LGBT+ Hoopla House Team
We are casting for a new LGBT+ Hoopla House Team for the Autumn 2025 season!
about the show
Show Name: Marsha P Improv.
Show Description: Marsha P Improv is a top level queer improv group creating comedy that’s also brave and unique. Featuring LGBT+ improvisers from across the improv community we embrace intersectional identities and everything that comes with them, and aren’t afraid to let it all out on stage. Join us as we tell stories, act the fool, and find the funny side of anything.
Director: Stephen Davidson.
who we are looking for
- Members of the LGBTQ+ community.
- Strong scenework skills.
- Unique points of view.
- Experience in long-form improv.
- Physical and emotional offers as well as verbal.
You can apply even if you are already in an existing Hoopla House Team or other regularly performing group. Newer performers are also welcome to apply.
audition dates and details
If your email application is successful you will be invited to audition for the following date:
Audition Date: Thursday 12th June 2025.
Audition Times: We will have various audition slots from 6pm until 10pm over the evening, each audition slot will last around 1 hour.
Audition Venue: Old Diorama Arts Centre, Regent’s Place, 201 Drummond St, London, NW1 3FE.
Tube: Warren Street or Euston.
Please let us know on application if you can’t make that audition date as there may be other opportunities.
rehearsal dates
Rehearsal Dates:
Thursday 3rd July 2025.
Thursday 17th July 2025.
Thursday 31st July 2025.
Thursday 11th September 2025.
Rehearsal Times: 7pm – 9pm.
Rehearsal Venue: Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 4AF.
Tube: Bank.
Please don’t apply for this show if you can’t make at least 75% of the rehearsals and shows. You will also need to be at the rehearsals on time in order to perform in the show.
show dates
Show Dates & Times:
Saturday 19th July 2025, 6pm, 2 x 15 mins.
Tuesday 2nd September 2025, 8pm, 2 x 15 mins.
Friday 12th September 2025, 8pm, 30 mins.
Saturday 27th September 2025, 8pm, 30 mins.
Saturday 4th October 2025, 8pm, 45 mins.
Friday 14th November 2025, 8pm, 45 mins.
Then possibly carrying on as an independent team running longer term.
Show Venue: Hoopla at The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London Bridge, SE1 3SS.
Tube: London Bridge.
Please don’t apply for this show if you can’t make at least 75% of the rehearsals and shows. You will also need to be at the rehearsals on time in order to perform in the show.
money things
Hoopla will cover rehearsal room hire, teacher costs and marketing costs for the official run of the show. There should be no cost to the performers. All proceeds from this run of shows will be put back into helping the show continue as an ongoing independent group, so this run of shows are unpaid.
after the show run
After the official show run the show may continue longer term as an independent team.
how to apply
If you’d like to apply please email [email protected] with all of the following by 10am on Monday 2nd June 2025:
– Your name.
– Your email address.
– Your telephone number.
– Paragraph about your improv training and performing experience.
– Paragraph about your favourite improv formats.
– Improv CV detailing improv training and performing experience (for instance a 1 page word document, pdf or alternatively a link to online CV).
Please also let us know if you would like us to keep your CV/Spotlight/Mandy link on file for other castings, as we are often contacted by TV and commercial castings looking for improvisers.
Application Deadline: 10am on Monday 2nd June 2025.
Please don’t apply for this show if you can’t make at least 75% of the rehearsals and shows. You will also need to be at the rehearsals on time in order to perform in the shows.
FAQs
Who is this casting open to?
LGBT+ improvisers with experience of performing long-form improv.
What experience do I need to apply?
Minimum of Level 1-4 training at Hoopla, and ideally experience of performing long-form improv on stage.
Can I apply if I’m already in a Hoopla house team or recently been in a Hoopla house team?
Yes, you’re welcome to carry on performing in both teams.
What is the commitment level like?
You will need to ideally be at a minimum of 75% of workshops and shows, ideally all of them. You will also need to be on time for rehearsals and shows. If you can’t make this commitment please wait for another season to apply, as you may be asked to leave the group if you are consistently late or missing rehearsals.
Should I still apply if I can’t make at least 75% of the rehearsal dates?
No. Please wait until the next season.
Should I still apply if I can’t make either audition date?
Yes. Let us know if you’re interested but can’t make the audition dates as there is a small chance we put on an additional audition if there are a lot of applications.
Will you be doing this show again?
Yes, hopefully it will become a long running show that we can cast for again in 2026.
When will you be doing casting for other Hoopla shows?
We’re going to be regularly casting for a mix of short-run and long-run shows over each year, with different options for people with different experience. We don’t have exact dates yet but will update this page and our social media when we do.
how we choose people from auditions
The director of the show runs the auditions. We also have at least two other people in the room to take notes, input into the selection process and to ensure all decisions are fair and unbiased.
Auditions involve a whole group warm up, some pair game warm ups, and then lots of 2-3 people scenes from suggestion.
How well the cast know the director doesn’t come into selection as there are also independent people there who are responsible for making sure the audition is fair and based on what’s happened in the actual audition.
We also make sure we have a balanced diversity of genders and ethnic background across our shows, which we manage by having multiple places we advertise casting, by advertising to other communities, and also by involving more than one person in the final decisions on casting.
If people want notes regards the audition they are welcome to request this afterwards, we can do this on email using notes made during auditions, but the notes we can give are limited in scope due to the number of people applying.
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