Saturday 15th 7:45pm
triple Bill Of Improv
WET SKELETON 🇬🇧
Wet Skeleton is one performer, zero script, and infinite possibilities. Watch as her 206 soggy (and slightly wonky) bones become all manner of characters from the familiar to the downright bizarre. Nobody knows what she'll do, not even her, as the audience inspired weird and wonderful stories weave together to create one-off worlds.
About Us
Hailing from the best city on earth (Liverpool!) [Jen’s words not ours - we will let that slide! - Improv Fest Ireland Team] I'm an improviser, poet, teacher and coach as well as being a producer at a Shakespearian theatre.
I've performed in all-female comedy troupes and Liverpool's first UCB style team. I perform with multiple companies including Playing Dead Theatre and Rubbish Shakespeare with whom I have toured the country in the sell-out 5 star show, The Incomplete Works of Shakespeare. I have produced several shows, including Mystery Laugh, an improvised family show and my debut solo show, Wet Skeleton.
A trained teacher, I teach and coach across the UK and internationally. This has included international festivals and teams who've gone on to perform at international festivals and individuals who've gone on to carve out professional careers.
As the co-director of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival, I'm passionate about exploring improvisation in all forms, and supporting communities to perform and learn new ways to be spontaneous.
I focus on getting folks to see their current strengths and build on them. To find their own style and lean into it - remembering that they're infinitely more interesting than they can ever imagine, and their improv journey is spectacularly unique. There's nothing more joyful than seeing someone find their feet, believe in themselves and stop 'thinking' and just start playing!
the clones 🇬🇧
Witness the incredible, as renowned improv duo The Clones take to the stage. With no script, no staging and only a pair of chairs for a set, they spin a simple audience suggestion into a hilarious, spontaneous one-act play. Plots and sub-plots galore, and a whole cast of characters effortlessly juggled by the veteran improvisers. This is comedy theatre like you’ve never seen it before.
You will laugh, you may cry… Who knows what’ll happen? They sure don’t.
The Clones are Lloydie James Lloyd and Liam Webber – two leading lights from Nottingham’s thriving improv scene.
About Us
Lloydie is an improviser from Nottingham, UK. He is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Robin Hood International Improv Festival which enters its third year in 2024. Lloydie performs with Rhymes Against Humanity – The Improvised Musical, The Clones - a two person improvised play alongside Liam Webber, and Brand New Musical, a Sondheim inspired musical show alongside Katy Schutte.
Lloydie runs the improv program for the Nottingham Playhouse theatre, he performs and teaches around the world and is the host of The Improv Chronicle Podcast, a documentary podcast for improvisers.
Liam is a British improviser and theatre-maker known for his joyful mischievous style. He has performed globally from New York to Wellington - and is co-founder and director of Robin Hood International Improv Festival and is Lead Producer of The Pretend Company.
Liam spent two and a half years in Sydney as Shows and Festival Director of Improv Theatre Sydney. He has worked with Oliver Award Winning actors, Gaulier clowns and top improvisers worldwide. He appeared on UK national radio in Dead British and was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award 2022.
big bang improv 🇺🇸
Boston style free-form that has been wowing New England audiences and at festivals around the world for years. The entire set moves seamlessly from one scene to the next at the rate of over a scene a minute all following the group play philosophy of "follow the funny". The show builds rapidly and culminates in a series of surprising and organic callbacks done through the unique editing styling and story telling of this Boston super-team. This is a high-energy improv experience that redefines itself with every performance.
About Us
Big Bang is a fast-paced free-form show featuring some of the top alumni from the ImprovBoston Mainstage and Boston comedy scene. Since 2014, Big Bang has toured extensively across North America, Latin America and Europe.