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Phil Whelans

@philwhelans.bsky.social

Acting, writing and doing of Impro.

278 Followers  |  400 Following  |  46 Posts  |  Joined: 23.11.2023
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Thanks hooplaimpro.com for another great sellout show. GTI were (L-R) Katharine Bennett-Fox, Darren Jordan (lights), Richard Baker (music), me, @nellmackenzie.bsky.social & Mike Orton-Toliver. We shared the night with the brilliant Dreamweaver Quartet.

23.11.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Peth! Glad the royalties are still coming in for Coldplay.

23.11.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This coming Sat. Nov. 22 at 8.00pm at hooplaimpro.com at The Miller SE1 3SS GTI - Katharine Bennet-Fox, Mike O-T, @nellmackenzie.bsky.social, myself & Richard Baker - will be beating the rush and waving goodbye to 2025 11 months in. We’ll be in with Dreamweaver Quartet. Come and wave us off.

17.11.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow! Fri Oct 10 at @hooplaimpro.com at The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London SE1 3SS 2000hrs, GTI will be @dylanemery.bsky.social, the Free Association’s Naomi Peterson, me and special guest, Toronto’s Lindsay Mullan. We’ll be on with Dreamweaver Quartet. See you there.

09.10.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Especially when it autofills it for you. You think, β€œOur robot slaves love us.”

29.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In just 8 short days, on Saturday Sep 06 at 2000hrs, GTI will be at Hooplaimpro.com at The Miller, London SE1 3SS, and will take the form of @showstoppermusical.bsky.social regulars @dylanmarkemery.bsky.social and Ali James, plus special guest, L.A. Impro legend, Dan Oβ€˜Connor. Also, me.

29.08.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh nuts. Thanks Bethany!

29.08.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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18.08.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This coming Saturday 26 July 2200hrs at hooplaimpro.com lates at The Miller SE1 3SS, FrieNZ. Visiting Kiwi Impro Hot Shots Brynley Stent (Taskmaster NZ), Vincent Andrew-Scammell and Eli Matthewson take to the stage with a couple of UK guests (inc. me.)Come down, eh?

22.07.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Friday! July 18 at hooplaimpro.com at The Miller Pub, SE1 3SS, Grand Theft Impro - Ruth Bratt, @dylanemery.bsky.social, @sallyhodgkiss.bsky.social and me - will do our last show before taking August off to go and live with a French family while a French impro group comes and stays at ours.

14.07.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks hooplaimpro.com for a great night. GTI were (L-R) @isaacadni.bsky.social (music,) me, Alan Marriott, Darren Jordan (lights,) Jessie Rutland & @dylanemery.bsky.social GΓ€mez and Track 96 knocked it out of the park. See you on July 18.

24.06.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THIS FRIDAY, June 20, 2000hrs at Hoopla at The Miller, SE1 3SS, GTI will be @dylanemery.bsky.social , Jessie Rutland, Alan Marriott, Duncan Walsh-Atkins & me We’re on with GΓ„MEZ, Track 96 and an air conditioner. Swing by, why don’t you?

16.06.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GTI LINE-UP MODIFICATION ALERT. Sat May 24, 2000hrs at hooplaimpro.com, the formidable David Reed will be joining Charlotte Gittins, Nell Mooney and myself. Miss this show and you’ll forever wonder what it was like.

19.05.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Who? Grand Theft Impro? Where? hooplaimpo.com at www.themiller.co.uk. When? Sat. 24 May, 2000hrs. Finished? Yes. @dylanemery.bsky.social, Charlotte Gittins, @nellmackenzie.bsky.social. See you there.

15.05.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GTI had a great time at hooplapro.com on Friday. We were (L-R) Darren Jordan (lights,) Jamie Cavanagh, Duncan Walsh Atkins (music,) me, Monica Gaga & @dylanemery.bsky.social. We were on with Show Up who were terrific. See you in May.

14.04.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thanks again @hooplaimpro for a great night. GTI were (L-R) Ali James, Mike Orton-Toliver, Phil Whelans, Darren Jordan (lights), Tom Hodge (music) and @dylanemery.bsky.social Also, Elvis the Assistance Dog (shown distracted.) See you on April 11 with Ruth Bratt and Jamie Cavanagh.

24.03.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sat 22 March 2000hrs at hooplaimpro.com at The Miller London SE1 3SS, GTI will be @dylanemery.bsky.social, Ali James, Mike Orton-Toliver & @philwhelans.bsky.social. We’ll be sharing the night with Hoopla: Teacher Show. It’s going to be great and very much your kind of thing.

17.03.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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in just one week - Saturday Feb. 08 @ 2000hrs - hoopla.com at themiller.co.uk, grandtheftimpro.com will be Naomi Petersen, @dylanemery.bsky.social Monica Gaga & me with Tom Hodge playing music. We’ll be on with The Bazaar. Come the heck down why don’t you? Tix… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hoopla-the...

01.02.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GTI had a great time at Hoopla at The Miller last night. We were: Darren Jordan (lights,) @dylanemery.bsky.social, @PhilWhelans, Katie Campell & @sallyhodgkiss.bsky.social Great to share the night with Michelle impro and My Sons. See you Feb 8.

18.01.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Improvisation + Inauguration = IMPRAUGURATION. Grand Theft Impro Friday Jan 17 8.00pm hooplaimpro.com, The Miller, London SE1 3SS. Come and watch some impro before the batshit craziness begins. @dylanemery.bsky.social, @sallyhodgkiss.bsky.social, Katie Campbell and me with Michelle Improv & My Sons

12.01.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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11.12.2024 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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COP29 live: UN climate talks on verge of collapse as countries walk out over cash The UN's COP29 climate talks have overrun into the weekend as a deep gulf formed between richer and poorer countries.

This is something that in a couple of hundred years time could be a parable. Except there’ll either be nobody left to tell it or the only people left to tell it will be a super wealthy elite who will entirely misunderstand the parable and tell it wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

23.11.2024 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hear hear.

22.11.2024 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have just finished β€œThe Underground Railroad” and am about to either reread β€œPerfume” or read a book about β€œUlysses” without having read β€œUlysses” then write my own version of β€œUlysses” based on what that book says about it.

22.11.2024 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy smoke. He’s a deluded buffoon.

21.11.2024 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will do!

17.11.2024 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Six eps per season. 420 episodes. I have ideas for one, maybe none, episodes. This should be a piece of cake. Unless I stop for cake.

17.11.2024 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yeah. Burrows. Good idea. It could be every episode β€œCaptain’s Log” every episode containing the odd flashback maybe. And just one actor; you could pay him really well. Cumberbatch it is.

17.11.2024 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grand Theft Impro says a big thank you to hooplaimpro.com for a great show last night. GTI were (L-R) Duncan Walsh-Atkins (music), @nellmackenzie.bsky.social, Darren Jordan (lights), me, Ruth Bratt & @dylanemery.bsky.social. See you next year.

16.11.2024 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Together you’d be unstoppable. Do it!

16.11.2024 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1