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Improviser • Writer • Maker • Performer

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I improvise shows in many different styles and genres. I've toured to tens of countries in five continents, teaching and performing. I designed four levels of curriculum for Hoopla, the UK's largest improv school and a 4-level acting and improv curriculum for Fennec in Saudi Arabia. My book The Improviser's Way, A Longform Workbook is published by Nick Hern Books. I perform (and guest) with lots of companies including Project2, Yes Queens (on the West End) and was a member of The Maydays 2004-2022. I perform in theatres, on the radio and in the digital space. I am a teaching artist.

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.

It reads 'Knightmare Live'. There is a horned helmet suspended in mist with lighting striking behind it.

A spooky American house with bats flying around is in the background. In front are a team of Tim Burton style weirdos wearing black and white stripes. One is carrying a violin. The text reads 'Happily Never After'.

I make (and often perform) theatre shows in different genres.

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'.

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Katy Schutte

Improviser • Writer • Maker • Performer