Black Mirror

Facilitator: Katy Schutte
Level: Intermediate
Cost: €80

Date: Saturday March 28
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm (with 1 hr lunch break at 1:00pm)

This workshop is open to INTERMEDIATE improvisers. See our FAQ for level descriptions.

We'll be creating science fiction stories around technology inspired by the TV series Black Mirror. We'll work on narrative, escalation, relationships and tone. You don't need to know anything about science fiction (or Black Mirror) in order to attend. Let's make next-level improvised theatre and comedy and have a lovely time doing it!

About Katy Schutte

Katy makes her own work including award-winning storytelling/stand-up show Schutte the Unromantic and acclaimed semi-immersive folk horror play Let's Summon Demons. She is a contributing writer for Cards Against Humanity, was resident singer/songwriter on Sean and Robot’s Comedy Circuit podcast and co-creator/improviser for Dead British on Union Jack Radio. She is a writer, improv director and performer with XR creative studio FANDCO.

Katy Schutte has performed and taught improvisation in twenty-something countries across five continents. She is a Head Teacher at Hoopla, the UK’s biggest improv school. Katy authored The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook, published by Nick Hern Books. She was an artist in residence for The Arctic Circle Project in 2022 and penned a cosmic horror play for a three-week run at Omnibus Theatre in 2024.

Katy won eight awards in 2022 for her screenplay Coming of (Middle) Age and web series pilot Sideliners.​