Barbixas, the famous impro troupe based in São Paulo, Brazil, has performed in more than 80 cities in Latin America and Europe, in very large theatres, and almost always to sold-out houses. Their live show, "Improvável," which uses a format similar to "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" has been seen by over a million people. Every week, Barbixas uploads content from the live shows to their YouTube channel, which was listed in 2010 as one of the 100 most viewed web series in the world. They now have over 3 million subscribers and their videos get 14 million hits each month. In this interview before a sold-out show in Belo Horizonte, Barbixas (Daniel Nascimento, Anderson Bizzochi, and Elidio Sanna) speak about their work, based in Johnstone's methods, as originally taught to them by their first teacher, the celebrated clown/improviser Marcio Ballas; and then about their journey to Calgary in 2011 to study with the Keith himself, "The Pope of Impro," and why that ten-day workshop was a game-changer for their process and how they engage with their benevolent Brazilian audiences.
