ABOUT THE COMPANY

Degrees of Error is an improvised theatre company based in Bristol, focused on producing improvised dramatic and comedic work. Their improvised Murder Mystery play Murder, She Didn't Write has toured the UK and enjoyed sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 2013.

Murder, She Didn’t Write is available as both a one-act show and a two-act format. We are also available for private bookings and corporate events.

We are also able to provide workshops alongside our shows. Contact us for more info.

Degrees is also the resident theatre company of the Bristol Improv Theatre.

COMPANY Members

 
 

LIZZY SKRZYPIEC - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of Degrees of Error and DIRECTOR of Murder, She Didn't Write - Violet / Detective Agatha Crusty

Lizzy is a co-founder of Degrees and co-developer of the Murder, She Didn't Write format. She has represented Degrees at the London 50 Hour Improvathon and directed a licensed version of the show in South Korea. For her day job, Lizzy works as a TV producer and developer of quiz and gameshows. Lizzy also devised and performed in The Wardrobe Theatre’s hit Christmas show Reservoir Dogs.

 

RACHAEL PROCTER-LANE - COMPANY DIRECTOR of Degrees of Error - Gold / Violet / Scarlett / Detective Sarah Yorkshire 

Rachael is an actor, improviser and deviser. She joined Degrees of Error in early 2017. She performs regularly as barmaid Gina Pitts in Closer Each Day: The Improvised Soap opera at the Wardrobe Theatre.  Rachael performed in the Bristol Old Vic’s online shows Sherlock In Homes: Murder At The Circus & Murder At The Games.  Most recently,  she toured with Danielle Ward’s The Half.

 
 

Harry Allmark - LOGISTICS MANAGER - White / Red / Gold

Harry Allmark is the Artistic Director of The Room Above in Bristol, a comedy fringe theatre located above the White Bear pub, he's also the resident MC of White Bear Comedy Club where you can catch him hosting every Saturday.

 

PETER BAKER - BOOKING MANAGER - Green / Pink / Detective Willy Solvit / Ivor Hunch

Peter joined Degrees in 2015. Past roles include Grumble in Snow White (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds), Trigger in Only Fools And Horses The Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Queen Victoria in Parlour Games (Wardrobe Theatre), Barry/Maggie/Rupee in Goldilock, Stock & Three Smoking Bears (Plymouth Theatre Royal). Peter wrote and performed in the Bristol Old Vic trilogy of Sherlock In Homes online shows: Murder At The Circus, Murder On Ice & Murder At The Games.

 

ROSALIND BEESON - Blue / Scarlett / Violet

Ros is a member of longtime sketch and improv troupe Up The Antics, an associate member of the The Bristol Improv Theatre's The Bish Bosh Bash and Sci-fi improv group Real Positive Poles!

 

SYLVIA BISHOP - Scarlett / Violet

When she's not having a jolly murderous time, Sylvia can be seen improvising Hollywood classics with Improv Talkies, musicals with This Is Your Musical, Shakespearean plays with Impromptu Shakespeare, and the world's longest-running improv soap with Closer Each Day Company. She can also be seen writing books for children and teens, although this is not very exciting to watch.

 

EMILY BRADY - MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER of Degrees of Error - Violet / Blue

Emily joined Degrees of Error in 2022. She has been improvising for over a decade, and can also be seen in musical team Rhymes Against Humanity, It’s A Trap! The Improvised Star Wars Show, and immortal lounge-act Play It Again. Emily is also a historian of American history, hence her flawless accent work.

 

CAITLIN CAMPBELL - Scarlett / Pink / Gold / Detective Genevieve Foxcroft

Caitlin joined the company in 2012 and became Artistic Director at The BIT and has worked on projects with At-Bristol Science Centre, Cancer Research UK and Rising Ape. Caitlin also performs with The Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock, toured with The Wardrobe Theatre’s Rocky Shock Horror and Drac & Jill. Caitlin is currently studying at Le Coq.

 

STEPHEN CLEMENTS - Blue / Green / White / Detective Sebastian Greyweather

Stephen is one of the founding members of Degrees of Error, when the company first started in 2010 as Only Humour. Stephen is General Secretary and Trustee of the Bristol Improv Theatre, where he regularly performs with cult hit shows Tales of Adventure and Shadows Over Improv. 

 

ALICE LAMB - Blue / Violet / Gold

Alice is an actor and theatre maker. Theatre credits include; Wendy: A Peter Pan Story (The Egg, Bath), The Unicorn (Arcola Theatre),  Drac and Jill (Wardrobe Theatre), Vixen (Travelling Light), Wild Swimming (Full Rogue/Bristol Old Vic), Faustus (Headlong), Sherlock in Homes (Sharp Teeth), Goldilock, Stock and the Three Smoking Bears (Wardrobe Theatre/Plymouth Theatre Royal) & Autobiographer (Melanie Wilson & Fuel). She is a long-running cast member of improvised soap opera, Closer Each Day. She is an Offie Finalist 2024 for best solo performance for 'The Unicorn' and won best show on the subject of mental health at Ed Fringe for 'Mental'.

 

PETA MAURICE - Scarlett / Gold / Violet 

Peta joined Degrees of Error in 2023 just in time for a fabulous run at Pleasance One in Edinburgh. Other improvised performances include being a long-standing member of Instant Wit, a cast member in Closer Each Day (the World’s longest running improvised storyline) at The Wardrobe Theatre and occasionally is found making up musicals too. Other theatre credits include ‘The Good, The Bad and the Coyote Ugly’ at The Wardrobe Theatre, Five ‘Children and It’ and ‘Rapunzel’ at The Egg, Bath and ‘The Borrowers’ at The Tobacco Factory. 
She is also a Theatre Director and more recently can be found providing the UK voice of Baby Shark. Jawesome. 

 

DOUGLAS WALKER - Red / Blue

Douglas is one quarter of improv favourites Racing Minds, who, on top of their 9 years of sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, have also performed in Belgium, Poland and Australia. Douglas also writes and performs solo scripted comedy sketch shows and theatre, and continues to tour his latest show Of Christmas Past. In 2020 appeared in The Visit at the National Theatre.

 

Matthew Whittle - Red / Green / Blue

Matthew is an experienced theatre director, dramaturg, producer and improviser. He has been Artistic Director & CEO of The Wardrobe Theatre since 2015, one of the South West’s leading fringe studio venues. He regularly creates work for theatres and festivals with companies including The Wardrobe Ensemble and since 2016 he has performed in over 100 episodes of Closer Each Day, the fortnightly live improvised soap opera. He also works as co-director or dramaturg on all of The Wardrobe Theatre’s alternative comedy Christmas shows including The Good, The Bad & The Coyote Ugly, Drac & Jill, Reservoir Mogs, Rocky Shock Horror, Goldilock, Stock & Three Smoking Bears and MDH: Puppets Do A Movie.

Improvised Technicals

 
 

SARA GARRARD - Musical Director and Pianist

Sara joined the company in 2013 to underscore Murder, She Didn't Write in its first run at the Edinburgh Fringe. She has a PhD in Composition at the University of Bristol and both teaches and composes music. Check out her work here.

 

ROB KERSHAW - Show Editor

Rob is a writer, actor and show editor and has been involved in Bristol's improv scene since 2013. He joined Degrees of Error in 2021 as show editor for Murder, She Didn't Write, and can also be heard on the mic editing scenes in Closer Each Day, the improvised soap opera.