Katy Schutte
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Katy Schutte

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Writer • Improviser • Performer • Teaching Artist

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I improvise shows in different styles and genres. I've toured to 30-something countries in five continents, performing, directing and  teaching. My book The Improviser's Way, A Longform Workbook is published by Nick Hern Books. I perform with lots of companies including Project2, Hell Yeah!, Brand New Musical, We Built This City on Rock and Coal and Track96. I was a member of The Maydays from 2004 - 2022. I perform in theatres, on the radio and in the digital space. I designed improv curriculum for Hoopla, the UK's largest improv school and for Fennec in Saudi Arabia. 
A man in a lobster outfit, waving a banner saying 'Improv!' with the brand name Hoopla across the blue background.
The image of a book cover: Katy Schutte dressed in red overalls and goggles against a greenish space terrain, holding a staff. The cover reads "The Improviser's Way, A Longform Workbook by Katy Schutte. Foreword by Susan Messing.
Graphic of a cassette tape with Track 96 improv written underneath
A black square with a colourful graphic diamond in the middle. Katy and Chris are frozen in action movie kicks. The clean science fiction logo for Project2 is in the upper right corner.

I make - and often perform - theatre shows in different genres, including cosmic horror (The Ice at the End of the World), folk horror (Let's Summon Demons) and standup/storytelling (Schutte the Unromantic). I've toured festivals, performed at the Paines Plough Roundabout and had a three-week run in London's Omnibus Theatre.
Picture taken from above of a woman standing on a pentacle chalked onto a wooden floor. The words read 'Let's Summon Demons'.
A blue background with a portrait of a woman in the foreground wearing a similarly blue 50s style dress. She is wearing cateye glasses and red lipstick. There is an arrow drawn on in white that goes through her head. The title says 'Schutte the Unromantic by Katy Schutte'.

I write and perform immersive theatre. I've been working with FANDCO, Storyfutures, CreativeXR, Digital Catapult, Flipside, ACE and Bristol Improv Theatre for the past few years to make augmented and virtual reality and multi-platform work that is written or part-improvised. I was the first improv performer in VR (with Chris Mead and Tony Harris) thanks to AltVR and have worked with Make Real, TOMtech and OMUK.

I write in many mediums which have included musical theatre, a textbook on improvisation, songs for children's radio, web series, feature film, augmented and virtual reality shows and games, the board game Cards Against Humanity and dramaturgy for The Lasters, a concept album by Fred Deakin. You can see many of my sexy awards at the top of this page.
A man and woman in their late thirties stand in a bathroom. Neither are wearing trousers. She is holding up a towel and him shorts as if to swap. The title reads 'Sideliners'.
A cartoony podcast logo showing a robot and a man being held up in a picture on a phone. It reads 'Sean and Robot's Comedy Circuit'.
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