Lucy Trodd and Jordan Paul Clarke are core members of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (running for 16 years and currently in London’s West End). They regularly teach Musical improv around the world.
In this advanced workshop, you will delve into the varied song styles in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton and In The Heights, and explore the many sub genres within Boublil and Schönberg’s epic Les Miserables.
Friday March 21 — 19:00 to 21:30
€85 for the half-day workshop
Location: Flock Theatre Studio, T. T. Neveritaweg 57M1 (on NDSM area in Amsterdam-Noord)
This location has 1 flight of stairs. If this keeps you from joining, please reach out. We have solutions!
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Lucy Trodd
Lucy Trodd is a writer-performer with an extensive background in comedy and improvisation. She is a founder member of Olivier Award-winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, in which she has regularly appeared around the globe and in the West End of London for over 16 years.
She co-wrote and performed two sketch comedy series of “Well Done You!” for NBC/BBC Radio 4 and was a finalist in the BBC Audio Awards for Best Scripted Comedy. Writing in partnership with Susan Harrison, she was a winner of the British Comedy Guide Sitcom Competition, was a Finalist in the Funny Women Awards and their radio pilot just aired on BBC R4. She regularly teaches and facilitates in business and creative circles. Lucy designed and ran The Improv Academy for Cardboard Citizens, worked with primary school children for NEON Summer School and has taught in drama schools including Guildford School of Acting. She helps run the Showstopper! Improvers, Returners and Intensive courses.
She attended her first international festival in 2024 at IMPRO Amsterdam and went on to perform at Momenta in Leipzig, directing her first improv show REUNITED: The Band. Inspired by the festival can-do attitude, she set up FiT (Folkestone Improv Theatre) in her hometown to bring improv joy to the locals.
Jordan Paul Clarke
Jordan Paul Clarke trained in Composition at The Royal Academy of Music, and is an award-winning writer, composer, musical director and improviser.
He’s a musical director of Olivier Award Winning Showstopper: The Improvised Musical [“incredible… defies belief” The Telegraph], and has toured with multi-award winning Mischief Theatre (Olivier-Nominated Mischief Movie Night). His original musicals include: Happy at Waterloo Vaults and The Kings Head [“profound, modern theatre at its best” Boyz], Building Paulus (UK Tour), Friday Night Sinner at Soho Theatre [“would do Mel Brooks proud” Chortle] [“flawless music” Musical Theatre Review], and Angry Salmon at Theatre Royal Plymouth [“is it really all about salmon?” Claude-Michel Schönberg].
With writing partnership ‘Forristal and Clarke’ – P.S. I’m a Terrible Person (shortlisted for the Charlie Hartill Award, Pleasance Theatre, and the Stiles and Drewe Mentorship Award 2021), and Public Domain (Vaudeville Theatre) ★★★★★ Everything Theatre ★★★★★ GScene – The Times’ Pick of the Week [The Times Hotlist, 2021]; featured on BBC RADIO 2 [“INNOVATIVE” The Daily Telegraph, “ORIGINAL AND EDGY” The Guardian] for which they were nominated for The Stage Debut Awards 2022 for best composer, lyricist and book writer.
Current projects include Raising Gays, a musical about parents of queer folk.