Who-what?
Improvising in the UK and USA since 2009. Improv comedy & theatre performer and teacher, working with the figureheads of the growing British improv scene.
As Technical Improviser the responsibility also includes editing, making offers to the on-stage improvisers, maintaining the pace of the show, and making the stage look pretty.
As Technical Improviser the responsibility also includes editing, making offers to the on-stage improvisers, maintaining the pace of the show, and making the stage look pretty.
Performance Experience
IMPROVISER / GÄMEZ / TOURING, LONDON / MARCH 2018-ongoing
Producer: Hoopla! Director: Steve Roe/Chris Mead.
NIKOLA TESLA / A FALSE HISTORY OF SPACE / OMNIBUS THEATRE, LONDON / APRIL 2016
Producer: Project2. Director: Katy Schutte & Jonathan Monkhouse.
IMPROVISER / [EMOTION]PLAY / EDRIC THEATRE, LONDON / 2015-2016
Producer: Jules Munns. Director: Chris Mead.
BIFF TANNEN / OUTTATIME: THE BACK TO THE FUTURE MUSICAL / ALBANY THEATRE, LONDON / 2015
Producer: Albany Theatre. Directed by the cast.
"RONALD TRUMP" IMPROVISER / DIE-NASTY 50 HOUR IMPROVATHON / BACKSTAGE THEATRE, EDMONTON, CANADA / 2015
Producer: Die-Nasty Productions. Director: Dana Anderson.
IMPROVISER / SALLY & JON: BEASTS WITHIN / NURSERY THEATRE, EDINBURGH / 2015
Producer: Sally & Jon.
"RUSTY HONDA, THE STUNTMAN" IMPROVISER / LONDON 50 HOUR IMPROVATHON / LOST THEATRE, LONDON / 2015
Producer: KPS Productions. Director: Adam Meggido.
"VENKMAN"/"STANTZ"/"PECK" / WHO YA GONNA CALL / EDINBURGH FRINGE, then TOURING / AUGUST 2014 -
Producer: Superfan. Devised by cast.
IMPROVISER / GEEKEASY: MONTHLY COMEDY NIGHT FOR NERDS / THE NURSERY THEATRE & THE MILLER / MONTHLY 2014- ongoing
Producer Project2. Director: Project2.
MICHAEL MYERS / SURNAME & SURNAME: BANG / THE PLEASANCE, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL / AUGUST 2014
Producer: Ditto Productions. Director: David Reed.
IMPROVISER / CONFIDENCE MEN: IMPROVISED DAVID MAMET / THE INSTITUTION THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Tom Booker. Director: Asaf Rosen.
IMPROVISER / PARALLELOGRAMOPHONOGRAPH / THE HIDEOUT THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Roy Janik.
IMPROVISER / THE FRANK MILLS / COLDTOWNE THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Dave Buckman.
IMPROVISER / THE E-FILES / THE HIDEOUT THEATRE / JUN 2014
Producer: Ruby Wilman.
IMPROVISER / HURLY BURLY / HIDEOUT THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Marc Majcher. Director: Jayme Ramsey.
IMPROVISER / THE HIDEOUT 45-HOUR IMPROV MARATHON / HIDEOUT THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Ryan Hill. Director: Roy Janik.
"JACK TROTT" IMPROVISER / LIVERPOOL 34 HOUR IMPROVATHON / THE KAZIMIER, LIVERPOOL / APRIL 2014
Producer: Impropriety. Director: Rosie Wilkinson.
IMPROVISER / NO STRINGS ATTACHED / TOURING / 2014
Producer: Amy Cooke-Hodgson. Director: Amy Cooke-Hodgson.
IMPROVISER / MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE'S UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT / THE UDDERBELLY, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Katie Storey. Director: Marcus Brigstocke.
IMPROVISER / BABY WANTS CANDY ARMANDO SPECIALS / ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Garrett Palm. Director: Baby Wants Candy.
"JON" / SARA PASCOE VS. THE TRUTH / ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Mick Perrin. Director: Sara Pascoe.
"VENKMAN"/"STANTZ"/"PECK "/ WHO YA GONNA CALL? / THE DRAM HOUSE, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Superfan. Devised by the cast.
IMPROVISER / IMPROV RESOURCES WEBSITE / <in production> / 2013
Producer: Sunderraman Baskaran. Director: Katy Schutte.
"JM02" / STASIS - short film / <in production> / 2013
Producer: Project Two. Director: George Nindi.
"MARTIN" / FAKE WEDDING / TV PILOT, ITV / 2013
Producer: Superhero TV. Director: Kirstie Mckie.
"TEXAS RANGER: TOM BULWEED" IMPROVISER / LIVERPOOL 34 HOUR IMPROVATHON / THE KAZIMIER, LIVERPOOL / 2013
Producer: Impropriety. Director: Rosie Wilkinson.
"DIZNIZ AL'ADIN" IMPROVISER / LONDON 50 HOUR IMPROVATHON / HOXTON HALL, LONDON / 2013
Producer: The Sticking Place. Director: Adam Meggido.
"LUCY 10" IMPROVISER / THE GREAT BRISTOL BAKE-OFF: 30 HOUR IMPROVATHON / BRISTOL OLD VIC, BRISTOL / 2012
Producer: Tom Morris. Director: Adam Meggido.
MONOLOGIST / RECORDING COMEDY FILM PROJECT / LONDON / 2012
Director: Benjamin Blaine. Producer: Blaine Brothers.
IMPROVISER / SILLY STRING THEORY / CANAL CAFE THEATRE, LONDON / 2011-ONGOING
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Jules Munns. Improvised play with songs. Season 1: December 2011 / Season 2: April 2012.
"VENKMAN"/"STANTZ"/"PECK" / GHOSTBUSTERS: THE MUSICAL / NEW WOLSEY THEATRE, IPSWICH / 2012
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Tom Frankland. Part of whereisthecampsite.org, at the Pulse Festival.
IMPROVISER / PUPPET GAMES / BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE / 2012
Director: Michael Brunstrom. Improvised shortform comedy with puppets.
IMPROVISER / PROJECT TWO / TOURING / 2012-ONGOING
Collaboration with: Katy Schutte, Cariad Lloyd, Paul Foxcroft and Chris Mead. Two-person improvised sci- ence fiction.
IMPROVISER / BACK TO THE STUDIO / LIVERPOOL / 2012
Director: Dana Anderson. Producer: Rosie Wilkinson. 34-hour improvathon (improvised play).
IMPROVISER/PRODUCER / DOCTOR WHO’S LINE IS IT ANYWAY? / THE MILLER, LONDON / 2011
Improvised Doctor Who play, featuring cast members from the BBC series.
IMPROVISER / CELLBLOCK / THE NURSERY, LONDON / 2011
Director: Charlotte Gittins. Producer: Jules Munns. 26-hour improvathon.
IMPROVISER / ON-RAMPING (Improvised short film) / LONDON / 2011
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Back To The Feature.
IMPROVISER / SQUIDGERS AND WINKS (Improvised short film) / LONDON / 2011
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Back To The Feature.
IMPROVISER / THE WHIPPERSNAPPER (Improvised short film) / LONDON / 2011
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Back To The Feature.
IMPROVISER / MUSIC BOX / TOURING, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL ’11 / 2010-2012
Director: Becca Gibson. Producer: Steve Roe. Improvised musical.
IMPROVISER / 8BIT / TOURING / 2010-2012
Collaborative longform improvised play.
IMPROVISER / THE MINISTRY / TOURING / 2009-2011
Shortform improv troupe.
"LAPTOP" PERFORMER/WRITER/PRODUCER / ANDREW & THE SLIDES OF CHAOS / EDINBURGH FESTIVAL / 2010
Director: Ellen Mainwood. Producer: Husky & Scotch.
IMPROVISER / CANNONBALL IMPRO / EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL / 2010
Shortform improv troupe.
Producer: Hoopla! Director: Steve Roe/Chris Mead.
NIKOLA TESLA / A FALSE HISTORY OF SPACE / OMNIBUS THEATRE, LONDON / APRIL 2016
Producer: Project2. Director: Katy Schutte & Jonathan Monkhouse.
IMPROVISER / [EMOTION]PLAY / EDRIC THEATRE, LONDON / 2015-2016
Producer: Jules Munns. Director: Chris Mead.
BIFF TANNEN / OUTTATIME: THE BACK TO THE FUTURE MUSICAL / ALBANY THEATRE, LONDON / 2015
Producer: Albany Theatre. Directed by the cast.
"RONALD TRUMP" IMPROVISER / DIE-NASTY 50 HOUR IMPROVATHON / BACKSTAGE THEATRE, EDMONTON, CANADA / 2015
Producer: Die-Nasty Productions. Director: Dana Anderson.
IMPROVISER / SALLY & JON: BEASTS WITHIN / NURSERY THEATRE, EDINBURGH / 2015
Producer: Sally & Jon.
"RUSTY HONDA, THE STUNTMAN" IMPROVISER / LONDON 50 HOUR IMPROVATHON / LOST THEATRE, LONDON / 2015
Producer: KPS Productions. Director: Adam Meggido.
"VENKMAN"/"STANTZ"/"PECK" / WHO YA GONNA CALL / EDINBURGH FRINGE, then TOURING / AUGUST 2014 -
Producer: Superfan. Devised by cast.
IMPROVISER / GEEKEASY: MONTHLY COMEDY NIGHT FOR NERDS / THE NURSERY THEATRE & THE MILLER / MONTHLY 2014- ongoing
Producer Project2. Director: Project2.
MICHAEL MYERS / SURNAME & SURNAME: BANG / THE PLEASANCE, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL / AUGUST 2014
Producer: Ditto Productions. Director: David Reed.
IMPROVISER / CONFIDENCE MEN: IMPROVISED DAVID MAMET / THE INSTITUTION THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Tom Booker. Director: Asaf Rosen.
IMPROVISER / PARALLELOGRAMOPHONOGRAPH / THE HIDEOUT THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Roy Janik.
IMPROVISER / THE FRANK MILLS / COLDTOWNE THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Dave Buckman.
IMPROVISER / THE E-FILES / THE HIDEOUT THEATRE / JUN 2014
Producer: Ruby Wilman.
IMPROVISER / HURLY BURLY / HIDEOUT THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Marc Majcher. Director: Jayme Ramsey.
IMPROVISER / THE HIDEOUT 45-HOUR IMPROV MARATHON / HIDEOUT THEATRE, AUSTIN, TEXAS / JUNE 2014
Producer: Ryan Hill. Director: Roy Janik.
"JACK TROTT" IMPROVISER / LIVERPOOL 34 HOUR IMPROVATHON / THE KAZIMIER, LIVERPOOL / APRIL 2014
Producer: Impropriety. Director: Rosie Wilkinson.
IMPROVISER / NO STRINGS ATTACHED / TOURING / 2014
Producer: Amy Cooke-Hodgson. Director: Amy Cooke-Hodgson.
IMPROVISER / MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE'S UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT / THE UDDERBELLY, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Katie Storey. Director: Marcus Brigstocke.
IMPROVISER / BABY WANTS CANDY ARMANDO SPECIALS / ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Garrett Palm. Director: Baby Wants Candy.
"JON" / SARA PASCOE VS. THE TRUTH / ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Mick Perrin. Director: Sara Pascoe.
"VENKMAN"/"STANTZ"/"PECK "/ WHO YA GONNA CALL? / THE DRAM HOUSE, EDINBURGH / 2013
Producer: Superfan. Devised by the cast.
IMPROVISER / IMPROV RESOURCES WEBSITE / <in production> / 2013
Producer: Sunderraman Baskaran. Director: Katy Schutte.
"JM02" / STASIS - short film / <in production> / 2013
Producer: Project Two. Director: George Nindi.
"MARTIN" / FAKE WEDDING / TV PILOT, ITV / 2013
Producer: Superhero TV. Director: Kirstie Mckie.
"TEXAS RANGER: TOM BULWEED" IMPROVISER / LIVERPOOL 34 HOUR IMPROVATHON / THE KAZIMIER, LIVERPOOL / 2013
Producer: Impropriety. Director: Rosie Wilkinson.
"DIZNIZ AL'ADIN" IMPROVISER / LONDON 50 HOUR IMPROVATHON / HOXTON HALL, LONDON / 2013
Producer: The Sticking Place. Director: Adam Meggido.
"LUCY 10" IMPROVISER / THE GREAT BRISTOL BAKE-OFF: 30 HOUR IMPROVATHON / BRISTOL OLD VIC, BRISTOL / 2012
Producer: Tom Morris. Director: Adam Meggido.
MONOLOGIST / RECORDING COMEDY FILM PROJECT / LONDON / 2012
Director: Benjamin Blaine. Producer: Blaine Brothers.
IMPROVISER / SILLY STRING THEORY / CANAL CAFE THEATRE, LONDON / 2011-ONGOING
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Jules Munns. Improvised play with songs. Season 1: December 2011 / Season 2: April 2012.
"VENKMAN"/"STANTZ"/"PECK" / GHOSTBUSTERS: THE MUSICAL / NEW WOLSEY THEATRE, IPSWICH / 2012
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Tom Frankland. Part of whereisthecampsite.org, at the Pulse Festival.
IMPROVISER / PUPPET GAMES / BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE / 2012
Director: Michael Brunstrom. Improvised shortform comedy with puppets.
IMPROVISER / PROJECT TWO / TOURING / 2012-ONGOING
Collaboration with: Katy Schutte, Cariad Lloyd, Paul Foxcroft and Chris Mead. Two-person improvised sci- ence fiction.
IMPROVISER / BACK TO THE STUDIO / LIVERPOOL / 2012
Director: Dana Anderson. Producer: Rosie Wilkinson. 34-hour improvathon (improvised play).
IMPROVISER/PRODUCER / DOCTOR WHO’S LINE IS IT ANYWAY? / THE MILLER, LONDON / 2011
Improvised Doctor Who play, featuring cast members from the BBC series.
IMPROVISER / CELLBLOCK / THE NURSERY, LONDON / 2011
Director: Charlotte Gittins. Producer: Jules Munns. 26-hour improvathon.
IMPROVISER / ON-RAMPING (Improvised short film) / LONDON / 2011
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Back To The Feature.
IMPROVISER / SQUIDGERS AND WINKS (Improvised short film) / LONDON / 2011
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Back To The Feature.
IMPROVISER / THE WHIPPERSNAPPER (Improvised short film) / LONDON / 2011
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Back To The Feature.
IMPROVISER / MUSIC BOX / TOURING, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL ’11 / 2010-2012
Director: Becca Gibson. Producer: Steve Roe. Improvised musical.
IMPROVISER / 8BIT / TOURING / 2010-2012
Collaborative longform improvised play.
IMPROVISER / THE MINISTRY / TOURING / 2009-2011
Shortform improv troupe.
"LAPTOP" PERFORMER/WRITER/PRODUCER / ANDREW & THE SLIDES OF CHAOS / EDINBURGH FESTIVAL / 2010
Director: Ellen Mainwood. Producer: Husky & Scotch.
IMPROVISER / CANNONBALL IMPRO / EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL / 2010
Shortform improv troupe.
Non-performance Improv/Theatre/Comedy Experience
DIRECTOR / LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, IMPROVISED SAMUEL BECKETT / 2015-ongoing
Director: Jonathan Monkhouse. Producer: Jonathan Monkhouse.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / THE WATERY JOURNEY OF NEREUS PIKE / TOURING / 2013-ongoing
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Laura Mugridge.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / AUSTENTATIOUS: THE IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVEL / TOURING / 2012-ongoing
Producer: Austentatious. Collaborative longform improvised play.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / MONKEY TOAST / PLEASANCE DOME, EDINBURGH / 2012
Director: David Shore. Producer: Beth O’Brien. Improvised chat show.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / CARIAD LLOYD: THE FREEWHEELIN’ CARIAD LLOYD / PLEASANCE COURTYARD, EDINBURGH / 2012
Director: Ben Wilson. Producer: Mick Perrin.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / SARA PASCOE: THE MUSICAL / ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH / 2012
Director: Sara Pascoe. Producer: Phil McItyre.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER / LONDON IMPROV / THE MILLER, LONDON / 2010-2012
Weekly improvised comedy and theatre night.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / 2012 BC / HOXTON HALL, LONDON / 2012
Director: Adam Meggido. Producer: James Seabright. 50-hour long improvathon (improvised play).
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / SHOWSTOPPERS: THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL / TOURING / 2012-ONGOING
Director: Adam Meggido. Producer: James Seabright. Longform improvised musical.
IMPROVISER & LIGHTING IMPROVISER / GRAND THEFT IMPRO / TOURING / 2011-ONGOING
Short-form improv troupe featuring: Dylan Emery, Cariad Lloyd and Phil Whelans.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / AUSTENTATIOUS: THE IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVEL / TOURING / 2011-ONGOING
Producer: Amy Cooke-Hodgson & Cariad Lloyd. Collaborative longform improvised play.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / LADY CARIAD’S CHARACTERS / TOURING, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL ’11 / 2011-2012
Director: Ben Wilson. Cariad Lloyd one-woman show.
ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER / FALLUJAH / OLD TRUMAN BREWERY, LONDON / 2007
Director: Jonathan Holmes. Music: Nitin Sawhney.
Director: Jonathan Monkhouse. Producer: Jonathan Monkhouse.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / THE WATERY JOURNEY OF NEREUS PIKE / TOURING / 2013-ongoing
Director: Katy Schutte. Producer: Laura Mugridge.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / AUSTENTATIOUS: THE IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVEL / TOURING / 2012-ongoing
Producer: Austentatious. Collaborative longform improvised play.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / MONKEY TOAST / PLEASANCE DOME, EDINBURGH / 2012
Director: David Shore. Producer: Beth O’Brien. Improvised chat show.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / CARIAD LLOYD: THE FREEWHEELIN’ CARIAD LLOYD / PLEASANCE COURTYARD, EDINBURGH / 2012
Director: Ben Wilson. Producer: Mick Perrin.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / SARA PASCOE: THE MUSICAL / ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH / 2012
Director: Sara Pascoe. Producer: Phil McItyre.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER / LONDON IMPROV / THE MILLER, LONDON / 2010-2012
Weekly improvised comedy and theatre night.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / 2012 BC / HOXTON HALL, LONDON / 2012
Director: Adam Meggido. Producer: James Seabright. 50-hour long improvathon (improvised play).
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / SHOWSTOPPERS: THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL / TOURING / 2012-ONGOING
Director: Adam Meggido. Producer: James Seabright. Longform improvised musical.
IMPROVISER & LIGHTING IMPROVISER / GRAND THEFT IMPRO / TOURING / 2011-ONGOING
Short-form improv troupe featuring: Dylan Emery, Cariad Lloyd and Phil Whelans.
LIGHTING IMPROVISER / AUSTENTATIOUS: THE IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVEL / TOURING / 2011-ONGOING
Producer: Amy Cooke-Hodgson & Cariad Lloyd. Collaborative longform improvised play.
LIGHTING DESIGNER / LADY CARIAD’S CHARACTERS / TOURING, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL ’11 / 2011-2012
Director: Ben Wilson. Cariad Lloyd one-woman show.
ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER / FALLUJAH / OLD TRUMAN BREWERY, LONDON / 2007
Director: Jonathan Holmes. Music: Nitin Sawhney.
Improv Training
Mick Napier (Annoyance Theatre), Susan Messing (Annoyance Theatre), Steve Sim (Crumbs Improv), Jay Rhoderick (Second City), Tim Sniffen (Baby Wants Candy), Jason Chin (iO), Katy Schutte (The Maydays), Alan Marriott (Crunchy Frog), Dylan Emery (Showstoppers).. among others.
Education
University of Northampton - Drama, BA Hons. 2-1
Skills
Improvising (short-form, long-form, musical, comedic & theatrical). Singing (tenor). Lighting design and improvising. Sound engineering. Drum-kit. I can build stuff.
Referrals
Katy Schutte, Silly String Theory: katyschutte@hotmail.co.uk
Dylan Emery, Showstoppers: dylan.emery@thestickingplace.com
Dylan Emery, Showstoppers: dylan.emery@thestickingplace.com
Biography
Jonathan watched Baby Wants Candy in 2001 and was so amazed by what he saw that he forgot impro existed for several years... years that incidentally coincided with not wanting to go on stage again after the ‘Great Pasta Incident’ of 1998. After being badgered into a Hoopla improv workshop by some sadists, he realised improv was his true love all along.
He now believes there are no other valid art-forms.
Jonathan studied improv at The Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, and founded LondonImprov.co.uk as part of a secret vendetta, producing a weekly improv night for two years, and continuing to support the UK improv community. As a member of Music Box: The Improvised Musical he was reviewed as "Like a young Oliver Platt" (★★★★★ - Remote Goat), and he is a continuing member of Silly String Theory, an improvised musical, and was part of the original cast for Marcus Brigstocke's Unavailable For Comment. He is also part of improv democracy The Grandmaphones, and directs "Lucky To Be Alive: Improvised Beckett".
His main improv focus is with science-fiction long-form group Project Two; "I don't give a shit about sci-fi, but I could watch them for hours." - Susan Messing. "The best improv show I've seen outside the U.S." - Neil Curran, Laughalot Comedy, Dublin.
Jonathan has also performed in extreme theatre improv marathons "Cellblock" London (26 hours), "Back to the Studio" and "Goin' West" with Impropriety, Liverpool (both 34 hours), the "Great Bristol Bake Off" at Bristol Old Vic (30 hours) and The London 50-hour Improvathon, three times. In June 2014 he played 43 shows in a row at the 45-hour Improv Marathon in Austin, Texas.
Jonathan co-created and performed in Andrew And The Slides Of Chaos (Edinburgh, 2010), Ghostbusters: The Musical at the Pulse Festival as part of The Campsite - a touring arts festival for which Jonathan is technical director and associate artist. The Ghostbusters musical was rewritten as Who Ya Gonna Call? for a hugely successful run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (★★★★★ - Three Weeks).
Jonathan is one of the country's leading improviser-technicians. He improvises with full lighting rigs for multiple award winners: Showstoppers: The Improvised Musical, Chortle Award nominees Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel, as well as regularly teching for Grand Theft Impro, Monkey Toast UK, School of Night and Newborn Comedy at the Leicester Square Theatre. He was one of only two technicians in the world to completely tech the full 50-hour Improvathon with The Sticking Place and Die-Nasty theatre companies.
Jonathan also designs and technically-supports non-improvised things, including acclaimed The Watery Journey of Nereus Pike by award-winning Laura Mugridge and Katy Schutte, the European premiere of Below The Belt by Richard Dresser, Rachel Parris: The Commission, The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd, Trodd En Bratt, Surname & Surname, and Sara Pascoe's Edinburgh Shows. Most recently he co-created Still Score with Tom Adams.
He sleeps far less than doctors advise.
He now believes there are no other valid art-forms.
Jonathan studied improv at The Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, and founded LondonImprov.co.uk as part of a secret vendetta, producing a weekly improv night for two years, and continuing to support the UK improv community. As a member of Music Box: The Improvised Musical he was reviewed as "Like a young Oliver Platt" (★★★★★ - Remote Goat), and he is a continuing member of Silly String Theory, an improvised musical, and was part of the original cast for Marcus Brigstocke's Unavailable For Comment. He is also part of improv democracy The Grandmaphones, and directs "Lucky To Be Alive: Improvised Beckett".
His main improv focus is with science-fiction long-form group Project Two; "I don't give a shit about sci-fi, but I could watch them for hours." - Susan Messing. "The best improv show I've seen outside the U.S." - Neil Curran, Laughalot Comedy, Dublin.
Jonathan has also performed in extreme theatre improv marathons "Cellblock" London (26 hours), "Back to the Studio" and "Goin' West" with Impropriety, Liverpool (both 34 hours), the "Great Bristol Bake Off" at Bristol Old Vic (30 hours) and The London 50-hour Improvathon, three times. In June 2014 he played 43 shows in a row at the 45-hour Improv Marathon in Austin, Texas.
Jonathan co-created and performed in Andrew And The Slides Of Chaos (Edinburgh, 2010), Ghostbusters: The Musical at the Pulse Festival as part of The Campsite - a touring arts festival for which Jonathan is technical director and associate artist. The Ghostbusters musical was rewritten as Who Ya Gonna Call? for a hugely successful run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (★★★★★ - Three Weeks).
Jonathan is one of the country's leading improviser-technicians. He improvises with full lighting rigs for multiple award winners: Showstoppers: The Improvised Musical, Chortle Award nominees Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel, as well as regularly teching for Grand Theft Impro, Monkey Toast UK, School of Night and Newborn Comedy at the Leicester Square Theatre. He was one of only two technicians in the world to completely tech the full 50-hour Improvathon with The Sticking Place and Die-Nasty theatre companies.
Jonathan also designs and technically-supports non-improvised things, including acclaimed The Watery Journey of Nereus Pike by award-winning Laura Mugridge and Katy Schutte, the European premiere of Below The Belt by Richard Dresser, Rachel Parris: The Commission, The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd, Trodd En Bratt, Surname & Surname, and Sara Pascoe's Edinburgh Shows. Most recently he co-created Still Score with Tom Adams.
He sleeps far less than doctors advise.