katy schutte
As an artist I work with shared truth and autobiography to create theatre and
improvised theatre with a sense of nostalgia that asks how perspective has
changed us. I deep dive into genres like storytelling, science fiction and folk
horror to create a mood and a washing line of tropes to build my original work
around. I either make transient work through long form improvisation or write a
script and edit through collaboration and audience reactions. There is always an
element of audience involvement - small or large - that changes the piece each
time. My artwork retells my personal history, my passions and my fears in a way
that allows others to unlock theirs." Katy Schutte is one of the UK's original
long form improvisers. She performs and teaches all over the world, is Head
Teacher and Course Designer for Hoopla (the UK's largest improv school), was
Co-Founder/Director at the International Improv Station and has been one of The
Maydays since their founding year in 2004 with stints as Director and Artistic
Director. She is half of legendary sci-fi improv duo Project2 and author of The
Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook, which is published by Nick Hern Books.
Katy trained at Second City and iO Chicago and with teachers from the Annoyance,
UCB, Groundlings, The Magnet and lots of other places. Katy also plays in slow
burn longform show Katy and Rach, has toured with Fluxx, improvised musicals
with Music Box, The Maydays and Baby Wants Candy, co-created the Destination
podcast and has guested in countless shows including Messing with a Friend,
Criminal, The Playground, the London and Liverpool Improvathons, Grand Theft
Impro, Séance Fiction, Whirled News Tonight and The Armando Diaz Experience.
Along with Chris Mead and Tony Harris, she was in the first ever improv show in
Virtual Reality and continues to work on the bleeding edge of technology in The
Galaxicle Implosions. She has performed in Hoopla's Saturday night shows
Tightrope and Speechless, the West End show Yes Queens and toured festivals with
WrongCom. Katy is thrilled to be a team member of London queer improv group Hell
Yeah! and hip hop improv team Track 96.
