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Awards:
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Nominee: Chortle Awards: Sketch Variety or Character Act
2009
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Nominee: Chortle Awards: Best Newcomer 2009
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Nominee: if.comedy: Best Newcomer 2008
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Winner: Funny Women Fringe Awards: Best Newcomer 2008
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Runner-Up: Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2008
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Finalist: Nivea Funny Women Awards, 2008
As
Part of Showstopper! Ensemble:
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Winner: Mervyn
Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe Award 2009
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Nominee: MTM
Awards: Best Production 2009
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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.”
In August 2009, Pippa returned to the Fringe with an
all-new show, Pippa Evans:
Your Evening’s Entertainment!, featuring some brand
new characters and some familiar favourites. An
experienced radio performer, in 2009 Pippa recorded for Arthur
Smith’s Balham Bash, Bigipedia and
Newfangle - all
brand new series 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. Pippa has
established herself on the circuit, performing as her alter-ego
Loretta Maine, a sexy and psychotic American country and western
singer-songwriter. In
August 2010, Pippa will unleash Ms Maine on the
Edinburgh
crowds as she performs her first Loretta-only show at the Fringe
Festival.
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 will embark on a
UK
tour in 2010.
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