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Improv Your Life with Pippa Evans
December 01, 2021

Improv Your Life with Pippa Evans

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Show Notes:
Pippa Evans is an award winning comedian, improviser and the author of "Improv Your Life: An Improviser's Guide To Embracing Whatever Life Throws At You".
 
Join us as she shares the wisdom she's gained about bringing the spirit, spontaneity and skill of improv to your everyday life.

On today’s show we talk about how the magic of improv can help you to:

  • let go of perfectionism 
  • meet life with flexibility and creativity
  • trust the adventure of the unknown
  • lean into community and tap into the collective imagination 
  • honour our “no’s” - or as Pippa puts it: trust yourself to know when it's time to leave the stage


Today’s guest:
Pippa Evans is an award winning comedian, improviser and the author of "Improv Your Life: An Improviser's Guide To Embracing Whatever Life Throws At You", a book she wrote during lockdown to share what she’s learned about how to bring the spirit, spontaneity and skill of Improv to our everyday moments.

Pippa is a core member of the Olivier award winning “Showstopper: The Improvised Musical”, and recently had her own show on Radio 4, Pippa Evans Grows Up, and often pops up in other recordings and podcasts. Pippa is the co-founder of Sunday Assembly and is a trustee of the Realisation Festival.


Links from today’s show:
Pippa Evans website - Check out her online Improv Courses!

Pippa's BOOK:
“Improv Your Life: An Improvisers Guide to Embracing Whatever Life Throws at You”

Performances mentioned:
Showstopper: The Improvised Musical
The Showstopper Facebook Live performance from March 2020 West End Lockdown
Pippa’s 5 minute piece at the London Palladium
Middleditch and Schwartz improv on NetflixEpisode 3 - Dream Job

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Pippa Evans

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Pippa Evans is a comedian, an improviser and the creator/author of Improv Your Life: An Improviser's Guide To Embracing Whatever Life Throws At You. Pippa recently had her own show on Radio 4, Pippa Evans Grows Up, and often pops up in other recordings and podcasts. Pippa is the co-founder of Sunday Assembly and is a trustee of the Realisation Festival.
Pippa loves making people laugh, creating musical theatre and teaching people improv. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and her cat.

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