Katy Schutte & Chris Mead

Project2: Improvised Science Fiction.
Katy and Chris love science fiction and have been performing together for over a decade. Project2 could be any type of science fiction; a space western, a coming-of-age story, a cosmic horror, a time-travel adventure. Project2 take a couple of words and build a whole world for you. They are known for being physical, silly, imaginative, heartfelt and for making 'real’ science fiction, not just a parody. The most precious thing about science fiction is always: the humanity.

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 is writing 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.

Chris Mead
Chris Mead is is an improviser, writer and creator. He lives in the Surrey Hills with his wife, Laura and his Cavapoo dog-pal, Radio.

He believes passionately that improv can make us better artists and more empathetic human beings. Chris has collaborated with improv schools, festivals and performers worldwide – choosing projects that aim to share the joy and craft of the art form. He is a head teacher at Hoopla Impro, the biggest Improv school in the UK, as well as offering numerous indie classes under his own name.

Chris performs with legendary sci-fi improv team, *Project2* and experimental theatrical collective, *Duologues*. He is particularly interested in the worlds of improv and virtual reality, exploring the possibilities as a performer and director in shows such as *Thirteen Cycles,* *The Galaxicle Implosions* and *House of Masks.*

Chris studied theatre at the prestigious Royal Holloway college and continues to explore improv with every school, theatre and practitioner he can find.