Live • Unscripted • Dial In
The sun is down, the static is settling, and the lines are officially open.
Step into the studio for Dial Up Diana, a completely participatory theatrical experience. No scripts. No safety nets. Just host Diana Brown, a glowing telephone console, and whatever secrets, stories, or strange confessions you decide to drop into the midnight airwaves.
Whether you're a graveyard-shift regular or just can't sleep, Diana is here to connect.
What happens next? That’s entirely up to you. Dial in, drop your guard, and let's see where the night takes us.
Step into the studio for Dial Up Diana, a completely participatory theatrical experience. No scripts. No safety nets. Just host Diana Brown, a glowing telephone console, and whatever secrets, stories, or strange confessions you decide to drop into the midnight airwaves.
Whether you're a graveyard-shift regular or just can't sleep, Diana is here to connect.
- THE SHOW: 100% live and shaped entirely by the audience.
- THE WIRE: Dial in from your seat, share your truth, or just listen to the dark.
- THE VIBE: Raw, intimate, unpredictable, and fiercely alive.
What happens next? That’s entirely up to you. Dial in, drop your guard, and let's see where the night takes us.
This is a new transatlantic offering from improvisers Diana Brown, Lindsey McGowan (US) and Mark Smith (UK).
Creatives:
Conceived and Directed: Mark Smith
Performed by: Diana Brown and Lindsey McGowen
Design by: Kai Jones
Conceived and Directed: Mark Smith
Performed by: Diana Brown and Lindsey McGowen
Design by: Kai Jones
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Diana is an acclaimed improvisational theatre artist, actor, producer, director, and voiceover talent. As a performer, she is half of the duo Bingewatch and the Tennessee Williams-inspired Fleeting Reminiscence. She also performs with the trios POPTOP, Slumber Party, and the Shakespearean Gamesome Frolic, as well as the Twilight Zone-inspired ensemble But of Mind. Additionally, she is a member of the Killing My Lobster acting pool and a guest artist with BATS Improv.
Globally recognised, Diana has showcased her talents at numerous festivals, including Impro Amsterdam, Liverpool Improv Festival, Vancouver Improv Festival, SF Sketchfest, Improv Fest Ireland, and the New York Improv Festival, among many others. |
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Lindsey McGowen is an award-winning technical designer and production manager, originally from Chicago by way of Detroit and Austin.
She is formerly the Director of Production Design and Master Electrician at the Hideout Theatre in Austin, where she designed, performed or directed over 30 shows, and is now Co-Founder and Director of Front Office for Wayward Improv Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. She teaches dramaturgy for improvisors and technical improvisation to rave reviews from students around the world: Hideout Theater - Austin, USA, The Improv Company, Singapore, Theater Momentum, Chicago, USA, Open Heart Theatre, Newcastle, UK, The Nursery Theater, London, UK, ImproAmsterdam, Amsterdam, NL. |
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Mark Smith is a multi-award-winning actor, director, and producer with over 30 years of experience. Driven by a passion for storytelling and spontaneity, he holds a PhD that solidifies his expertise in improvisation. Mark thrives on developing new, spontaneous work and challenging traditional theatrical conventions.
As a director and creator, Mark has launched multiple spontaneous shows that have toured the UK and featured at numerous festivals across the world. His directorial portfolio includes Improvised Rubbish Shakespeare - The Incomplete Works, Talk to the Hand, The Fly, A Wake, The Story Forge: Make your own Myth, Taxi Tales, Gricers and Ancestors. Mark is the founder and co-director of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival. |
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