hotel (NYC), Compagnietheater (Amsterdam), Châteauneuf (Oslo), Off Musical (Florence), English Theater, Mehringhof-Theater, Pfefferberg Theater and Ratibortheater (Berlin), Teatro DIVADLO 21 (Prague), Improvisation & Co (Stokcholom), and others. These are the cities and countries they have improvised at since 2009: - Chicago (2009, 2010, 2012) - Rio de Janeiro (2011, 2014, 2018, 2023) - Amsterdam (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2025) - New York (2013 e 2014) - Berlin (2013, 2018) - Wurzburg (2015) - Greece (2014) - Maiorca (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) - Salento (2015) - Boston (2016) - Copenhagen (2016, 2017, 2018) - Stockholm (2016, 2024) - Piombino (2016, 2018, 2022) - Rome (2017, 2019, 2022, 2023) - Barcelona (2018) - Prague (2018, 2024) - Pádova (2018) - São Paulo (2018) - Riga (2018) - Milan (2018, 2019, 2025) - Oslo (2019) - Florence (2019) - Brest (2020) - Madrid (2022) - Tolfa (2023) - Brussels (2024) - Malta (2024) Visit the section INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS to see more details about each participation. |
They have shared the stage with several international improvisers, both at festivals and as our guests in shows in Lisbon and abroad. Some of these improvisers include:
- Patti Stiles (Canada) - Tim Orr (USA) - Jill Bernard (USA) - Omar Argentino Gálvan (Argentina) - Jonathan Pitts (USA) - Inbal Lori (Israel) - Antonio Vulpio (Italy) - Claudia Gafà (Italy) - Jet Eveleth (USA) - Paula Galimberti (Spain) - Beatrix Brunschko (Germany) - Henk van der Steen (Netherlands) - Laura Doorneweerd-Perry (Netherlands) - Kiki Hohhen (Netherlands) - Kaspars Breidaks (Latvia) - Katarzyna Chmara (Poland) - Mari Rinaldi (Italy) - Aline Bourseau (Brazil) - Sergio Paris (Chile) - Marisol Correa (Colombia) - Billy Kissa (Belgium) - Daniel Orrantia (Colombia) - Felipe Ortiz (Colombia) - Javier Pastor (Spain) - Susan Messing (USA) - Randy Dixon (USA) - Andrew Hefler (USA) - Andel Sudik (USA) - Charlotte Gittins (UK) - Chris Mead (Uk) - Matías Avaca (Argentina) - Renata Gaspar (Brazil) - Marcos Caruso (Brazil) - Per Gottfredsson (Sweden) - Steen Haakon Hansen (Denmark) - Stacey Smith (USA) - Pedro Cardoso (Brazil) - Graziella Moretto (Brazil) - César Gouvêa (Brazil) - Barbixas (Anderson Bizzocchi, Elídio Sanna, Daniel Nascimento - Brazil) - Guilherme Tomé (Brazil) - Gustavo Miranda (Colombia) - Gigio Giraldo (Colombia) - Márcio Ballas (Brazil) - Alan Benatti (Brazil) - Ana Paula Novelino (Brazil) - Ignácio Lopez (Spain) - Jose Luis Saldaña (Mexico) And many, many others... |
Del Close Marathon DocumentaryThey participated and represented the Portuguese improv viewpoint in the international documentary “Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon’, directed by Todd Bieber.
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TV appearances (interviews)These are some of the appearances in Portuguese TV shows promoting shows and talking about improv.
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