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Coaches

Alistair Magee

House Team Coach

Alistair Magee has travelled the world performing and learning improv and is a walking encyclopaedia of improv knowledge. Ask him anything. Just be prepared for a long answer.

Andrew Wowk

Improv Level 4

In addition to being a wonderful Teacher, Andrew is the real deal on the wheels of steel. We try to get him to DJ every LMA party.

Andy Balloch

Improv Level 1-4, House Team Coach

Andy brings endless reserves of experience and enthusiasm to LMA. He is currently a Teacher, School Coordinator and Producer in Melbourne.

Christine Wines

Teacher & House Team Coach

Christine Wines is a performer and self proclaimed “Twitter Personality” recently transplanted from Chicago, IL, USA to Sydney

Dan Pavatich

Improv Level 1-4

Dan is a comedy Writer and Performer with experience in stand-up, sketch, and improv. He was Artistic Director at LMA for Terms 3 and 4, 2017.

Dan Thomas

Improv Level 2

Dan was introduced to the delightful world of improv in 2016. He currently teaches Level 2, runs the Second Saturday ‘Intro to Improv’ workshops.

David Evans

Improv Level 1-4

Dave was the very first Teacher to run an 8-week class at LMA. Once day we’ll name a classroom after him.

Happy Feraren

Artistic Director, School Coordinator

Happy has been practising improv theatre for over a decade and performed in over 500 shows in a wide range of improvisational theatre formats for both cultural and corporate audiences. She is the Artistic Director of LMA.

Lucy Griffin

Improv Level 1-4, House Team Coach

By day Lucy works in casting for TV, by night she improvises, makes short films and produces a popular improv theatre show ‘Stiff Company’.

Rebecca Hurd

House Team Coach & House Team

Rebecca Hurd is an actress and comedic writer from Chicago, Il. In Chicago, she trained with iO, The Second City, The Annoyance Theatre, and CiC. She’s currently in Sydney getting her MFA in Writing for Performance from the National Institute of Dramatic Art. You can check out her improvised romantic comedy podcast at www.YouHadMeAtLMFAO.com, or, if you’d like to see more of her acting and writing, check out www.RebeccaHurd.com. She has and always will be Hilary Duff’s #1 fan.

Sophie Long

House Team Coach

The only thing Sophie likes more than improv is cats. And she likes improv a lot. Like, really a lot.