​The Nordic Improv Network and the Nordic Improv Summit 2023

​The Nordic Improv Network consists of professional improvisational theater companies from different Nordic countries. Network has been funded by the Nordic Culture Point.

Nordic Improv Network has organized online seminars, meetings and the Nordic Improv Summit in Oulu-Finland in September of 2023. Aim is to continue online sessions and organize Nordic Improv Summits regularly.
Photos from Nordic Improv Summit workshops and Nordic Improv Night
The Nordic Improvisation Summit was organized in Oulu 8.–10.9.2023 and consisted of a series of workshops for the professionals of the field, a panel discussion of current topics in the world of improvisation and an evening of unscripted theater performed by the improv artists coming together from different Nordic countries. This opened up a unique possibility to present high quality Nordic co-operative improvised theater to the audiences in Oulu. The Performance was organized in the hall of Oulun Suomalaisen yhteiskoulun lukio on 8.10.2023. 
Poster for the Nordic Improv Night
Seminars leading up to the Summit were organized online. The participants came together from different Nordic countries in order to learn from each other, share their experiences and ideas with other professionals in the field and to forge partnerships and enable cooperation between different artists and theater companies, celebrating the versatility of theatrical expression throughout the North region.

The aim of the Summit was create an inspiring and educational meeting place for Nordic performing arts. Included are the theaters that have improvisation as a tool. Another aim was to offer a forum to the public to experience improvised theater art on a professional and international level.

​The project's partners are the following organizations:

The Network aims to promote artistic encounters between professional improvisational theaters in the Nordic region, to strengthen cooperation and to create a network on which future multilateral exchanges and international art projects can be built.
​Det Andre Teatret, Norway
Det Andre Teatret is Norway's first and only theater focused on improvisation. The theater has an audience of over 30,000 people each year, and offers performances for both adults and children. 

https://www.detandreteatret.no/
Improv Iceland, Iceland
Improv Ísland is a relatively new ensemble that mainly plays Improv Comedy inspired by
the Upright Citizens Brigade based in New York. They perform at Iceland's National
Theater. 

http://www.improvisland.is/
SUOMEN IMPROVISAATIOTEATTERIT RY (SUITE), FINLAND
The Finnish Improvisational Theaters’ association consists of professional improvisational theater companies in Finland. The association represents the vast variety of the Finnish field of unscripted theater. 

https://www.suomenimprovisaatioteatterit.fi/
Improvisationsstudion, Sweden
Improv Comedy Copenhagen, DENMARK