Ep 25: Live Episode - Francesca Reid/Twister Act

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Miller on Tuesday 3rd August 2021 with piano accompaniment from Tom Hodge

IMDp is an improvised interview podcast. Every week Martina Minnow interviews a director about their upcoming film. Also joining Martina each week are our resident improvisers who create cutaway scenes and clips from the films discussed. However...

until she introduces them, only Martina knows the guests name and the name of their movie.

Todays Special Guest:

Francesca Reid (Gillian Swift), as seen on E4, BBC3 & Comedy Central, is an actor/singer/comedian/improvisor/presenter/drag king. Graduating from East 15 Acting School she took her passion for clowning across the globe training in both the US & UK. She most recently had a wonderfully received (pre-pandemic) sell out run at London's Vault Festival of her first solo hour as the bawdy & ladish "Brent Would”. You can see her in solo shows or performing in her 2prov partnership "Franston Pickle", her drag king crew "The Bareback Kings" and quixotic musical improv team "Dreamweaver Quartet".

@Brentwouldd @Francescarenee3

The IMDp Team: @improvmoviepod

Sabrina Luisi (Martina Minnow) is in Hoopla House team Michelle, acapella improvised musical group Acaprov, improvised musical narrative group Multiverse and long form team Buffet. Sabrina is also an actor and writer in immersive online murder mystery group, Play Dead London. She loves Eastenders, refrigerated Curly Wurlys, and has three accents she uses on rotation in improv shows.

Twitter: @sabrinaluisi Instagram: @sabrina.luisi

Vicky Hawley (Resident Improviser) is an improviser, comedian and storyteller who regularly performs with groups including Chortle Award winning Jericho Comedy, Edinburgh sellout Bumper Blyton, and internationally touring improv musical Multiverse. Vicky is also a professional DM, the host of D&D liveplay podcast Vicky's World, and a regular player on Sasha Ellen's Character Building Experience.

Twitter: @vichawley Instagram: @vic.hawley

Rory Vieyra (Resident Improviser) is an improviser and Actor who regularly performs with Music Box Improv, Acaprov and The Inflatables in London and abroad. He also teaches improv with Hoopla Impro and performs in immersive Murder Mystery group Play Dead London. He loves Cinnanmon Buns, Dolly Parton and Ancient Greece. He know his impressions are bad but refuses to stop.

Instagram & Facebook: @roryvieyra

Steve Tanner (Producer/Editor) is Director of 4Foot1Films. He creates and edits video content for theatre productions and regularly collaborates with Hoopla Impro to edit their sketches. He runs filmmaking workshop Make A Movie Club for kids and is also an actor with immersive online murder mystery group, Play Dead London.

Instagram @4foot1films

Theme Music by Matt Brown & Jonny Griffiths

Episode Artwork by Marty Sears