Meet our Cast

  • Amy Cooke-Hodgson

    Amy’s TV and film credits include ITV’s award-winning Little Boy Blue, David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny Strikes Again, CBBC’s Andy and the Band, Alan Carr’s Specstacular and BAFTA-winning History Bombs. Trained in Musical Theatre, Amy is a Mezzo belter and has appeared as the Queen in Cole Porter’s lost work Jubilee, Howard Goodall’s revival of Girlfriends, on tour with Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, and in Olivier Award-winning opera La Boheme.

    www.amycookehodgson.com.

  • Cariad Lloyd

    Cariad Lloyd is an award-winning actor, writer, comedian and podcaster. She starred opposite Sara Pascoe in Out of Her Mind for BBC, in the Alan Carr sitcom Changing Ends, Alan Partridge, Inside No.9 and Toast of London, as well as Have I got News For You, QI and 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown. She is the author of the Times Bestseller You Are Not Alone, created from her multiple award-winning podcast Griefcast, and recently launched The Weirdos Book Club podcast with Sara Pascoe.

    www.cariadlloyd.com
    @ladycariad

  • Charlotte Gittins

    Charlotte Gittins is an actor, documentary-maker and BAFTA Rocliffe-winning writer. A seasoned improviser and graduate of the Central School of Speech & Drama, she is half of critically acclaimed double act Folie à Deux, and one-third of Grand Theft Impro and three-woman impro troupes JCB and Anxiety Club.

    @withtwoteas

  • Daniel Nils Roberts

    Daniel Nils Roberts is a comedian, improviser and film-maker. His solo shows gathered rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, and The History of the World in 1 Hour was one of ‘The Scotsman Critics’ Best Comedy Shows To See This Year’. He is a founder of improv favourites Racing Minds, co-created the podcast Come Into My Kitchen – nominated for ‘Best Comedy’ at the British Podcast Awards – and has received accolades at the Webby and Broadcast Digital Awards for his short documentaries.

  • Graham Dickson

    Graham trained in New York (NYFA & UCB Theatre) and London (East 15). He is co-founder and Artistic Director of leading London improv theatre and school The Free Association. He has written and performed two solo shows at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival – The Narcissist and Timber – and is the co-creator and co-star of the short film and series Down From London. His acting credits include the film All My Friends Hate Me and the TV shows Afterlife, Witchfinder, PLS Like and Borderline.

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  • Joseph Morpurgo

    Joseph Morpurgo was nominated for a Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award for his third solo show, Soothing Sounds for Baby. His other sell-out solo shows have also met with widespread critical acclaim. He had had his own series on Radio 4, Joseph Morpurgo’s Walking Tour, appeared in the BAFTA-nominated Harry & Paul’s Story Of The Twos and Drunk History, and produced work with Warp Films, Baby Cow and Aardman.

    www.josephmorpurgo.com
    @josephismissing

  • Lauren Shearing

    Lauren Shearing is an actor and improviser. She trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, and has since performed sketch comedy, stand-up and improvisation both internationally and across the UK. She is a cast member of the Olivier-award winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, a guest with the renowned Comedy Store Players, one half of improv double act Breaking & Entering and one third of three-woman impro troupe Anxiety Club.

    www.laurenshearing.com
    @laurenshearing

  • Rachel Parris

    Rachel Parris is a BAFTA-nominated comedian, best known for her viral segments on The Mash Report which have had over 100 million views. She has appeared on Live At Apollo, Mock the Week, Q.I. and Would I Lie To You, and can regularly be heard on BBC Radio 4 shows The Now Show, The News Quiz and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. As a touring comic she performs musical comedy and standup through the UK and she guests with the Comedy Store Players.

    https://linktr.ee/rachelparris
    @rachelsvparris

Additional Cast & Crew 2023-24

  • Music

    Alex Judd
    Dylan Townley
    Oliver Izod
    Yshani Perinpanayagam

  • Lights

    Damian Robertson
    Alex Dowding
    Reg Scott

  • Guest Performers

    Charlie Kemp
    David Reed
    Henry Lewis
    Lee Simpson
    Mariam Haque
    Robert Gilbert