Awards
• Nominee: Chortle Awards: Sketch Variety or Character Act 2009
• Nominee: Chortle Awards: Best Newcomer 2009
• Nominee: if.comedy: Best Newcomer 2008
• Winner: Funny Women Fringe Awards: Best Newcomer 2008
• Runner-Up: Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2008
• Finalist: Nivea Funny Women Awards, 2008
As Part of Showstopper! Ensemble
• Winner: Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe Award 2009
• Nominee: MTM Awards: Best Production 2009
• Nominee: MTM Awards: Judges’ Discretionary Award 2009
In 2008, Pippa Evans enjoyed an incredibly successful Edinburgh Fringe Festival where her debut solo
show, Pippa Evans and Other Lonely People, was nominated for the if.comedy Best Newcomer Award.
The show, in which Pippa played a number of different characters who form a self-help group offering their
stories and opinions on loneliness, was a hit with audiences and critics alike, with The Scotsman praising
her “searing talent as a comic writer, actor and versatile singer” and The Independent citing Pippa as
“probably one of the most talented performers at Edinburgh this year.” Pippa has returned to Edinburgh
for the last two summers, in 2009 with Pippa Evans: Your Evening’s Entertainment! and in 2010 with
Loretta Maine: I’m Not Drunk I Just Need To Talk To You in which she unleashed her alter-ego
Loretta Maine, a sexy and psychotic American country and western singer-songwriter for a full show of her
own. Backed by her band and with an arsenal of hilarious yet catchy songs audiences were once again
captivated by Pippa’s perfectly realised character comedy.
On top of her live work Pippa is becoming increasingly sought after as a TV and radio performer. In early
2011 she appeared as one of the regular cast members on BBC2’s comedy impro series Fast and Loose.
She has also recently featured in C4’s Morgana Show and on BBC1’s The Slammer. In March 2011
Pippa featured in several episodes of BBC Radio 7’s of Newsjack and, as part of the as part of the
Showstopper Ensemble, appeared in the six-part Radio 4 series Showstopper!. As well as these shows
Pippa has recorded for Arthur Smith’s Balham Bash, Bigipedia and Newfangle – all for Radio 4.
In 2006, Pippa was selected to perform as part of the Comedy Reserve produced by the
Pleasance Theatre at the Fringe Festival; and has since performed both as herself and in character across
the country. As a solo performer, Pippa has garnered a number of award nods, securing finalist positions at
the Funny Women Awards and the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year.
In addition, Pippa has become something of a veteran of the improvisation scene, regularly performing
with established groups both on the circuit and at the Fringe. She regularly guests with Grand Theft Impro
and she is a core member of Scratch, the improvisation team behind the smash-hit Fringe favourite The
Reduced Edinburgh Impro Show. In 2008, she performed across the UK with the hit impro show
Totally Looped, with a cast of top comedians. She also performs regular London dates in the award
winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, which enjoyed a critically acclaimed 2009 Edinburgh
run and is currently touring the UK
Pippa Evans
Television
• Fast and Loose (BBC2, 2011)
• The Morgana Show (C4, 2010)
• The Slammer (BBC1, 2010)
• The Wrong Door (BBC3, 2008)
Radio
• Newsjack (R7, 2011)
• The Now Show (BBC R4, 2011)
• Les Kelly’s Heroes (R4, 2011)
• Showstopper! (R4, 2011)
• Bigipedia (R4, 2009)
• Arthur Smith’s Balham Bash (R4, 2009)
• Newfangle (R4, 2009)
• 4 Stands Up (R4, 2009)
Live
• Loretta Maine: I’m Not Drunk, I Just Need To Talk To You (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010)
• Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (UK national tour, 2010)
• Pippa Evans: Your Evening’s Entertainment (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009)
• Pippa Evans and Other Lonely People (Soho Theatre, 2009)
• Totally Looped! (UK national tour, 2009)
• Pippa Evans and Other Lonely People (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008)
The finest female character comic around
Time Out
Murderously funny
Evening Standard
Fabulously talented.
Her brilliantly realized comedy shows maturity well beyond her years.
Her psychotic yet sexy American singer is a thing of hysterical beauty.
Time Out
Beautifully bitter lyrics
Truly impressive one-liners…inspired, quotable pearls of wisdom.
Fine comic writing underpins her flawless, perfectly timed performance.
She’s a relative newcomer, but has certainly got the talent for a sustained and stellar career in comedy.
Chortle
Like Dolly Parton seen through the lens of Mike Leigh….she performs brilliantly observed songs about love,
loss and violent revenge.
Guardian
On 2010 Edinburgh show Loretta Maine: I’m Not Drunk I Just Need To Talk To You
Engaging, full of insidious warmth, delectable mal mots and great songs
The Independent on Sunday
A tight set of wicked lyrical rhymes laced with self loathing
Metro
Evans uses the alter ego to supply amusingly barbed remarks on the music industry and neurotic young
womanhood
Guardian
Compelling to watch
Chortle
On 2009 Edinburgh show Pippa Evans: Your Evening’s Entertainment
A gifted comic actress with a skill for contriving memorably gruesome characters
Scotsman
A major Fringe attraction on only her second solo outing
List
A brilliantly realised parody
Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
On her performance with impro show Totally Looped! as part of national tour
A brilliantly talented force
Though the whole team gelled throughout the show there were many stand out moments from newcomer Evans.
City Life
Also on the team was Phill Jupitus and three others still working to make their comedy big break, the best
of whom was Pippa Evans. Her quick wit shone through.br/>
The Sentinel
On 2008 if.comedy nominated Pippa Evans and Other Lonely People
Pippa Evans is probably one of the most talented performers at Edinburgh this year
The Independent
Her show displays a searing talent as comic writer, actor and versatile singer.
It is wicked and dark…She can make “hey” or “thank you” funny with timing and a look.
Scotsman
Her well-pitched, realistic portrayals are both funny and sensitive, meaning you don’t just laugh, you go on
an emotional journey connecting you with each character.
Guardian
Pippa has a monstrous talent for accents, and drops one-liners with a devilish twinkle; expect greatness in
coming years.
Three Weeks
Well-judged performance.
It’s hard to feel lonesome in a room of guffawing strangers.
Metro
Evans clearly has acting ability oozing from her being
A tender and well-worked show
The List
Exquisitely written and her singing voice is…worthy of the West End
Time Out
Pippa Evans is young, elegant and talent oozes from every inch of her willowy frame
Hilarious…Consistently funny
Evening Standard
Fabulously funny…Catch her now before everyone’s heard of her
Time Out
One of a raft of exciting and fresh character comedians on the circuit, what makes Pippa Evans stand out is
the shockingly funny and abrasive edge to her writing.
Beautifully written, viciously barbed lines.
Evans's ability to create compelling comedy out of disturbing emotions means the attention she's getting is
very much deserved.
Guardian
On 2008 Hackney Empire New Act Final
Original, genuinely funny songs that didn't’t sound like parody or pastiche and a super smoky voice.
Her presence and aplomb gave her great command of the audience.
I wouldn’t have guessed she was a character.
Chortle
On Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
The hugely talented team make improvisation look easy…hilarious
Time Out
Ingenious and engaging…I was left open-mouthed
I’d opt for this show’s wild, inventive energy over The Sound of Music any day
Guardian
Impressive
Daily Telegraph
An awesomely talented cast
Don’t miss seeing Showstoppers! You really mustn’t
Scotsman
