L-R: Dylan Emery, Naomi Petersen, Alison Thea-Skot, Phil Whelans.
Saturday January 13, 2024 @ 2000hrs at Hoopla…
The Miller,
96, Snowsfields Road,
London SE1 3SS Map
Like when you crack the spine of a brand new paperback back before diving in, GTI will make a start on 2024 by performing our first impro show of the year at Hoopla On Saturday, 13 January 2024. GTI will be sharing the night with David Puck Drag’s Big Book of Improvised Interactive Musical Stories and Dreamweaver Quartet! in what promises to be the best ever start to a year.
GTI will be…
Dylan Emery has been performing and directing improvised theatre and comedy for more than 15 years. He is co-founder of Olivier Award-winning West End, Edinburgh Festival and Radio 4 Impro Hit, Showstopper, Ken Campbell-inspired hard-bardics masterclass, the School of Night and Grand Theft Impro. He has played the National Theatre, The Royal Court and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Naomi Petersen has performed in plays and musicals across the UK and in the West End. She has worked extensively with Sir Alan Ayckbourn, most recently originating the roles of Lily in The Girl Next Door and Edie in Constant Companion.
Naomi was Poppy in Tender Loving Care at New Theatre Royal Portsmouth and Georgia in Angus Thongs and Even More Snogging at The Leeds Playhouse. Other stage credits include: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (The Ambassadors Theatre), The Witches of Eastwick (The Watermill), 10x10x10 (Pleasance), Chavs (The Lyric Hammersmith). TV includes E4’s Drifters and she was in Radio 4’s Joseph Morpurgo’s Walking Tour.
Alison Thea-Skot is a critically acclaimed actress, character comedian and writer. She’s taken four sell-out solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, two of which did runs at Soho Theatre. She works in TV, radio, film and the stage, from Shakespeare’s Globe to Basil Brush. She improvises mainly with The Free Association.
Phil Whelans – writer and performer of his own Radio 4 sitcom, My First Planet, founder member of Pros from Dover – with whom he did two series of Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage. Phil has worked with everyone from Joan Rivers to Basil Brush, Al Gore to Brian Conley, Robin Williams to Giles Brandreth. Phil has been in It’s Kevin, Brasseye, Preston Front and a number of unsuccessful radio and TV impro pilots. He has improvised all over the world, is founder member of Spontaneous Combustion and Grand Theft Impro, has been in Showstopper: the Improvised Musical, Hamlet Improvised and Criminal. He has also performed at Shakespeare’s Globe.