“GTI at Hoopla: Saturday April 15, 2023 at 2000hrs,” claims rogue fact-checker.

T.S. Eliot described April as "the cruellest month." It was the month his annual gym membership came up for renewal; the month, each and every year since he'd joined Virgin Active in Highgate, in which he realised, once more, that he'd only been about three times in the whole preceding year, that it was a complete waste of money, and that he'd be better off switching to a monthly membership fee. He felt he'd been wasting a lot of money; he'd wasted money on his gym membership, wasted money on owning a car - since he barely used it and took the tube everywhere - and wasted money paying for a landline. Wasting money is mainly what the Waste Land is about. The end.

Anyway, why not stop wasting time and spend it watching GTI at Hoopla Impro in an unmissable double bill with Suki Webster's One Night Only, featuring Suki, Sally Hodgkiss, Chris Mead and AJ Vaage. I know, right?

Saturday April 15, 2023 @ 2000hrs

The Miller,
96, Snowsfields Road,
London SE1 3SS Map

GTI will comprise...

Dylan Emery has been performing and directing improvised theatre and comedy for more than 15 years. He is co-founder of Olivier Award-winning West End, Edinburgh Festival and Radio 4 Impro Hit, Showstopper, Ken Campbell-inspired hard-bardics masterclass, the School of Night and Grand Theft Impro. He has played the National Theatre, The Royal Court and Shakespeare’s Globe.

Monica Gaga - as seen, heard and staged on BBC3, London Live, BBC History, BBC Radio London, Global Pillage, The Comedy Store Players, Hoopla Impro, Yes Queens, Hell Yeah, Boulevard Theatre and more. She spent time at Second City in Chicago, is a member of Do the Right Scene and teaches, hosts and runs nights for Hoopla.

Michael Orton-Toliver is a TV comedy writer/producer both here and in the States. Here, he co-created and wrote the TV sitcom Borderline (Channel 5) and The Literary Adventures of Mr. Brown (BBC Radio 4.) He was co-director of the Free Association and formerly Head Corporate writer for the world-famous comedy troupe Boom Chicago, Amsterdam. Previously, Michael wrote for two seasons on Comedy Central News (NL), and he has written and performed in thousands of shows for Boom Chicago Amsterdam, Second City out of Chicago, and Ultimate Improv in Los Angeles.

Phil Whelans - writer and performer of his own Radio 4 sitcom, My First Planet, founder member of Pros from Dover - with whom he did two series of Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage. Phil has worked with everyone from Joan Rivers to Basil Brush, Al Gore to Brian Conley, Robin Williams to Giles Brandreth. Phil has been in It's Kevin, Brasseye, Preston Front and a number of unsuccessful radio and TV impro pilots. He has improvised all over the world, is founder member of Spontaneous Combustion and Grand Theft Impro, has been in Showstopper: the Improvised Musical, Hamlet Improvised and Criminal, is a Monkey Toast player and has also performed at Shakespeare’s Globe.