About ImprompTwo

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 JEN HARDY is an improviser, poet, teacher, and coach from the North West of England. She has performed with all-female comedy troupes and was a member of Liverpool’s first UCB-style improv team, as well as appearing in classic short-form shows inspired by Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Jen currently tours with Rubbish Shakespeare’s Incomplete Works of Shakespeare, which enjoyed a sell-out, five-star run at the Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her solo show Wet Skeleton, developed with support from Arts Council England, continues to tour nationally. Her latest work, We Should Break Up — a duo show — dives into the spoken and unspoken complexities of romantic relationships.

A trained teacher, Jen delivers coaching and workshops across the UK and internationally. She has taught at major festivals, trained teams that have gone on to perform internationally, and supported individuals in launching professional careers in comedy and performance.

As co-director of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival, Jen is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of improvisation in all its forms and to empowering communities through performance and spontaneous expression.

 ADAM HODGSON is a graduate of East 15 Acting School in the UK, and has improvised and performed all over the world since 2006.   

Based in Derby, UK, Adam leads Let's Build a Barn improv, established Ram Jam improv nights, and is currently immersed in multiple acting collaborations across the East Midlands.

 ADRIÀ LERMA is an actor, improviser, director, and teacher working in improv, theater, and film both nationally and internationally. For the past four years, he has performed in a long-running musical at the City of Arts and Sciences. He performs improv weekly and has performed at festivals across Europe, including Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, the UK, Greece, Germany, Bulgaria, and Ireland. His work spans scripted theater, film, television, documentaries, short films, music videos, and commercials.

Adrià is the founder of @aspaiet.impro (comedy improv in Spanish) and co-founder of @vlcplayground (comedy improv in English), @teatro.alta.sensibilidad (dramatic improv), and @ja.improvisacion (musical improv). He teaches improv regularly at The VLC Playground and Espai Rebombori, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Catalan. 

Passionate about physical comedy and grounded acting, he has trained in the techniques of Lecoq and Meisner. Known for his “jello physicality” and his fearless “full send” attitude, he often throws himself into characters with such commitment that he wears knee pads on stage—though he has never broken a bone. 

 LLLOYDIE LLOYD has been improvising for over 15 years and is the resident improv teacher at Nottingham Playhouse. He trained in New York at UCB, and in Chicago and iO and Annoyance Theatres. He performs at The Clones with Liam Webber and founded Rhymes Against Humanity - The Improvised Musical in 2016, where he is Artistic Director.

In 2022 he co-founded The Robin Hood International Improv Festival with Liam Webber, which enters its fourth year in 2025. Lloydie and Liam remain co-artistic directors of the festival which is now one of the largest improv festivals in the UK. 

Lloydie’s professional background is in broadcasting, and in 2022 he was the creator and producer of Dead British, a new 10 episode improvised radio comedy. He is currently the Content Director of Fun Kids, the UK’s children’s radio station. Fun Kids is the largest producer of children’s audio in Europe and in the past year has been nominated for UK Radio Station of the Year at the ARIAS and Podcast Network of the Year at the British Podcast Awards. 

In addition to using improv in performance, Lloydie uses improv to help businesses and organisations become better at listening, collaboration and decision making. He has worked with teams at GlaxoSmithKline, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Investec, Mars Foods and IpsosMori. 

SAM MARSHALL has been improvising (both on-stage and musically) for 10 years, and began coaching as creative director of his university improv society. 

Based in Nottingham, he is the musical director of Rhymes Against Humanity, and a founding member of fantasy/sci-fi troupe Four Far Away. 

Sam has three Leicester Comedy Festival Award nominations to his name, and you can hear his work behind the piano on Union Jack Radio's Dead British. He can also be found at the keys in the Sondheim-inspired Brand New Musical, and as one half of immortal improv lounge duo Play It Again.

Photo: Grace Eden Photography