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Keith Johnstone is one of the few internationally recognized authorities in the field of improvisation, great chunks of which he created, including improvisation forms such as Theatresports, Maestro Impro, Gorilla Theatre, and The Life Game.
Theatresports is known worldwide, and London's Improbable Theatre Co. (directed by Phelim McDermott) recently toured Great Britain with the Life Game to excellent reviews.
His books Impro and Impro For Storytellers have been translated into many languages.
Mr. Johnstone worked at London's Royal Court Theatre for its ten most revolutionary years (1956 to 1966), beginning as a reader of plays and ending as an Associate Director (with William Gaskill).
He has taught at many European theatre schools, including six years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and each spring for fifteen years at the Stattensteatre Skole in Copenhagen.
He founded the Theatre Machine improvisation group, the International Theatresports Institute, and was the co-founder of Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre.
He is a Professor Emeritus at Calgary University.
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