Pen Pals is an improvised celebration of the lost art of letter writing. Great performers from the improv comedy community come together to improvise a series of letters between characters that have been made up on the spot. Everything from longing love letters to awkward complaints, each episode will explore a new scenario that the performers will discover during the episode. For people who miss letters, for people who still love letters, or for people who love radio comedy... Pen Pals is produced by Let Us Make It Up To You - An improvised comedy show in the United Kingdom.
In this episode Brenna Judkins and Becky Webb improvise a correspondence between a Miss Marple inspired amateur detective and a real hardened detective
Kate Bell and Fiona Howat improvise a chain of letters loosely inspired by Victorian gothic literature. Is there something in the attic? Why has Penelope's husband been so long dealing with a Count in Eastern Europe? Will Mildred save the day? We will find out in this week's Pen Pals Improv
The truth about cats and dogs... and letter writing....Matthew Nicholson (Let Us Make It Up To You, The Hang, PeaSoup) is a puppy dog and Hazel Dixon (Let Us Make It Up To You, The Hang, Bobbit Worm Games) is a cat that have recently been seperated - they catch up by writing letters and wonder if they can solve their humans...
Susan Harrison (Showstoppers, These Folk, Beings) and Stephen Davidson (Impromiscuous, The Improvised Play) improvise letters between two flat mates that do not get to see each other in person.
Will Hines (Author of the How To Be The Greatest Improvisor on Earth and performer with The Upright Citizens Brigade) improvises a chain of letters with Mark Rawle (of Fright Club and Hoopla). The letters explore the crumbling relationship between two old friends whose lives have taken very different directions.
Two astronauts prepare for a "Mission to Mars" by checking out each others good and bad habits.Michelle Gilliam is head of Improv MKE in Milwaukee and Emma Bird runs Liverpool Comedy Improv in the UK
Matthew Nicholson steps in as host for this episode as Owen and Will from Let Us Make It Up To You write letters as ex-circus friends.
Two old friends reconnect after a chance encounter that one of them just had to write about...Mara Joy (Spontaneous Players) and Edmund Fargher (The Maydays) improvise a chain of letters with real heart and lots of amusing details.
UK improviser Rhiannon Jenkins and Laxmi Priya from Bangalore improvise a chain of letters between a woman and her diary.
In this episode Jay Sukow and Liam Webber improvise a chain of letters between Night and Day.
Chris Mead from The Improv Place, Project 2, The Maydays and The Nursery and Valerie Ward from Parallelogramophonograph (PGraph) improvise a story between a famous illusionist and their ex-assistant.
In this episode Helen Foster and Lauren Silver play two sisters who have just discovered each others existence. Helen and Lauren began improvising together in Liverpool and continue to have the most wonderful chemistry.Pen Pals is produced by Let Us Make It Up To You www.facebook.com/letusmakeituptoyouTwitter: @letusmakeitup
This episode has Amy Moule in Australia and Jess O'Neill in New Zealand (but normally based in the North West of the UK) improvise a chain of letters between two "concerned parents". Amy normally performs with Impro Melbourne and Jess normally performs with Casino ImprovThe podcast is produced by Let Us Make It Up To Youwww.facebook.com/letusmakeituptoyouTwitter: @letusmakeitup
This episode sees Jonathan Nguyen (Comediasians, Dogprov) and Lloydie James Lloyd (The Maydays, Clones, the Improv Chronicle) improvise a chain of letters between two old friends after one decides to leave his local government job and see the world.
This episode of Pen Pals sees two great actors/improvisers:Matthew Nicholson a regular at Let Us Make It Up To You in Newcastle and Ian Hayles who normally improvises in the North West with Casino improv. The improvised challenge (which as always the two performers knew nothing about in advance) sees a young actor look for advice from one of the veterans of the British stage. Please subscribe/rate the podcast if you enjoyed it.
The Lawyer and The BratThis Episode sees Peter Brown (Edmonton, Canada) and Becky Illsley (Liverpool, UK) improvise a chain of letters between a long suffering family lawyer and Stephanie... the "brat" of the family.
This episode of Pen Pals improv involves Fena Ortalli (From Argentina - currently living in Madrid) and Katie Tranter (From Let Us Make It Up To You and The Hang). The chain of letters in this episode are between two performers that fell in love on a cruise ship and having to deal with the distance there is between them.
This episode of Pen Pals Improv sees David Escobedo from the Improv Boost, Mind Meld, and Mischief Managed improvise with an old friend Vanessa Anton from San Diego. The improvised letter writing challenge sees two high school sweethearts rediscover each other after 15 years apart.
The first episode of Pen Pals Improv!Kevin Scott from the People's Improv Theatre in New York and Alex Fradera from Open Heart Theatre in the UK come together to improvise a chain of letters between two characters.This episode involves the correspondence between an idealist British Author and his new American literary agent.
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