Oliver Georgiou

Oliver is an actor, comedian, and clown based in Toronto. He runs SODA Impro, an unscripted theatre company, and performs as half of the comedy duos Johnson & Georgiou with Lara Johnson and Jan & George with Reid Janisse. Recently, he’s developed three original roles onstage: Mitch in Emily Dix’s adaptation of The Birds (Bygone Theatre), Edwin in Kristen Da Silva’s The Bluff (Theatre Orangeville), and Mr Gordon in Vishesh Abeyratne’s workshop of Blood Offering (Alma Matter Productions). In 2022, he was invited to headline the Detroit Improv Festival, and played the leading man in Vampire Zombies… From Space!, a 1950s horror-comedy homage.

Oliver’s improv and solo sketch comedy has delighted audiences in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Toronto. He is an alumnus of Second City Toronto House Co, and was part of the all-star cast of Wayne & Shuster, Live! at Hart House Theatre. He can be found on all podcast streaming sites in Captain Flashman: Defender of the Universe and the Canadian Podcast Award winning series Caverns & Comedians.