It is the last feature of the year so we are finishing off 2023 with a bang before we go on and celebrate the festive season and the end of the year in December. This month we speak to writer-performer and improviser Laurie Stevens. This year she has had a busy one performing the show Sticky Floors – A wild mashup of character comedy, clown, drag and live music exploring teenage anger. This week we finish the interview with a classic quick fire round.

Favourite television show? 

Call me basic, but…Friends. 

Favourite film? 

Singin’ in the Rain and Anchorman. I will not choose between the two. 

Favourite quote from a film or TV show? 

I love lines that are really ‘on character’, so basically anything from The Office US. 

If you had a tattoo to represent improv what would it be and why? 

I’d do a Lord of the Rings cast and get the same tattoo as my whole team. 

Favourite song lyric? 

I don’t know about mine, but I think David’s would be a real moody teen classic like ‘my shadow’s the  only one who walks beside me’. 

Cat or dog person? 

Cat. I love dogs too, but I’m a shallow person and cats are fluffier and cleaner.

Marmite – love or hate? 

Meh. 

Favourite superhero? 

1960s Batman. 

Favourite book? 

Call me basic again, but…Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (appropriately!)