Tom's Info
Tom Tollenaere got introduced to improv in 1997 and was instantly hooked.Tom is founder and artistic director of RIOT - the Royal Improphonic Orchestra & Theatre, specializing in musical long-form improv theatre, and now celebrating it’s 10th year. Prior to that, between 1999 and 2005 he was artistic director for The Lunatics, Belgium’s largest short-form collective.
As an improv musician Tom has accompanied improv players from Belgium, Netherlands, France, UK, Ireland, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Romania, Colombia, Argentina, Russia, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Turkey, Canada and the USA. He has also performed as dedicated musical director at several international festivals.
Tom has been training and coaching improvisers since 1999. Today, he focuses on 2 key areas. One the one hand on musical improv, teaching improvisers how to sing, and incorporate music and song into improvised performances, both short-form and long-form. On the other hand he spends a lot of energy on character-driven narrative, mainly for long-form performances.
For more info: http://tomsimprovpages.wordpress.com
"The best improv coaches are those who don't take everything too seriously and allow others to discover things - just like this one!" - Charles Hindley (UK)
"Awesome: so much fun and totally different from any other workshop I've done!" - Shona White (Scotland)
"Tom was great, the right level of encouraging and pushing! It was really useful and not what we normally get." - Jen (Glasgow)
