App-aritions with Sophie Hall

Sophie Hall is the guest for the fifth episode of our Summer 2026 run, and it’s our last comedy sketch of the series.Sophie is a London-based writer from Bolton. She performs stand-up and comedy poetry, with a particular love of the mundane and obscure pop culture. She has performed at venues and events like the Roundhouse and the Manchester Comedy Festival, and her work has popped up on BBC Radio, Virgin and, of course, ‘the internet’.You can find her work online at medium.com/@sophlouisehall, threads.com/@sophlouisehall and on bsky.app/profile/sophlouisehall.bsky.social. Sophie’s sketch is called App-aritions and it was performed by Chris Gladwin, Alexis Coward, Amy Tobin, Annabelle Turner-Wheeler and Jonathan Amphlett, with sound effects supplied by Rob Stephenson.As always, we start with an intro from host Luke Edwards, before showing the sketch, which is followed by a discussion between Luke, Sophie and The Reject Pile script editor Phil Stewart on the sketch, the writing and development process, and rejection. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lredwards.substack.com