The Cloud (Showcase)

Ella Galt was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. She earned a B.A. in Theatre Studies at Monash University and appeared in plays, short films and musicals. Her credits include performances at The Melbourne Fringe Festival and with Jocular Theatre in Barcelona. She toured Italy with children’s theatre company Pidgeon English, and completed a formation course in Dance at CMD’H in Barcelona. Ella has over 20 years of singing, theatre and improv experience, and performed and trained with renowned improv professionals, and has studied, performed, taught, and directed in improv festivals around Europe. She is co-director of Barcelona Improv Group, where she performs and teaches.

Joanna is an award-winning singer, composer and pianist. She recently moved to Barcelona after two years of living New York where she was performing her music and collaborating with singers, actors and improvisers from Magnet Theatre and UCB as a pianist. Joanna ranks as one of Poland's top musical directors having worked with the Warsaw Comedy Club, Improv School, Vocal Group Jazz City Choir and The National Puppet Theatre in Warsaw. She is one of the founders of the first musical improv group in Poland ("Musical Improwizowany". As a specialist in her field she has taught numerous master classes in singing and musical improv. She received her Master of Music from Karol Szymanowski Academy and Bachelor of Music at the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw, Poland. Joanna recently received 2nd prize at the prestigious Instant Composer Contest during "Translantyk Film Festival" in Lodz, Poland. She has won multiple esteemed jazz competitions for singing in Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia including Riga Jazz Fest, Nomme Jazz and Voicingers Festival.