The RHIIF Festival Team

RHIIF Guest Curator

For our second festival, we introduced a guest curator. An external pair of eyes to work with the festival directors and wider team to infuse the festival with new ideas and a different perspective in an attempt to keep the festival fresh, vibrant, and ensure that we are working well towards our goals.

Our previous guest curators were Ki Shah and Tanine Dunais.

Shaun Landry

Guest Schedule Curator
Shaun is an internationally known actor, producer and improviser. Since 1986, Shaun's goal has been to provide venues for voices of color, women and the LGBTQ community.

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Lloydie James Lloyd

Festival Director
Lloydie is a writer and improviser in Nottingham, who performs with groups including The Maydays, Rhymes Against Humanity, and The Clones. He has studied at improv institutions around the globe and attended festivals the world over and can’t wait to bring that international improv joy to the city he calls home.

 Liam Webber

Festival Director
Originally from Nottingham, Liam is now back in the UK after 2 and a half years in Sydney, where he worked with Improv Theatre Sydney. He has studied at iO Chicago, worked with teachers from all over and performed at festivals around the world - an opportunity he wants to give others in Nottingham through this festival.

Jeanette Bird-Bradley

Assistant Producer

A mainstay of the Nottingham Comedy Scene, for many years Jeanette ran stages at Nottingham Comedy Festival and performed solo shows and created Sing-a-Long Showtime - a showtunes kareoke party. As an improviser she performs with Rhymes Against Humanity and It’s a Trap! The Improvised Star Wars Show.

Laurie Owen

Assistant Producer

Laurie Owen is an openly trans independent theatre practitioner and being able to express himself through improvisation has always been a part of his queer journey. He has been improvising for years, and ran weekly improv sessions at The University of Leeds Students’ Union for three years.

Kareem Elsaid

Technical Wizard
Mr Lights ‘n’ Sound, Kareem is the festival’s technician making us all look and sound amazing on the stage… He also is the proud owner of the world’s most garish suit.

Hannah Platts

Stage Manager
Hannah is an actor, improviser and voiceover from Leicester. They co-founded improv group Tiny Stories in 2019 and have performed across the country, including recently at Bristol Improv Theatre with guest Patti Stiles, and at previous RHIIFs with Tiny Stories and Rhymes Against Humanity.

Duncan Carty

Chief Designer
Duncan is an improviser and freelance illustrator living and working in Nottingham. They have really enjoyed the challenge of creating a visual design that captures the spirit of improv and that says "Legendary and revolutionary!"

Diarmuid Webber

Assistant Producer

 Thanks

We couldn’t have got this far in creating this festival without the advice and support of a number of people from improv scenes near and far including:

Lee Kennedy, Atalanti Juliadaki, David Escobedo, Jason Perez, Alex Fradera, Will Luera, Kat Horrocks, Jay Sukow,
Aree Witeolar, Terje Brevik, Stacey Smith, Emily Brady, Kevin Gow, TJ Penrod, Matthew Schlissel, and more!