Ep. 473 - Pippa Evans

Pippa Evans is an award-winning musical performer, improviser, author, writer and dramaturg who specialises in improvisation and musical theatre. Pippa is a regular on BBC Radio 4 with credits including: The Now Show, Just a Minute and The Unbelievable Truth and she has toured theatres nationwide as a member of the official I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue cast. Pippa wrote NOW! That’s What I Call Musical, which will begin its nationwide tour in September 2024, directed by Craig Revel Horwood. She was the dramaturg on the Savoy Theatre’s production of 9 to 5: The Musical, which toured the UK following its London residency and was commissioned to write an original song for the closing of Netflix’s Jack Whitehall: Christmas With My Father, which Jack performed. Pippa is a founder member of Olivier Award winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical and has performed with them across the UK, in the West End and internationally. She has also performed her original comedy songs on ITV’s Tonight at the Palladium and has performed multiple critically acclaimed solo musical comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and across the world, including the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. A published author, Pippa’s debut book, Improv Your Life: An Improviser’s Guide to Embracing Whatever Life Throws At You .

Pippa Evans is our guest in episode 473 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

For tickets for Showstopper: The Improvised Musical, visit - https://showstopperthemusical.com .

For tickets for The London 50-hour Improvathon, visit - https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/london-50-hour-improvathon-2025-because-we-can-can-can .

For tickets for NOW! That’s What I Call Musical, visit - https://thenowmusical.com .

Follow Pippa Evans on Instagram: @iampippaevans .

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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

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