19 episodes
Pen Pals Improv penpalsimprov
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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.
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Brenna Judkins and Becky Webb
In this episode Brenna Judkins and Becky Webb improvise a correspondence between a Miss Marple inspired amateur detective and a real hardened detective
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Kate Bell and Fiona Howat
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
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Hazel Dixon and Matthew Nicholson
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 and Stephen Davidson
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.
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Will Hines and Mark Rawle - Ghost writer
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. -
Michelle Gilliam and Emma Bird - Mission to Mars
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