Jim Libby

Jim Libby was born in Maine, USA, before moving to Austria and continuing to work as an actor, director, writer and musician. In Vienna, Jim quickly established himself as an "all-rounder" : Stage, Film, Television, Voice-over, Music, and MC.
His involvement in improvisational theatre began in earnest over 10 years ago as a founding member of the Vienna-based Impro-groups, The English Lovers (national Theatre Sports champions 2003/5/6/8/10/12/14), and the urtheAter (n.T.S.c. 2002). 

Dubbed the, ‘Impro-Pope of Vienna’, Jim is widely recognized as a driving force in the European Impro-Theatre scene. He was captain of the Austrian National Team for Improvisational Theatre, competing in the World Championships in Germany and has had the good fortune to work, perform and learn from and with some of the best players and teachers in the world.
As a creator and teacher of Impro himself, Jim is in great demand. He’s worked with literally thousands of people, from all walks of life, on the application of the ideologies of Impro : From the creation of theatre and performance to team building, communication skills and more. He’s created a number of popular Impro-theatre forms including :
Zwischen frechem Volke (mit Nadine Antler für den Stadts Theater Würzburg)
Pfadfinder der Liebe (best new Longform, Halle 2006) 
Blind Dates 
Salon Eva oder DamenDramen (best new Longform Halle 2009) 
Ella Meant…, eyeTunes, Frank en Femke, Yo-Yo, and many more.


Jim also helped to create the first full improvised radio drama for the BBC, A Time to Dance, which was nominated for a Sony Acadamy Award and directed the first fully improvised feature film to be produced in Austria, Another One Opens, which after several cinema runs and winning a couple of prizes, has just been released on DVD.
He is often on tour teaching, developing shows, speaking and performing throughout Europe and North America.
Jim is very excited about his current project, Rocket Sugar Factory, and their fast/sweet productions : The Great Race Pursuit Chase, Dear Genre and On This Date.

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On this date

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