Xi Menr hails from the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, but still finds Beijing very cold. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he came to Beijing to study Chinese, and is torn between becoming a cage fighter or a corporate slave. Andrew enjoys improv but finds it difficult due to bound feet and illiteracy.

After a fatal misunderstanding at the Vienna university department of applied gender studies, Arnold sought refuge in the nearby business school, from which he later graduated by coincidence. Shocked, Arnold fled his apple-strudel destiny as a top business executive in a Lederhosen factory to seek fame as professional karaoke singer and air-guitarist. On his flight to Bali via China, he celebrated with Chinese "white wine", regaining consciousness in Beijing. He was rescued from working as a karaoke assistant by partying members of Beijing Improv in 2007, yet again has been held captive in day and night improv rehearsals ever since.

Bill left France and came to Beijing to find the Way, following the steps of Lao Tse. He taught to his fellows how to write his name and get enlightened. Then he decided to shave his head and and play improvisation theater.

JP derives divine improv inspiration from his beard.

As a worn out theatre  pedagogue from Sweden The Kaiser arrived in Beijing and found her weekly laughter at the bilingual improv workshop. The Kaiser finds performing impro 1) too scary 2) too difficult and 3) totally irresistible.

After giving up life as a professional fairy and leaving the sunsoaked shores of sunny New Zealand, Luo Ti spent the next three years travelling throughout three continents by rail, car, air, and thumbin' it.  After exhausting the little funds she had amassed as a teacher in London, she grabbed the golden opportunity of moving to Beijing and has never looked back. She is currently perfecting the art of speaking perfect toneless Chinese, ordering vegetarian meals in meat loving Chinese restaurants, representing China in an Irish sport at an international level, Swing dancing, filling in her spare time with a full time teaching job.

Back in November 2006, The V-Dog actually thought he was signing up for an ayi cooking class...little did he expect to stumble across an odd bunch of people (who seemed to like rolling around on the floor and laughing a lot) who would later all decide to start Beijing Improv. Born in Hong Kong, Vinny spent four years in high school in Vancouver developing a patent for a pocket-sized, solar-powered, Pokemon-unaffiliated, Japanese sticker booth. Four years in college at Dartmouth, a brief hiatus in the Marshall Isands, a year in Shanghai, and Vinny stepped foot on a Beijing journey involving documentary films, warping pre-school Montessori minds, and starting up radically center-wing covert ayi cooking factions.

Bearded, bespectacled Jack was born in York in 1985 - the only recorded incidence of a bearded, bespectacled baby being born there. He has repeatedly brought the house down at home and abroad, and anyone wishing to pursue a career in controlled demolition should contact him directly. People regularly threw underwear at him until he left his job in the Chinese laundry. His many fans, along with his collection of extractor hoods, can be found in a visiting exhibition at the Smithsonian: 'Air-con Through The Ages'. Although he has yet to have any letters after his name, there are a good many in his out-tray.

A daring and reckless policy analyst and researcher by day, Mez likes to wind down of an evening with a nice quiet round of public humiliation at the hands of her fellow Improvites and the Beijing public.

Sophie's dream is to retire very, very early, using her savings to buy a Jian Bing cart and peddle off into the Beijing sunset. Until then she continues to sell Chinese modern art by day and DJs in the evenings as her alter-ego, Sleeping Booty. She has never had a beard, but does enjoy hair, and dabbled in Fringe Festivals in Edinburgh for four years. Despite her CV suggesting she has an eye for art and theatre, a recent eye test revealed a required prescription so strong that she could legally qualify to compete internationally at low-vision Goalball. The second Kiwi to join the group, it has recently been confirmed that 67% of New Zealand's population is now represented in Beijing Improv.