As founder of Ad Lib, Anna Giolo is responsible for managing Ad Lib and leading the general development of projects undertaken by the association. She accompanies the development and the production of projects and is in charge of the shows’ distribution.

She coordinates the selection and organisation of artist residencies at the Belgium’s LIBITUM Residencies and Ad Lib’s ATTIC Residencies.
She oversees the co-programming of the LookIN’OUT Professional Days and the coaching of artists selected within this framework.

She holds a Master’s degree in Romance Philology, a Master’s degree in Cultural Management from ULB and an Agrégation in Romance Literature and Spanish Language. Anna Giolo has also been a member of the Conseil d’Aide aux Projets Théâtraux (CAPT), company administrator, stage manager, and assistant director for various projects.

Anna Giolo currently teaches in the Master’s program in Artist Communication and (Self-)Management at IHECS-Academy.

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Timo Steffens is in charge of the development and production of artistic projects managed by Ad Lib. He works on setting up partnerships, seeking fundings and supports, developping the (inter)national networks for all the projects accompanied or supported by the association. He is in charge of the resaerch and management of fundings and grants for the projects as well as the association’s operations. Timo manages the general and financial administration of Ad Lib, the productions and the companies.

Trained in History at the ULB and in Management at the Solvay Brussels School, Timo works on the development and creation of relevant and innovative tools for the cultural sector. Timo has coordinated the university’s cultural policies as assistant to the Rector. Timo is current a member of the Advisory Committee for Theatrical Projet of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

Klara Kühn is responsible for tour logistics and the day-to-day administrative and accounting management of tours, companies and Ad Lib. She also coordinates Ad Lib’s Belgium’s LIBITUM and Ad Lib’s ATTIC residencies, and participates in the development and organization of the office’s various activities.
Klara holds a Master’s degree in Cultural Management from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, after studying “Culture and Economics”, Romance Languages and Business Administration at the University of Mannheim in Germany.
As an orchestra and choir musician, she’s helping to organize their concerts and conducting research into possible alternative forms of classical concert design.

Within Ad Lib, Morgan Shellen is in charge of communication and assists Klara with tour coordination.

After eight years in theater and earning a degree in Performing Arts from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Morgan began his professional journey as a sailor in the Mediterranean. He then built an unconventional career, rich in travel and diverse professional experiences, notably in theater and film production management. He has also worked as an author and illustrator on two political science books. Creative, he devotes part of his time to writing and drawing, and is pursuing training in interior architecture at EFP.