Dave Heron

Dave has been improvising in the UK and internationally for a number of years and has been trained by Dingbats, Hoopla, TJ and Dave, The Maydays and other established Improv coaches. 

In addition to improvising, he is a multi award-winning film maker, whose projects are regularly added to on his YouTube channel: nanonanofilm.

Jamie Kinrade

Jamie has been improvising for 8 years. With his day job as a secondary school teacher, a passion for improv, a can of Coke Zero, and a spoonful of scouse charm, he’s become one of our regular Dingbats Improv teachers.

He loves all forms of improv, from short form, with its fast-paced energy and joyful chaos, to long form approaches that dig into what makes characters tick. He aims to create an environment that’s fun, encouraging, and open to exploration.

Wendy O'Mahony

Wendy has been doing improv with Dingbats for 10 years and has also trained with The Maydays, Chris Mead and Katy Schutte. Wendy is an artist/art-tutor/muralist/face-painter/character-actor/storyteller and is currently on a slow tour with ‘Perfect Show For Rachel’ (5* in The Guardian). Who needs a steady career anyway?

Sara Hussein

Sara has been improvising for 6 years and performed at Fringe, part of WHOOSH!

Lewis Hill

Lewis is a seasoned improviser who has been doing improv for over 10 seasons. He returns to the retreat to deliver more hip-hop improv, continuing to promote the art form known to knock the socks off of its audiences (many of last years’ socks are still missing, presumed dead).

Harry Hunter

Harry was born 457 years ago in a cavern deep below the earth. He enjoys breathing, typing and of course, improv comedy! When he discovered improv in 2019, he was instantly hooked. He has been teaching for over a year and enjoys running engaging, fun classes that help improvisers achieve their true potential. Harry sleeps on a mound of gold doubloons, rubies and other precious gemstones from which he draws strength, but is weakened by dark magic, balsamic vinegar and the music of Oasis.

Elodie Foray

Elodie (they/them) has been with Dingbats since 2015, and might be the only person ever with four Dingie Awards to their name. So, a pretty big deal. Elodie’s background is in theatre, where they spend most of their time, and where they first discovered improv.

They occasionally perform short form with their group, The Faculty.

Most likely you will hear Elodie before you see them.  

Jon Mizler

Jon is a freelance musician who has been performing with Dingbats for over 3 years as our In-House Pianist. He studied music at Royal Holloway University and started his career as a musical director, working with musical theatre groups across London. He discovered a love of teaching which took him on a 10 year career as a secondary school music teacher. He has an MA in composing Music for Film and TV and is the owner of Sussex Stage Academy who run Musical Theatre training for adults.

George Butcher

George has been teaching improvised comedy for more than 18 years and has worked with groups all over the UK and abroad. He is a professional teacher of physics and enjoys things like mountains, hedgehogs, Lord of the Rings, Taskmaster, folk music, and bonfires. Currently performing in Horley, Crawley, Horsham and London, George now performs primarily narrative and long-form formats, but has his origins in short-form, and solely performed short-form shows for his first 10 years in improv.

Ed Pithie

Ed is an experienced improv coach and founder of Dingbats Improv. He first started improvising in 2009 at university. Since then, Ed has been part of groups Play it by Ear, Slow Loris, Fireflies, Dingbats House Team, The Obscene, and City Impro, with whom he performed sell-out shows at the Camden Fringe, Brighton Fringe, and Edinburgh Fringe. Ed has trained with The Maydays, Hoopla, the Nursery, and the UCB. In 2014 Ed began running workshops as Dingbats Improv and has never stopped - now Ed  runs classes, courses, shows, and corporate team building.