Shiny Things Improv Podcast

Episode 11 - Jen Littlewood (FA, NANA) - Simplify your scenes

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Jen Littlewood — one of the Free Associations highly experienced teachers, as well as coach to one of their house Harold teams, and mem

Episode 10 - Joe Bill (Founder Annoyance Theatre) - Get out of your head

Send us Fan Mail Joe Bill is a legendary improviser who has been performing for almost half a century. He trained with Del Close, was a founding member of the Annoyance

Episode 9 - Patti Stiles (Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Sports) - Be a Storyteller

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to Patti Stiles — legendary improviser, actor, director, and author who began her improv journey training with Keith Johnson in t

Episode 8 - Sam Roulston (FA, Second City) - Play Weirder

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to Sam Roulston — improviser, standup, and character comedian. Having trained and then later taught at Second City Toronto, he re

Episode 7 - Graham Dickson (FA Founder, Austentatious) - Make More Mischief

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to Graham Dickson — founder of The Free Association in London and original cast member of west-end hit improv show, Austentatious

Episode 6 - David Elms (FA, Leap Day) - Slow, Stupid, and Obvious

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat to David Elms — long standing teacher at The Free Association in London and member of El Classico team The Cartel. David has been

Episode 5 - Alex Holland (FA, Groundhog) - How to play game without thinking

Send us Fan Mail This episode I chat to Alex Holland — head teacher at The Free Association in London.  Alex has been improvising for over a decade and was one of their

Episode 4 - Laura Riseborough (FA, RADA, RSC) - Acting in Improv

Send us Fan Mail This episode I chat to Laura Riseborough — actor, comedian, and improviser.  Laura built a career as an actor including high-profile productions with wi

Episode 3 - Naomi Petersen (FA, Three) - How to be be More Playful

Send us Fan Mail This episode I chat to Naomi Peterson, former Artistic Director at The Free Association in London, and star of many critically acclaimed improv shows su

Episode 2 - Alex Berg (UCB, Convoy) - Make a Goddamn Choice

Send us Fan Mail This episode I chat to Alex Berg, member of the legendary Convoy, and a long-time teacher at UCB. We cover the secret to Convoy' 20 year history, A

Episode 1 - Matt Cutler (UCB, The Old Yorkers)

Send us Fan Mail In the first ever Shiny Things Podcast, I chat to Matt Cuter, the UCB legend who performed with long-running weekend team Bucky, on ASSSSCAT, and now wi