Robbie Ellis was born on Auckland's sunny North Shore and studied Music at uni.

Once he realised that leaving his composition assignments to the very last minute essentially rendered them improvised, it was a natural progression for him to become a musician for improv theatre. After seven years with Auckland's long-running improv company ConArtists, in 2008 he swapped volcanoes for earthquakes and made the move to Wellington to work for Radio New Zealand Concert.

Robbie plays around town with bands, does sound design for theatre, scores films, composes concert music, and plays lots of improv.
Sometimes he even considers himself an actor and director.

Robbie is made his The Improvisors debut in Theatresports and Improv: The Rock Opera. He can also be heard Wednesday nights on Radio New Zealand Concert Programme.

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