Pippa Evans

Pippa’s debut book, Improv Your Life: An Improviser’s Guide to Embracing Whatever Life Throws At You is ‘a wonderfully witty, charmingly personal guide to the art of improvisation, for the stage and life.’ (Deborah Frances White, The Guilty Feminist) It was published by Hodder Studio in February 2021.

‘A highly talented improviser’ (The Guardian) Pippa Evans also developed and leads the Improv Your Life course, which demonstrates how improvisation can be applied to everyday life. Her improv teaching has been featured in both the The Telegraph and The Guardian. Pippa co-created and performs in two improv groups: The Glenda J Collective and There Will Be Cake, both of which have performed sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at London’s Soho Theatre.

A regular guest on BBC Radio 4’s comedy shows, Pippa Evans can be heard on 15 Minute Musical, I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and The Now Show. Pippa has also performed her original comedy songs on ITV’s Tonight At The Palladium.

Pippa was the dramaturg on the Savoy Theatre’s recent production of 9 to 5: The Musical, which toured the UK. She was also commissioned to write an original song for The Jack Whitehall Christmas Special, performed by Jack as the show’s finale at the London Palladium.

A talented and versatile actor, Pippa can be seen in the second season of critically acclaimed Channel 4 and Netflix show The End Of The F***ing World. She played the musical Normality’s Narrator in its 2019 debut production at The Other Palace and 2018’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival saw Pippa originate the role of Diana Purdy in comic play Brexit. Pippa reprised this role when the show transferred to London’s The King’s Head Theatre, following a raft of 4 and 5 star reviews and a sold out run.

Pippa Evans created and hosts Parts I’ll Never Play, a live night at The Other Palace in which she interviews guests from the world of musical theatre about their work and casting experiences, ahead of them performing a song by a character they could never be cast as.

As a solo musical comedy performer, Pippa has taken six shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Alongside securing a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, her shows have been consistently praised for combining ‘comic talent and musical genius’ (Edinburgh Evening News) and her mastery of ‘the art of crowd work, bringing unsheathed joy to a room’ (The List). Pippa has performed comedy across the world, including at Montreal’s prestigious Just For Laughs festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival