About Keith Johnstone

Keith Johnstone is one of the few internationally recognised authorities in the field of improvisation, great chunks of which he created, including improvisation forms that include Theatresports, Maestro Impro (played in NZ as Micetro), Gorilla Theatre, and The Life Game. His books Impro, and Impro For Storytellers, have been translated into many languages. Keith worked at London's Royal Court Theatre for its ten most revolutionary years (1956 to 1966), and has taught at many European Theatre Schools, including six years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and each spring for fifteen years at the Stattensteatre Skole in Copenhagen. Places where he has taught since Nov. 98. include San Francisco, Brisbane, Sydney, Seattle,Vienna, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, London, Hong Kong, Austin (Texas), and Tokyo. He has recently returned from lecturing at the Deuches Institute for Provocative Therapy, and from teaching 'clinic clowns' in the Bavarian Alps. He founded the Theatre Machine improvisation group, the International Theatresports Institute, and was the Co-founder of Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre. He is a Professor Emeritus at Calgary University.

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Over the years several WIT members have made the pilgrimage to Loose Moose Theatre in Calgary to attend the Summer School.  Keith usually pops in to visit the school - and although the theatre is no longer lead by him, it is still infused with his philosophy and playful gernerous approach to improv.