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Pen Pals is an improvised celebration of the lost art of letter writing. Great performers from the improv comedy community come together to improvise a series of letters between characters that have been made up on the spot. For people who miss letters, for people who still love letters, or for people who love radio comedy...
Episodes
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Brenna Judkins and Becky Webb
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
In this episode Brenna Judkins and Becky Webb improvise a correspondence between a Miss Marple inspired amateur detective and a real hardened detective
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Kate Bell and Fiona Howat
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Kate Bell and Fiona Howat improvise a chain of letters loosely inspired by Victorian gothic literature.
Is there something in the attic? Why has Penelope's husband been so long dealing with a Count in Eastern Europe? Will Mildred save the day?
We will find out in this week's Pen Pals Improv
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Hazel Dixon and Matthew Nicholson
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
The truth about cats and dogs... and letter writing....
Matthew Nicholson (Let Us Make It Up To You, The Hang, PeaSoup) is a puppy dog and Hazel Dixon (Let Us Make It Up To You, The Hang, Bobbit Worm Games) is a cat that have recently been seperated - they catch up by writing letters and wonder if they can solve their humans...
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Susan Harrison and Stephen Davidson
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Susan Harrison (Showstoppers, These Folk, Beings) and Stephen Davidson (Impromiscuous, The Improvised Play) improvise letters between two flat mates that do not get to see each other in person.
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Will Hines and Mark Rawle - Ghost writer
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Will Hines (Author of the How To Be The Greatest Improvisor on Earth and performer with The Upright Citizens Brigade) improvises a chain of letters with Mark Rawle (of Fright Club and Hoopla).
The letters explore the crumbling relationship between two old friends whose lives have taken very different directions.
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Michelle Gilliam and Emma Bird - Mission to Mars
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Two astronauts prepare for a "Mission to Mars" by checking out each others good and bad habits.
Michelle Gilliam is head of Improv MKE in Milwaukee and Emma Bird runs Liverpool Comedy Improv in the UK
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
William Wyn Davies and Owen Scrivens- At The Circus
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Matthew Nicholson steps in as host for this episode as Owen and Will from Let Us Make It Up To You write letters as ex-circus friends.
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Mara Joy and Edmund Fargher
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Two old friends reconnect after a chance encounter that one of them just had to write about...
Mara Joy (Spontaneous Players) and Edmund Fargher (The Maydays) improvise a chain of letters with real heart and lots of amusing details.
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Rhiannon Jenkins and Laxmi Priya - Dear Diary
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
UK improviser Rhiannon Jenkins and Laxmi Priya from Bangalore improvise a chain of letters between a woman and her diary.
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Jay Sukow and Liam Webber - Night and Day
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
In this episode Jay Sukow and Liam Webber improvise a chain of letters between Night and Day.