Headshots and Biography for Katy Schutte
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2025, Credit: EdShots
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2025, Credit: EdShots
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2025, Credit: EdShots
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General Biography (244 words)
Last updated 4th February 2025
Katy Schutte is an award-winning writer, improviser and teaching artist with an MA in Folklore Studies.
Katy has performed and taught improvisation in thirty countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher, Curriculum Writer and main stage Director for Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. Katy authored The Improviser's Way: A Long Form Workbook, published by Nick Hern Books. She co-created climate hopepunk touring show We Built This City on Rock and Coal and improvises in Brand New Musical, Hell Yeah! and the Pretend Company, among others. She was a member of The Maydays from 2004-2022.
Katy was an artist in residence for The Arctic Circle Project in 2022 and her cosmic horror play The Ice at the End of the World premiered at Omnibus Theatre for three weeks in 2024. Katy won multiple awards for her screenplay and web series pilot. She is a finalist and winner of the Brighton Festival Fringe Best Comedy Show award.
Katy makes solo work including Schutte the Unromantic and acclaimed semi-immersive folk horror play Let's Summon Demons. She is a contributing writer for Cards Against Humanity and actor/writer on web series Sideliners. She was resident singer/songwriter on Sean and Robot’s Comedy Circuit podcast and co-creator/improviser for Dead British on Union Jack Radio. She was writer/improv director/performer on multi-platform live virtual reality shows The Galaxicle Implosions, Play Test and House of Masks with Project2, FANDCO and Flipside.
Katy is also a radio, commercial and voiceover actor.
Short Actor Biography (76 words)
Last updated 23rd July 2025
Katy has performed in thirty-something countries across five continents. She specialises in scripted and improvised theatre, virtual reality and voiceover.
Katy is touring improvised climate change comedy We Built This City on Rock and Coal throughout the island of Ireland. She plays the titular role in children's radio show Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers. Her cosmic horror play The Ice at the End of the World played for three weeks at Omnibus Theatre in 2024.
General Biography (150 words)
Last updated 17th July 2023
Katy makes her own work including award-winning storytelling/stand-up show Schutte the Unromantic and acclaimed semi-immersive folk horror play Let's Summon Demons. She is a contributing writer for Cards Against Humanity, was resident singer/songwriter on Sean and Robot’s Comedy Circuit podcast and co-creator/improviser for Dead British on Union Jack Radio. She is a writer, improv director and performer with XR creative studio FANDCO.
Katy Schutte has performed and taught improvisation in thirty countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher at Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. Katy authored The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook, published by Nick Hern Books. She was an artist in residence for The Arctic Circle Project in 2022 and penned a cosmic horror play for a three-week run at Omnibus Theatre in 2024.
Katy won eight awards in 2022 for her screenplay Coming of (Middle) Age and web series pilot Sideliners.
Last updated 4th February 2025
Katy Schutte is an award-winning writer, improviser and teaching artist with an MA in Folklore Studies.
Katy has performed and taught improvisation in thirty countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher, Curriculum Writer and main stage Director for Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. Katy authored The Improviser's Way: A Long Form Workbook, published by Nick Hern Books. She co-created climate hopepunk touring show We Built This City on Rock and Coal and improvises in Brand New Musical, Hell Yeah! and the Pretend Company, among others. She was a member of The Maydays from 2004-2022.
Katy was an artist in residence for The Arctic Circle Project in 2022 and her cosmic horror play The Ice at the End of the World premiered at Omnibus Theatre for three weeks in 2024. Katy won multiple awards for her screenplay and web series pilot. She is a finalist and winner of the Brighton Festival Fringe Best Comedy Show award.
Katy makes solo work including Schutte the Unromantic and acclaimed semi-immersive folk horror play Let's Summon Demons. She is a contributing writer for Cards Against Humanity and actor/writer on web series Sideliners. She was resident singer/songwriter on Sean and Robot’s Comedy Circuit podcast and co-creator/improviser for Dead British on Union Jack Radio. She was writer/improv director/performer on multi-platform live virtual reality shows The Galaxicle Implosions, Play Test and House of Masks with Project2, FANDCO and Flipside.
Katy is also a radio, commercial and voiceover actor.
Short Actor Biography (76 words)
Last updated 23rd July 2025
Katy has performed in thirty-something countries across five continents. She specialises in scripted and improvised theatre, virtual reality and voiceover.
Katy is touring improvised climate change comedy We Built This City on Rock and Coal throughout the island of Ireland. She plays the titular role in children's radio show Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers. Her cosmic horror play The Ice at the End of the World played for three weeks at Omnibus Theatre in 2024.
General Biography (150 words)
Last updated 17th July 2023
Katy makes her own work including award-winning storytelling/stand-up show Schutte the Unromantic and acclaimed semi-immersive folk horror play Let's Summon Demons. She is a contributing writer for Cards Against Humanity, was resident singer/songwriter on Sean and Robot’s Comedy Circuit podcast and co-creator/improviser for Dead British on Union Jack Radio. She is a writer, improv director and performer with XR creative studio FANDCO.
Katy Schutte has performed and taught improvisation in thirty countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher at Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. Katy authored The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook, published by Nick Hern Books. She was an artist in residence for The Arctic Circle Project in 2022 and penned a cosmic horror play for a three-week run at Omnibus Theatre in 2024.
Katy won eight awards in 2022 for her screenplay Coming of (Middle) Age and web series pilot Sideliners.
Writer Biography (223 words)
Last updated 3rd December 2025
Last updated 3rd December 2025
Katy has written comedy for many different platforms. She is a contributing writer for card game Cards Against Humanity, was resident songwriter for Sean and Robot's Comedy Circuit podcast on Fun Kids digital radio, co-writer of Beth's Legacy, an augmented reality story game for Storyfutures and CreativeXR and one of two writers for The Galaxicle Implosions, a semi-improvised virtual reality, live and streaming show with Flipside and FANDCO. She also made XR shows House of Masks and Play Test with FANDCO. Katy wrote and starred in sit com web series Sideliners which has won multiple awards including Best Writing, Best Pilot and Best Actress. She has written and performed in 5-star fringe shows including comedy musical Who Ya Gonna Call, folk horror Let's Summon Demons and storytelling stand-up show Schutte the Unromantic. Katy was a Brighton Fringe Best Comedy Show Finalist (2018). Katy's book, The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook is published by Nick Hern Books. She won Best Script Award's Feature Script Grand Prix and the WRPNSC Gold Script Writing award for her screenplay Coming of (Middle) Age.
Her play The Ice at the End of the World was based on her experience as an artist in residence with The Arctic Circle Project 2022 and ran for three weeks at Omnibus Theatre in 2024.
Katy tours globally, teaching and performing improvisation.
Her play The Ice at the End of the World was based on her experience as an artist in residence with The Arctic Circle Project 2022 and ran for three weeks at Omnibus Theatre in 2024.
Katy tours globally, teaching and performing improvisation.