Hazel Ho

Hazel Ho graduated from the National University of Singapore with a B.A. in Theatre Studies, and was a co-founder and Producer at The Improv Company for 7 years, devoting her energies to the creation of a thriving, sustainable improv community here in Singapore. She even once had to improvise live on Channel News Asia and prefers not to remember it.

Hazel has had extensive experience coaching and directing TIC’s many house teams and international performances. She now spearheads an offshoot of The Company Players, training the team in the ways of the Story Spine and how to use its power for good.

Hazel is also an accomplished scripted theatre director, with critically acclaimed shows in The Twenty-something Theatre Festival, Lit Up Singapore and NUS Arts Festival. She directed Dear Jay by Euginia Tan at the Esplanade Theatre Studio in December 2016. She also directed Café by Joel Tan as part of WILD RICE’s new residency programme for emerging theatre directors.

Kim Tan

Kim is a cofounder and Artistic Director of TIC and has taught and performed improvised theatre for ten years. He has studied improv in Chicago, London and Oxford under some of the most experienced and venerated instructors still alive, and as a former board member of the Applied Improvisation Network, he has been and is engaged in keeping up with current trends of improv training, facilitation and performance.

As Artistic Director of the Company, he is tasked with maintaining the quality of the Company’s instruction and performances. Over a thousand people have had their first contact with improv through the programs he designed for the Company, and it was his vision, determination and desire that led to the establishment of a thriving improv scene in Singapore, including the internationally acclaimed Singapore Improv Festival.

Raemiguel Lee

Producer & Improv Coach

As the Producer of TIC, Miguel oversees the weekly operations behind performances and classes. A familiar sight in the local improv community since 2017, Miguel has made reliable contributions to the planning and management of various improv productions in Singapore. Examples of large-scale productions that he has managed include Did I Do It? (2018), Cagematch SG! 2019 (2019), the Singapore Improvathon (2019), and Still Here: An Improv Minifest (2020). He also conducts Taster Sessions at TIC, giving dozens of fortnightly students a taste of why improv is such a fun and practical activity!

When time permits, Miguel also performs improv with a number of local teams. He is currently an active member of Les Musicables and Jalan Rambutan. To escape the improv world once in a while, Miguel loves cycling, sketching, and playing with cats. Lots of cats. Mew.

Annie Low

Improv Coach

Annie is an actor and teacher. Since 2014, she’s honed her improv skills at TIC and abroad, learning from teachers around the world and performing at festivals in China, Australia, France and the Philippines. As a stage actor, she was a member of WILD RICE’s prestigious Young&Wild programme (2020) and was last seen in WILD RICE’s Candide, SRT’s Caught, and a number of local indie productions.

She’s also an experienced corporate trainer and has facilitated workshops for clients in the government and other sectors. Her improv loves are working with music, physicality, narrative, and devising (most recently a show about mental health in her duo, Thick. Solid. Tight.).

Asher J. Tan

Improv Coach

Asher has been doing improv longer than he can imagine. A self-professed theatre nerd, he has been actively involved with productions since his student days in ACS (Indep.). Even while studying Medicine at the National University of Singapore, he took joy in directing and producing student productions.

These days, he is an active member of a few local improv troupes, including Thick. Solid. Tight. (2018-), HuaYuKu (2018-2019), and The Company Players (2019-). More recently, he is training under the prestigious Young and Wild theatre acting course by W!ld Rice. Juggling between his thespian passion and medical profession hasn’t always been easy, but the amazing communities that he’s met from both worlds have certainly made it worth his while.

Jon Cancio

Improv Coach

In addition to photography, performing for an audience has been a lifelong passion of Jon. If you are based in Singapore, you may have seen him appear on Toggle, Click Network, or Mediacorp. Besides TIC, he’s also had the privilege to perform on stage with the Singapore Repertory Theatre and Toy Factory.

Whether he’s in front of or behind a camera, he believes that a fun, easygoing, yet professional environment produces the best work. This has been his philosophy for every job he’s ever done.

Timothy Yeo

Improv Coach

Getting his start with the Bristol Improv Society whilst studying in the UK, Timothy has never stopped improvising since 2011. Upon his return to Singapore in 2014, Timothy joined the Improv Company as a coach and teaches across all levels. As a corporate trainer, Timothy has worked with multiple clients over an array of industries, including Google, the Economic Development Board of Singapore and the Ministry of Education.

Timothy has been performing with ASAP improv since 2015 and, with the team, has performed in festivals in Manila, Shanghai, Beijing, Korea and Singapore.