Heather is an award-winning improviser, trainer, and creative facilitator who works at the joyful intersection of performance and professional development.

She performs internationally with Olivier Award-winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, The Maydays, and The Comedy Store Players, and is a sought-after teacher of musical and narrative improvisation. Her approach is playful, honest, and rooted in years of live experience, onstage and off.

As Founder and Head of Corporate Training at AndAlso, Heather helps businesses apply the principles of improv to real-world challenges like communication, collaboration, creative thinking, and adapting to the unexpected. She has designed and delivered training for clients including Amazon, Investec, GSK, King’s College London, NHS Leadership Academy, The British Council, and many more.

Originally trained in physical theatre, Heather studied improvisation in Chicago at iO and The Annoyance Theatre. Her facilitation style blends humour, warmth, and sharp insight, helping people feel comfortable enough to stretch, experiment, and discover new ways of working.

Whether she’s coaching a group of senior leaders or guiding a room full of improv newbies, Heather’s superpower is making the scary stuff feel exciting—and even fun.

Favourite improv moment: Giving the England Rugby Team a crash course in improv, then performing a show with them for the sports press. Watching elite athletes who thrive under physical pressure suddenly wrestle with the unknown onstage was a reminder that everyone’s comfort zone looks different, and that courage comes in many forms.