Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast

This week on the Liverpool Comedy Improvcast, we're diving into all things LIF 2025 with Mark Smith and Jen Hardy! 🎭✨ Find out all about this year’s exciting four-day lineup, the incredible shows taking the stage, and the fantastic workshops on offer. Whether you're a seasoned improviser or just curious about the festival, this episode has everything you need to get hyped for LIF 2025!

So sit back, relax and get ready to be blown away by what LIF 2025 has in store.

From childhood notebooks to the improv stage, Colleen Campbell's creative journey is full of surprises. This week, the Pick N' Mix Improv performer joins us to discuss how her passion for writing and drama led her to the world of short-form improv, with detours into stand-up and sketch. Join us for a fascinating conversation about finding your comedic voice.

It's time to grab a brew, sit back, relax and enjoy Colleen's true story about making stuff up.

We are kicking off 2025 by welcoming the wonderful Hollie White to the show!

Hollie moved back to her home city of Chester a little over a year ago and has already had a massive impact on the improv scene. She qucikly became a regular at Flintshire Funnybone Improv just over the border in North Wales and has more recently started Chest Improv Sociecty, more commonly known as C.H.I.M.P.S. & you can find out all about it and about how Hollie discovered improv in the first place in our first episode of the year.

So sit back, relax and enjoy Hollie's true story about making stuff up...

We’ve had so many incredible guests on the Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast, and the show has grown and evolved so much since our very first episode. We thought it was about time to give our trailer a fresh update!

This Week we are bringing the year to a close with a look back at 2024. Iain reflects on all of the wonderful guests and specials that made this year so wondeful and we also tease a few exciting things coming up in 2025.

So sit back, relax and enjoy a little walk down memory lane, destination 2024.

This week we are delighted to welcome Terje Brevik to the show!

Terje talks us through his transition from 'IT Guy' to full time improviser after falling in love with improv when a friend persuaded him to join them at a beginners session.

Terje has a huge improv brain and we can't wait for you to listen to his insight on some many fantastic improv topics. So what are you doing reading this when you could be listening to the episode right now?

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy Terje's true story about making stuff up.

Find out more about Terje at www.terjebrevik.com

This week we are delighted to welcome Sarah Hutchinson to the show. Sarah is a relative newcomer to the improv world, but has made huge waves in her rookie year. Hear all about how moving to Liverpool kicked off an exciting new time in her life and how improv fits in to the new chapter in her life. What started as a fun idea when lookinging for activites to do in the area very quickly became a whole new world of friends, laughter and in many ways family. Hear all about Pick 'N' Mix Improv and how it has grown from a beginners improv level one course to an award winning short form comedy troupe in a matter of months! Sarah is on a creative adventure full of spoken word, Documentary style longform and of course lots of short form improv fun and you can hear all about it in this fantastic chat.

So sit back, relax and enjoy hearing all about Sarah's true story about making stuff up.

In this episode, our host Iain Luke Jones sits down with UK improv pioneer Neil Mullarkey for an in-depth chat about his incredible journey through the world of improv comedy and beyond. We dive into how he first discovered improv, the origins of his long-standing friendship with Austin Powers star Mike Myers, and how the iconic Comedy Store Players came to be. Neil also shares fascinating stories from the early days of Whose Line is it Anyway?, and we explore his transition into using improv techniques to revolutionise the corporate world.

Join us for an inspiring conversation filled with laughter, insight, and a peek behind the scenes of both the comedy stage and the boardroom. This is definitely an episode you don’t want to miss—so sit back, relax, and enjoy Neil’s true story of making stuff up!

This week we return to our popular feature The A-Z of Improv. Returning to the show to help Iain break down all things 'H' is friend of the show and last minute super sub Dave Hodgson.

Interested to find out what words made the list? Well there's only way way to find out!

It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy another fun A-Z of Improv chat.

This week we are delighted to welcome Porta Fahey from Broken Chair Improv to the show!

It is a fascinating chat about improv, politics, friendhip and life and we know you are going to love it!

So sit back, relax and enjoy Portia's true story about making stuff up.