L-R:Dylan Emery, Ali James, Mike Orton-Toliver, Phil Whelans.
Saturday March 22 2025 @ 2000hrs at Hoopla…
The Miller,
96, Snowsfields Road,
London SE1 3SS Map
Why not come and see GTI sharing the night with Hoopla: Teacher Show.
FAQs
Will there be tariffs? No, tariffs will not be imposed.
When I get to the show, will tariffs suddenly be imposed as I’m sitting down? No. Now new tariffs will be imposed.
When the performers come out, will they impose tariffs on the audience? No.
Instead of giving suggestions for scenes, can I impose tariffs on the performers ? Not really.
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 BBC Radio 4 Impro Hit, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Ken Campbell-inspired hard-bardics masterclass, the School of Night and Grand Theft Impro. He has performed at the National Theatre, The Royal Court and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Ali James is in Showstopper. She’s played Eva Peron in Evita (Gaiety Theatre IOM), u/s Swallow in Whistle Down the Wind (West End), u/s Laura (Tell Me on a Sunday – UK Tour), Cathy in The Last Five Years (Buxton Opera House), she was a writer and performer in GIRAFFE sketch comedy (Edinburgh Festival) and has been in Eastenders. So there. She’s also a choreographer and movement director – Showstopper, Mischief Theatre’s Magic Goes Wrong, National Youth Theatre. In 2020 she directed PS I’m a Terrible Person by GTI favourites Francesca Forristal and Jordan Clarke.
Michael Orton-Toliver is a TV comedy writer/producer both here and in the States. Here, he co-created and wrote the TV sitcom Borderline (Channel 5) and The Literary Adventures of Mr. Brown (BBC Radio 4.) He was co-director of the Free Association and formerly Head Corporate writer for the world-famous comedy troupe Boom Chicago, Amsterdam. Previously, Michael wrote for two seasons on Comedy Central News (NL), and he has written and performed in thousands of shows for Boom Chicago Amsterdam, Second City out of Chicago, and Ultimate Improv in Los Angeles.
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 and was a Monkey Toast player.