Marina Tanzer

Marina Tanzer, also known by the nickname Maio, is an Argentine actress, comedian and improviser with more than a decade of experience on the Buenos Aires comedy circuit. She trained in improvisation and stand-up, performed as part of the cast of the improv show Improuch!, and since 2018 has been a co-creator of the Stand Up Club, a Recoleta venue built around stand-up and dinner shows, where she performs on a weekly basis. There she co-stars in Si, Mi Amor! Stand Up de Pareja together with Belgian-born comedian Kristof El Belga Micholt, her former partner and the father of her two children, in a show built from their real relationship that has played more than 350 sold-out performances. Tanzer has worked as a master of ceremonies at more than six hundred comedy shows and, since 2023, has also taught improvisation classes aimed at experienced stand-up comedians and offered one-on-one coaching, working with more than two hundred comedians. She has additionally worked as a screenwriter on the second and third seasons of the Amazon Prime Video comedy competition LOL: Last One Laughing in its Argentine edition.