YOUR TUTORS

MATT STORER - STAND UP COMEDY

Since winning WA RAW and Funny Faces in 2014, his first year of stand-up, Matt Storer has established himself as one of the country’s brightest up-and-comers. He is a regular and favourite in all of Perth’s comedy clubs and festivals, but his approachable and slightly unhinged comedy has earned applause across Australia and the UK.

His formidable vocals, lyrical word-smithing and flair for surprising yet relatable topics have seen music become a pillar of his comedic reputation. In 2018, his song White Hot scored him the top prize of the Liberty Comedic Free Thinker competition.

SAM LONGLEY - IMPROV, SKETCH, CORPORATE TRAINING

Sam Longley is one of Perth’s most accomplished and well known actors and comedians, wowing audiences with his quick wit, charming smile and comic characters.

Sam started performing in the late 80s and after a decade playing Theatre Sports in Perth (representing the state thrice), he moved to Chicago to study improv comedy at The Second City, Improv Olympic and Comedy Sportz. On his return home in 2002 he started the improvised comedy show The Big HOO-HAA! The show has been running weekly shows ever since.

Sam has worked as an actor for all but one of the state’s theatre companies and has played at the Sydney Opera hHouse and toured the globe. Sam has written plays, hosted TV shows, been in several feature films and is the creative co-ordinator of Lazy’s School of Comedy.

LIBBY KLYSZ- IMPROV, SKETCH

Libby Klysz is a performer, director, producer and teacher. She has lectured in universities and taught in classrooms for over fifteen years. Libby works for a wide variety of companies, such as The Last Great Hunt, Perth Festival, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Barking Gecko Theatre, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and The Blue Room Theatre.

As well as being an in-demand independent producer of live performance, she spearheads her own theatre company Variegated Productions with multi award winning shows such as Frankie’s, Ragnarokkr, Ramshackle & Kitsch and The Man and The Moon. She recently directed the award winning touring show Feminah. Libby is known for her work in improvisational theatre around the country, including as an original member of comedy show The Big HOO-HAA!. She is the Associate Director for Black Swan State Theatre Company’s That Shakespeare Show in 2021.

WYATT NIXON-LOYD : SKETCH, IMPROV

Wyatt has directed award winning shows, performed in award winning plays, toured internationally as a performer and a director where they gave him another award.

He won the ARIA Music Award for Best Comedy Release and ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter. He use to write for Tonightly with Tom Ballard and currently writes for The Project on Channel 10.

As the better looking half of Luke & Wyatt he has toured Australia doing standup, worked at Nova doing sunday nights, retelling his friend's stories, embarrassing his family, and giving out Jack's number on air (sorry buddy).

As an improviser Wyatt joined the Big Hoo-Haa in 2005 and has trained at UCB and the Groundlings in the USA.