Blog by Phoebe Kozinets. This Friday (24th October 2025) is the 8th anniversary of Do The Right Scene AND also a celebration of Black History Month! We are so excited about this night! I had a chat with the wonderful Tai Campell who produces Do The Right Scene at Hoopla, and Angela Pollard Hoopla’s amazing[…]
I had the pleasure of chatting with Steve Roe and Melissa Parker about their first ever experiences of improv! I was so inspired hearing their stories! Below are stories from Steve, Melissa, and from me (Phoebe Kozinets) about our earliest improv memories. We thought this would be helpful for people starting on our beginners improv[…]
By: Phoebe Kozinets Hi internet! My name is Phoebe, I am a teacher and performer at Hoopla! Last night I was teaching our level 3 scenes course, and we were working on relationships. Watching everyone in the course do really funny, moving, and beautiful scenes, I was struck by how much power we have on[…]
Hello! Nice to meet you person reading this blog! My name is Phoebe- I am an improviser originally from the US who now teaches and performs with Hoopla. I teach lots of beginners courses and love seeing the way folks transform from the start to end of our 8 weeks together, it’s very exciting and[…]
The improv tip “you don’t have to be clever or funny” can be confusing so here’s a blog with more details. We are mainly producing comedy improv, and we mainly book in comedy improv acts at our theatre. We can also do dramatic and serious improv, but most of what we do at Hoopla is[…]
By Phoebe Kozinets It’s December 6th!!! So basically already Christmas. Festive lights are shining all around London, merrily masking this month being- at times- dark and cold and sad. Tis the season of giggling drinking hot chocolate and desperately trying not to text that person you know you’re not supposed to text. The holidays are[…]
By Phoebe Kozinets Hi amazing people who clicked on this blog. I’ll give it to you straight- the ONLY thing on my mind today is the WICKED MOVIE!!!!! I’m beyond excited to see it. One of the very first things I did after moving to London was get a ticket to go see Wicked by[…]
By Phoebe Kozinets. Hi again blogosphereeeee! Hope you queens are well. I’m listening to Olivia Rodrigo while I type this, specifically GUTS (spilled). I love the way hearing a song that you had on repeat during a specific time transports you to the EXACT sensation of that era. Whenever I hear a song off GUTS,[…]
By Phoebe Kozinets Hi blogosphere! I am feeling like Carrie Bradshaw right now. What if the actual plot of Sex and the City was that Sarah Jessica Parker was on a UCB House team and wrote about the power of Yes, And?! Anywaysssss…… we all know the magical feeling that comes from participating in joyous[…]
Blog from Steve Roe, Director of Hoopla Impro. Hi everyone, this is a blog! That’s right, old school! I should probably be doing this as a video on Tik Tok holding the camera at arms length as I walk around or while I’m sat down eating food, but I’m 45 and also feel pretty weird[…]
HOOPLA is casting for an exciting limited-run narrative show! Scandalgate will hilariously detail the rise and fall (and maybe fall again) of the corrupt and the incompetent, the well-meaning and the vaguely competent – set in the world of the media, business and politics.Think Succession, The Newsroom and House of Cards, thrown in a blender[…]
First of all many thanks to you all for your support and patience over the last year . Improvisers, teachers, students, venues, performers and our support team have all adapted to so many different things so thank you and we’re happy to say the improv flag is still flying high at Hoopla! Since September 2021[…]