Improvisation - Improvisers

Anton Shastun. Born in Voronezh. While still in school, he played KVN (Club of the Funny and Inventive) and continued performing for the university team at university. Later, he tried out for Comedy Club and Comedy Battle, but did not make it to the final round. It was his meeting with Dmitry Pozov and Arseny Popov that led to the creation of the Voronezh improvisational theater "Spokoyny Vopros" (Controversial Question), and subsequently to his participation in the television show. In the project, Anton often took on roles requiring special physicality and the ability to quickly transform. In addition to television, he develops his own online projects (for example, the show "Kontakty"). Dmitry Pozov. Born in Stary Oskol, he studied and began his career in Voronezh. He is a dentist by training and even defended his PhD dissertation. While studying, he wrote comedy sketches, participated in KVN (teams "BV" and "Order 390"), and later became part of the improvisation project "Spokoyny Vopros" (Controversial Question). In 2016, he joined the main cast of the show "Improvisation" on TNT. In addition to television, he is developing his own YouTube projects (first "Pozov Rec," then "Poz i Kos," and then "Ploshchadka"). Arseniy Popov was born in Omsk. He initially enrolled in the economics department, but soon realized he wanted to be an actor and transferred to the Faculty of Culture and Arts at Omsk State University (majoring in "Drama Theater and Film Actor"). After graduating, he worked in theater, became a presenter on Omsk TV, and then moved to St. Petersburg. There, he met Sergei Matvienko, and together they became part of the improvisation theater "CraZy." This group later merged with the Voronezh-based "Spornoye Voprosy" (which featured Shastun and Pozov) to create a television show. In "Improvisation," Arseny was cast as a "St. Petersburg intellectual" and romantic hero. Besides television, he also appears in films (for example, in "Predators"). Sergei Matvienko was born in the village of Ukholovo (Ryazan Oblast), but spent his childhood in Armavir. While still in school, he wrote scripts for festivals and performed in plays. After graduating, he formed a KVN team. After moving to St. Petersburg, he participated in auditions.