Liverpool Comedy Improv, Iain Luke Jones
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Liverpool Comedy Improv is an ever growing community of improvisers that span the globe. Every member of the community brings so much to improv and every player is unique in their own way. This podcast series gives our host Iain Luke Jones the opportunity to delve deep into all things improv and life with a guests from the LCI community and beyond. We want to know how people got into improv? The impact it has had on their life? & What struggles they have had to overcome inside and outside of improv? & away from improv what is their life journey. We...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
A craft-first improv show about the trust, judgment, and scene work behind spontaneous comedy.
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast belongs in Comedy, but its real lane is craft. The show is built around guest conversations from the LCI and worldwide improv community, plus topic episodes on beginner pitfalls, judgment, intelligence, and the A to Z of improv.
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A warm return chat about improv, stand-up, and a very male-oriented circuit.
The episode finds Hannah McGowan back with the Liverpool Comedy Improv Cast after about five years, and it settles into a practical conversation about where improv fits once stand-up starts taking up more space.
A grounded improv chat about creative roots, group instinct, and why the whole show matters.
Colleen Campbell's guest spot sets improv against stand-up by pointing to the grind of taking the same routine from venue to venue, while improv can return to the same room with something new.
A friendly improv conversation that values process, puns, and the long route to a point.
Rosie's chat on Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast takes a warm, meandering route through improv, moving from drama training and workshop habits to puns and a few hard-won bits of self-knowledge.
A warm improv conversation that keeps beginner nerves, live room energy, and local community in the same frame.
Ian Luke-Jones sits down with Cody Wright and Julie Anderson for a conversation that moves easily through their recent LCI courses, the show that came out of level one through level three, and the group they call Off The Handle.
A warm improv story about community, lineage, and 20-plus years of practice.
Rebecca MacMillan's conversation with Ian Luke-Jones works best when it treats improv as a community practice, not a badge of expertise. The discussion moves through more than 20 years in improvisation, the 15-year run of her improvised soap opera, and the way Stroud has grown…
A loose, thoughtful improv chat about stage nerves, focus, and the offstage work of showing up.
Episode 128 of the Liverpool Comedy Improvcast takes a neat turn by putting Michael Ananins in the host seat while he interviews Ian Luke-Jones about his new book.
A loose, thoughtful chat about improv, A&E, and making decisions when the picture is unclear.
Chengjun Chong's visit to Liverpool Comedy Improvcast keeps its focus on how people handle uncertainty, both in improv and in medicine. It moves from the Liverpool Improvisation Festival into the overlap between performance and diagnostic reasoning without trying to dress it up…
A plainspoken look at beginner improv, with audience volunteers treated as essential.
Beginner pitfalls in improv follows Ian Luke-Jones and Ching Chung Chong as they talk through yes-and, blocking, and the way audience suggestions shape a scene.
Andreu Buenafuente and Berto Romero improvise unscripted, absurdist bits live for Cadena SER.
Original musicals, invented at stage speed.
Fast riffs from a crowded table.
Paranormal notes from the strange cellar.
Host Iain Luke Jones interviews Chris Mead, an improv teacher and performer, about his journey into improv, inspired by shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway and Baby Wants Candy.
Matt Knowles traces his route from a first job out of university during the pandemic to Amdram, John Martin’s Manchester improv work, and Glossop Improv’s musical session.
Rebecca MacMillan traces more than 20 years in improv, from youth-group warm-up games and Leeds University auditions to finding a John Creamer class in a local newspaper and joining the May Day Players in May 2004.
The show returns to the A to Z of improv with the letter I.
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast episode 131 brings back San George for another Improv Room 101 round, with Ian Luke-Jones judging three improv habits and pushing back on each one.
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast episode 128 swaps the host role, with Michael Ananins interviewing Ian Luke-Jones about The Pundimentals, a book that grew out of a workshop idea about puns.
Lisa Dunning connects her improv path to a Granada News school nativity appearance, watching Dinner Ladies and Two Pints of Lager with her mum, and later playing Othello at the Neptune Theatre in Liverpool.
Episode 130 of Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast features Ian Luke-Jones talking with Rosie Sosic about getting back into improv after a nearly 20-year gap and joining Emma’s course in Liverpool.
Five-year journey.
Host Ian Luke-Jones and guest Dave Hodgson explore strategies for marketing improv to non-improv audiences, discussing the challenges of terminology, venue selection, and community building.
Host Iain Luke Jones interviews Cheng Jun Cheong, a doctor specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, about his improv journey from Singapore to the UK.
Host Ian Luke-Jones interviews E.B.
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Ian Luke-Jones welcomes Tarja Brevik and asks her to give a quick overview of who she is and how she found her way into improv.
Host Ian Luke-Jones interviews Colleen Campbell about her improv journey, from initial fear to joining the LCI community and performing with Pick and Mix.
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast episode 139 brings together Katie Mayne and Naomi Williamson, two LCI beginners who moved from a six-week course into ongoing improv work.
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast episode 125 features Ian Luke-Jones talking with Holly White, who recently moved back to the Chester area after 12 or 13 years in London.
Liverpool Comedy Improvcast returns to its A to Z of improv series with the letter J.
Ian Luke-Jones welcomes Ching Chung Chong back for episode 138 and shifts the focus to beginner pitfalls in improv.
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast episode 146 is a year-in-review recap for 2025, framed by Ian Luke-Jones as five years of the show after episode 145.
Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast episode 134 features Ian Luke-Jones talking with Cody Wright and Julie Anderson about their path through the LCI level one, level two, and level three courses.
Host Iain Luke Jones interviews Xavier Chan and Vince Clavel about their journeys into improv comedy, exploring how they got started, cultural challenges, and the personal impact of improv on their lives and careers.
Host Iain Luke Jones interviews Hannah McGowan, a stand-up comedian and improviser, about her transition from improv to stand-up comedy over the past five years.
Host Iain Luke-Jones interviews improv comedian Cynthia Drabble about her life and experiences in the improv community.
Host Iain Luke-Jones interviews improv comedian Jennifer Kass about her journey into improv and its impact on her life.
Host Iain Luke Jones interviews improvisers about their experiences, techniques, and the impact of improv on their lives.
Host Iain Luke-Jones interviews improv performer Sarah Hutchinson about her journey into improv and its impact on her life.
Host Iain Luke-Jones interviews improv legend Neil Malarkey about his journey into improv and early days with the Comedy Store Players.
Host Iain Luke-Jones welcomes Dave Hodgson to play Improv Room 101, discussing improv-related things to banish.
Host Iain Luke-Jones introduces a new segment called Improv Room 101 with guest Michael Ananins, where they debate things to banish from improv.
Host Iain Luke-Jones reflects on the year 2023, discussing guests, shows, and specials from the Liverpool Comedy Improv community.
Host Iain Luke-Jones celebrates the 100th episode by interviewing members of the improv troupe Oikers.
Host Iain Luke-Jones reviews the year 2022 for the Liverpool Comedy ImprovCast, sharing stats and looking ahead.