Emily Murphy (UK)
Emily (UK) is an improviser and teacher from Hertfordshire, where she lives with her young family and runs State of Play Improv. She trained in devised theatre at the Royal School of Speech and Drama and has studied improv at iO Chicago, and with leading practitioners from all over the world.
She teaches independently and for Hoopla, London’s biggest improv school, and performs in a duo with Jennifer Jordan. Emily is a founding member of Unmade Theatre Co, with her longtime collaborator, Chris Mead, with whom she is also in a new ensemble dedicated to dramatic improv. With Chris, she has created ambitious improvised theatre that interweaves relationship-driven scenes with physical storytelling.
Emily is known for her bold emotional choices and distinctive characters. She loves improv that feels like a playground of genuine possibility: where sincere, grounded scenes meet joyful stupidity and the results could be funny, weird, beautiful or even all three.