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Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2024

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 15th Dec 2024

Now in its 15th year - Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Dec 2024

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Dec 2024

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Frankie Boyle Work In Progress Shows at Leicester Square Theatre & Museum Of Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Dec 2024

Frankie is doing some shows at the Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy to try out some brand new jokes. 

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 5th Oct 2024

Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits. 

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
• 19th - 25th Aug 2024

It’s New York City. 

Commedia and Half Mask Talk by Action Theatre (Italy)

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Symposium Hall
• 18th Aug 2024

Why is half mask not seen on the West End? Why is Commedia so rarely performed in Italy today? Why do old canovacci not work? Reflecting on the rebirth of Commedia dell’Arte on the… 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 13th - 18th Aug 2024

A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches. 

Mary: A Gig Theatre Show

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Symposium Hall
• 12th - 17th Aug 2024

Through haunting original music and rich spoken word, an actor-musician band deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots’ story. 

Attila the Stockbroker: 14 Days, 14 Completely Different Shows

• Listing
Spoken Word
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans
• 5th - 18th Aug 2024

Performance poet/musician Attila the Stockbroker has been writing and performing since 1980: 4,000 or so gigs in 25 countries so far. 

One-Person Shows / Solo Shows: Daily Picks of the Fringe

• Listing
Spoken Word / Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Doghouse Hotel
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2024

Start each morning with this curated variety showcase, featuring the very best solo shows at the Fringe! Rotating daily line-ups include storytelling, theatre, clown, cabaret, spok… 

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Underbelly, Bristo Square
• 3rd - 11th Aug 2024

The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 11th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, Graham Dickson an… 

The Italians in England by Action Theatre (Italy)

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
• 2nd - 24th Aug 2024

1572. 

Suggestions of the Unexpected: An Improvised Horror Anthology

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
• 2nd - 24th Aug 2024

Out of the darkest corners of your mind comes an improvised comedy nightmare. 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter House
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2024

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand. 

This Is Your Trial! The Fully Improvised Comedy Courtroom

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Hootenannies @ The Apex
• 2nd - 25th Aug 2024

Guilty or innocent? You decide! The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns to the Fringe for its eleventh year! You accuse friends and family of crimes, and to… 

Miss English's Holiday by Action Theatre (Italy)

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Symposium Hall
• 2nd - 24th Aug 2024

A teacher’s magical seaside summer holiday is interrupted by an enthusiastic stowaway, Platypus. 

Dragon Shows for Babies

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• LifeCare Centre
• 1st - 20th Aug 2024

The tales of the dragons are special for many reasons. 

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 1st - 25th Aug 2024

No script, Sherlock! Stars of UK and Australian Fringes take you on an award-winning improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villains, red he… 

The Totally Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
• 1st - 18th Aug 2024

Unmissable live music, mayhem and laughter! Every night is opening night as this team of top improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions. 

Serious Theatre from Serious People

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter House
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success. 

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

Abby awoke in hospital after a late miscarriage and, high on anaesthesia, decided to become a comedian. 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter House
• 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

Pinch Punch are back to welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder, an improvised comedy murder-mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2024

The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back for a 15th year! Every night is opening night for the hottest new musical in town; there’s just one problem – the writer hasn’t w… 

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Studios
• 31st Jul - 11th Aug 2024

Improv legends Racing Minds return to Edinburgh for their 11th year of unscripted escapades! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help, a myst… 

Fringe Academy: An Introduction to Forum Theatre

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• The Ledward Centre
• 27th - 27th May 2024

Speak Up! Act Out! in collaboration with Brighton Fringe Academy, are excited to announce an Introduction to Forum Theatre workshop, on May 27th. 

The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble / Wagner Hall Brighton
• 29th May 2023 - 29th May 2024

A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath ask Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and tea… 

Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
• 6th May 2023 - 27th May 2024

‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists - coming together … 

Tides (Theatre)

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds)
• 17th - 18th May 2024

Tides. 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 3

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
• 16th - 19th May 2024

Following critical success from Burnt Lavender, Missing Link Theatre Company has re-emerged with a thought-provoking showcase guaranteed to leave you pondering: Is this where we’… 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 2

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
• 15th - 18th May 2024

This original post-dramatic showcase is united with trauma, twisted humour, and a cardinal sense of unease. 

Fringe Academy: Life After Fringe with Chichester Festival Theatre

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• The Ledward Centre
• 15th May 2024

Join Chichester Festival Theatre as part of our Life After Fringe series, highlighting development opportunities post-Fringe. 

Missing Link Touring Theatre Showcase 1

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
• 14th - 17th May 2024

An unnerving triple bill showcase for anyone seeking quality discomfort, full of absurdist, post-modern theatricality. 

Hitch Your Wagon: Improvised Cowboy Songs

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 12th May - 2nd Jun 2024

Take a trip to the old West and join rootin’ tootin’ improv cowboys Tea & Toast for some songs by the campfire. 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
• 11th - 11th May 2024

Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? Pinch Punch welcome you aboard their hilarious and exciting show, Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a fully… 

Circle Mirror Transformation-Theatre for marginalised artists-

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Fishing Museum Loft
• 5th - 6th May 2024

London stabbings 2017. 

Chaos: Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Friends’ Meeting House
• 4th - 5th May 2024

‘Chaos’ by Laura Lomas A boy brings another boy flowers. 

Rumourville: Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 4th - 5th May 2024

Rumourville: Have You Heard the Gossip? The story of a small village community in which a single rumour ruins all! Romance, reputations, and revenge! Improvised Comedy - a totall… 

Black Brighton Market - Actors Theatre

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Actors - Theatre
• 4th May 2024

Black Brighton Market is a place where Black People and People of Colour have the opportunity to sell their art, goods, services and perform to the general public. 

Bla Bla Land: the Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Bleach (up stairs at the Hare and Hounds) / Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
• 30th May 2023 - 10th May 2024

Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes. 

Theatre: Making It and Doing It Workshop

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hope Theatre
• 27th Apr 2024

After a great session in March, Carmen Collective’s ‘Theatre: Making It and Doing It’ workshop is back, bigger and better than ever!Are you a theatre artist of an… 

The Bridge House Theatre: Three Years and Counting

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Bridge House Theatre
• 20th Apr 2024

The award-winning The Bridge House Theatre is delighted to invite you to a Three Year Anniversary Celebration this April. 

The British Theatre Challenge

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Jack Studio Theatre
• 16th - 20th Apr 2024

The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening. 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 28th Mar 2024

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons) 2024

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 28th Mar 2024

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Theatre: Making It and Doing It workshop

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hope Theatre
• 23rd Mar 2024

Are you a theatre artist of any discipline who wants to:turn your creative idea into a viable production?obtain funding from Arts Council England?build a sustainable career in the … 

The Electric Head Present: Improvised Head

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 16th Mar - 6th Jun 2024

Galton & Simpson ‘Godfathers of Comedy’ Award Winners 2023 tear-up the script as they return to Londons West end in their anarchic, two man long-form Impro Show! 

Bum Notes: The Improvised Musical

• Listing
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 15th Feb 2024

A spot-on musical done on-the-spotEver seen an improv show where everything is made up on the spot? Or a musical? NO!? Whelp, 2 birds, 1 stone, all that jazz. 

Love's A Beach - Soho Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Soho Theatre
• 8th Feb 2024

Meet Ben and Cyrus, the first gay winners of TV’s biggest reality-dating show. 

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 5th - 5th Feb 2024

A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories. 

A Heart Full of Song - a musical theatre concert

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 5th - 5th Feb 2024

A HEART FULL OF SONG, is a musical theatre concert featuring lifelong musical favourites, but mixed together with real life stories. 

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 22nd Jan - 11th Mar 2024

Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an … 

Get Loud! - creating gig-theatre, with Sam Butters

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hope Theatre
• 7th Jan 2024

Join us at The Hope Theatre for The Gangsta Baby University: a fundraiser for the play Gangsta Baby!The Gangsta Baby University is set up to give you an intensive-crash course on n… 

MAKING GIG-THEATRE WORKSHOP, WITH SAM BUTTERS

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hope Theatre
• 18th Dec 2023

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

WRITING FOR THEATRE AND SCREEN WORKSHOP, WITH RIKKI BEADLE-BLAIR MBE

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hope Theatre
• 17th Dec 2023

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

GANGSTA BABY - HOPE THEATRE TAKEOVER

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hope Theatre
• 17th - 18th Dec 2023

Join us at The Hope Theatre for a transformative series of workshops and talks designed to unite and uplift working-class and queer individuals. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year Final 2023

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 3rd Dec 2023

Now in its 14th year. 

Peter Pan - Rose Theatre

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• Rose Theatre Kingston
• 1st Dec 2023 - 7th Jan 2024

A Rose Original Production Next Christmas, an enchanting adventure awaits. 

Geimhreadh Galore! The Irish Theatre Tour

• Listing
• Dublin
• Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
• 27th Nov 2023

Having just played a career defining headline show in The National Concert Hall, David Keenan is going on the road this winter for his “Geimhreadh G… 

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Nov 2023

Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits. 

Heaven Can Wait by Be Wilder Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Holy Cross Church
• 18th Oct 2023

Presenting the tragicomic theatrical tale of an artist on their life-changing journey to reach Paradise, in search of inspiration for their craft and a renaissance of their spirit. 

New Wave Theatre: How To Run Away

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Crypt Gallery
• 18th - 20th Oct 2023

New Wave Theatre: How To Run AwayThis new play is the dirty, mucky, sweaty second-cousin of Eat, Pray, Love. 

New Wave Theatre: Intransigent Lines

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• 1-10 Keely Close
• 15th Oct 2023

In search of their long-lost mother, two sisters embark on a perilous sea voyage when one of them begins turning into an octopus. 

New Wave Theatre: Goodgirl

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• RADA Studios
• 14th - 15th Oct 2023

It’s the final weeks of Suhana’s pregnancy. 

New Wave Theatre: The Morphea

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• RADA Studios
• 14th - 15th Oct 2023

“Water, water everywhere and not a place to sleep?” Morphea’s home on the canal is being disturbed, so off she sets on a journey. 

Film Club: An Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 26th - 27th Aug 2023

An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s… 

Film Club: An Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 26th - 27th Aug 2023

An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s… 

George-prov: An Improvised Theatrical Experience

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly Roxy
• 25th - 28th Aug 2023

Retired filmmaker George Lucas (as seen in the long-running cult comedy show, The George Lucas Talk Show) performs a partially interactive, fully improvised one-person theatrical e… 

A Theatre Show

• Listing
Theatre
• Camden Fringe
• Camden People’s Theatre
• 25th - 27th Aug 2023

After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show. 

A Theatre Show

• Listing
Theatre
• Camden Fringe
• Camden People’s Theatre
• 25th - 27th Aug 2023

After the success of Failure Studies in 2021/22, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre are back with a brand new show, A Theatre Show. 

Expecting by c21 Theatre Company

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Deaf Action
• 17th - 20th Aug 2023

Shauna and Robbie are expecting. 

Absurdocles: An Improvised Greek Tragedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club
• 17th - 19th Aug 2023

Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told. 

Absurdocles: The Improvised Greek Tragedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club
• 17th - 19th Aug 2023

Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told. 

Absurdocles: An Improvised Greek Tragedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club
• 17th - 19th Aug 2023

Absurdocles is the greatest Greek Tragedy never told. 

Talkies: Improvised Classic Hollywood Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 15th - 27th Aug 2023

Inspired by the greatest rom-coms and love songs in history, this hilarious show conjures the golden age of Hollywood, improvised live before your eyes by an award-winning supergro… 

Femme Natale Theatre

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just the Tonic at The Mash House
• 15th - 27th Aug 2023

Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro… 

Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Nicolson Square
• 14th - 19th Aug 2023

Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers. 

Goldsmiths University of London: Musical Theatre Summer Camp Cabaret

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Venue45
• 14th Aug 2023

This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals. 

The Electric Head present: Improvised Head

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Canal Cafe Theatre
• 9th Aug 2023

Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show. 

Show Up The Improvised Comedy Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club / Etcetera Theatre
• 9th - 25th Aug 2023

Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions. 

Show Up The Improvised Comedy Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Camden Comedy Club / Etcetera Theatre
• 9th - 25th Aug 2023

Show Up will make up a brand new, toe tapping, hilarious improvised musical based on your suggestions. 

The Electric Head present: Improvised Head

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Canal Cafe Theatre
• 9th Aug 2023

Acclaimed double-act The Electric Head (Al Ronald & Cy Henty) are taking London by storm and reality by surprise with their brand new, critically acclaimed long-form improv show. 

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Underbelly, Bristo Square
• 5th - 13th Aug 2023

The smash-hit West End comedy, as heard on BBC Radio 4, celebrates its 10th glorious year at the Fringe! The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Graham Dickson, Cariad Lloyd an… 

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 4th - 19th Aug 2023

The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo and get ready to relive the 90s. 

Lights Up! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 4th - 19th Aug 2023

It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in … 

Andronicus Synecdoche presented by Song of the Goat Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Zoo Southside
• 4th - 27th Aug 2023

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation. 

International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Underbelly, Cowgate
• 3rd - 24th Aug 2023

It’s time. 

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

Why do geese fly south for the winter? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, then watch it be answered through myth, mayhem and madness! From the roaring thunder … 

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Stand’s New Town Theatre
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fan-fiction title. 

The Totally Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
• 3rd - 16th Aug 2023

Join this talented team of award-winning improvisers for an hour of live music and laughter! Every show is opening – and closing! – night as these top comics compose brand new … 

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

24 different award-winning or nominated comedians perform their full shows, recorded for Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. See FringeSpecials.com for listings. 

Film Club: An Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 3rd - 13th Aug 2023

An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the s… 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

• Review
• ★★★★
• Tom Rolph
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Studios
• 4th Aug, 2023

After a three year hiatus, Tom Skelton, Daniel Roberts, Chris Turner and Dougie Walker return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their critically-acclaimed improv show, Aaaand Now For So… 

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2023

No script, Sherlock! Stars of UK and Australian fringes take you on an award-winning improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villains, red he… 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 2nd - 27th Aug 2023

The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this mul… 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

• Review
• ★★★★
• Tom Rolph
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
• 9th Aug, 2023

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit is an improvised murder mystery presented by improv comedy group, Pinch Punch. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Dome
• 2nd - 27th Aug 2023

The improvised parody returns! Go on an adventure through time and space with a live radiophonic workshop and a hilarious improv cast in this loving parody of the sci-fi classic Do… 

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Studios
• 2nd - 27th Aug 2023

Baby Wants Candy’s hip-hop Hamilton homage returns! Following sold-out runs in Chicago, NYC and LA. 

Improvised Rubbish Shakespeare – The Incomplete Works

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 2nd - 28th Aug 2023

Shakespeare’s gone awol so his cast must make it up. 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 2nd - 13th Aug 2023

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand. 

Masquerade… A Musical Theatre Concert Celebration

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• The Actors Church
• 23rd Jul 2023

Join us for an evening celebrating songs from the musical The Phantom Of The Opera and much more! Mark Robert Petty Mark has been producing the successful concert series The Crazy… 

A Theatre Show

• Listing
Theatre
• The Greater Manchester Fringe
• The Kings Arms
• 17th - 19th Jul 2023

After their great success last year with ‘Failure Studies’, Marco Biasioli and Precarious Theatre return with A Theatre Show. 

The Therapist at Barons Court Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Barons Court Theatre
• 4th - 8th Jul 2023

“How do you look the enemy in the eye?” “She endures. 

Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Phil Wang

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Troubadour Theatre - Wembley
• 1st Jul 2023

London’s hottest new comedy night returns, headlined by Live at the Apollo regular and star of his own Netflix special, Phil Wang. 

Best of Brighton Fringe: Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• FUSE International
• Rose Theatre
• 1st Jul 2023

About the show Each year Creative Youth’s wonderful team of young people head to Brighton Fringe to judge the best theatre and stand-up comedy shows by performers… 

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
• 1st - 4th Jun 2023

Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills. 

Buzzbox Collective Touring Theatre Showcase (University of Worcester)

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
• 1st - 4th Jun 2023

Buzzbox Collective presents 2 contemporary theatre double bills. 

Bla Bla Land the Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
• 30th May - 3rd Jun 2023

Brighton improv troupe Tea & Toast presents a warm and witty musical comedy, made up before your eyes. 

The Seagull and the Cat: Pericles Theatre Company

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
• 29th - 31st May 2023

A seagull manages to escape from an oil slick, only to lay one last egg and with her dying breath asks Zorba, a harbour cat in Hamburg, to promise that he will hatch the egg and te… 

PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• Ironworks Studios
• 29th - 31st May 2023

VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas. 

PACE Masterclass: 'Viewpoints' Physical Theatre (3 Days)

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• Ironworks Studios
• 29th - 31st May 2023

VIEWPOINTS is an intensive 3-day physical theatre training process led by international theatre maker Erwin Maas. 

Flopbusters: Improvised Comedy Movie

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 27th May 2023

Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes. 

Flopbusters: Improvised Comedy Movie

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 27th May 2023

Flopbusters - An Improvised Movie is an improvised comedy show where a movie will be written and performed in-front of your eyes. 

Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Komedia Studio
• 21st May 2022 - 28th May 2023

The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s. 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 27th - 28th May 2023

A quick-fire improvised sketch show chock full of death-defying improv, fast-paced performing and silly short comedy sketches. 

Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Komedia Studio
• 27th - 28th May 2023

The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s. 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 14th May 2022 - 28th May 2023

Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway… 

Wuthering Heights - Rose Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Rose Theatre Kingston
• 23rd - 27th May 2023

'We don’t in general take to foreigners here… unless they take to us first' With characteristic humour, passion and pathos, Inspector Sands offer a fresh take … 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Review
• ★★★★★
• Richard Beck
• West End
• Cambridge Theatre
• 25th May, 2023

Making the move from its seven-year residency at the Lyric Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre, its new home, where the team will be do… 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• Cambridge Theatre
• 22nd May 2023 - 16th Dec 2024

Spontaneous musical comedy at its absolute finest returns to the West End. 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
• 21st May 2023

Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a totally improvised, totally outrageous m… 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
• 21st May 2023

Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets please? Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a totally improvised, totally outrageous m… 

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
• 21st May 2022 - 21st May 2023

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast. 

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
• 20th - 21st May 2023

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast. 

Film Club: An Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 14th May - 4th Jun 2023

An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot… 

Film Club: An Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 14th May - 4th Jun 2023

An improvised sketch show recreating high-stakes scenes from your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to the smoot… 

IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
• 12th May 2023

Hello there! Dropping out of hyperspace, for one night only, IT’S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show comes to Brighton Fringe for the first time ever. 

IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show

• Review
• ★★★
• Johanna Makelainen
• Brighton Fringe
• The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble
• 13th May, 2023

Ladies and gentlemen, droids and aliens, gather round for a special Star Wars themed improv show taking us to comedic depths of a galaxy far, far away! But did Leia, Luke, Boba and… 

Yes Anderson: An Improvised Wes Anderson Film

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Presuming Ed’s
• 8th - 27th May 2023

The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst. 

Yes Anderson: An Improvised Wes Anderson Film

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Presuming Ed’s
• 8th - 27th May 2023

The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves: love and yearning, complicated family dynamics, and existential angst. 

Immersive Theatre Workshop

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
• 6th - 20th May 2023

If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai. 

Immersive Theatre Workshop

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• Caravanserai Brighton: Junk Poets
• 6th - 20th May 2023

If you’re feeling playful and curious about immersive theatre, join the Carnie-fun of Caravanserai. 

Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 4th Jun 2022 - 8th May 2023

‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as … 

Live at Wembley Park Theatre with Sindhu Vee

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Troubadour Theatre - Wembley
• 5th May 2023

London’s hottest new comedy night kicks off with a mega line-up, headlined by star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Matilda, Sindhu Vee. 

Richard III - Rose Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Rose Theatre Kingston
• 26th Apr - 13th May 2023

Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in association with Swinging the Lens A Rose Original Production Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richa… 

Lord of the Flies - Rose Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Rose Theatre Kingston
• 18th - 22nd Apr 2023

By Nigel Williams Adapted from the novel by William Golding In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane c… 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Apr 2023

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off!: Final 2023

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 1st Apr 2023

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for its seventh year. 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 30th Mar 2023

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase - Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 30th Mar 2023

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase.  

Criminally Untrue: an improvised true crime documentary

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• Crypt
• 18th - 19th Mar 2023

“Full of infectious energy. 

Super Chefs at Theatre Peckham

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• London Fringe
• Theatre Peckham
• 12th Mar - 11th Jun 2023

6-year-old Manny is making his very first guacamole for his dad’s welcome home dinner. 

Film Club - An Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• Crypt
• 11th - 12th Mar 2023

An improvised sketch show recreating your favourite high-stakes movie scenes, but with hilarious twists. 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• Crypt
• 4th - 5th Mar 2023

Pinch Punch welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit, a totally improvised, totally outrageous murder mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case… 

Live At Leicester Sq Theatre

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 3rd Mar 2023

Ready to get your laugh on?  This March, we're bringing you Live at Leicester Square Theatre: a side-splitting lineup of some of the circuit's top comedi… 

Theatre of Gulags

• Listing
• Vault Festival
• Cavern
• 26th - 26th Feb 2023

Theatre of Gulags is a theatrical installation exploring the dark history of the Soviet Union labour camps, and the full-scale theatres that were built inside them. 

In Stitches Theatre Company Presents Comedy Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• Crypt
• 24th Feb 2023

“Light-hearted, never-to-be-seen-again fun. 

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Arts Theatre
• 13th Feb 2023 - 22nd Jul 2024

'Ridiculously silly… wickedly funny’ ★★★★★ The Times 'A joy to behold’ ★★★★ The Guardian The award-winning smash-hit comedy, as heard … 

The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• Network Theatre
• 11th - 18th Feb 2023

Farting at a funeral. 

Much Ado About Nothing - National Youth Theatre

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Duke of Yorks Theatre
• 7th - 10th Feb 2023

Remixed by Debris Stevenson Directed by Josie Daxter Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and… 

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 30th Jan - 27th Mar 2023

Richard Herring returns to Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP!  Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and … 

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 30th Jan - 27th Mar 2023

Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP!  Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer … 

Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• Vault Festival
• Network Theatre
• 27th - 28th Jan 2023

The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s. 

2:22 A Ghost Story - Lyric Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Lyric Theatre
• 21st Jan - 23rd Apr 2023

The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand. 

Dragprov's Nutflix Christmas Special: An Improvised Festive Musical

• Listing
Events
• London Fringe
• The Karaoke Hole
• 19th Dec 2022

Bells are ringing, dreidels are spinning, the holidays are here again! Leave the remote at home and get your fix of festive film hilarity at the Karaoke Hole with Dragprov’s Nutfli… 

Mother Goose - Duke of York's Theatre

• Review
• ★★★
• Katerina Partolina Schwartz
• West End
• Duke of Yorks Theatre
• 1st Feb, 2023

Cal McCrystal’s Mother Goose is a self-described silly, fun show with an underlying commentary of failed economic policies that live up to that promise. 

Hey Duggee - The Live Theatre Show

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• Royal Festival Hall
• 14th Dec 2022 - 8th Jan 2023

Hey Duggee: The Live Theatre Show is going to be huge! Betty wants to make costumes, Happy wants to sing, Tag wants to make music, Norrie wants to dance, Roly wants jelly and they … 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2022

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 12th Dec 2022

Now in it’s 13th year! Leicester Square Theatre’s showcase for the UK's best up & coming New Comedians The best acts from almost 40 heats com… 

A Musical Theatre Christmas

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• The Actors Church
• 4th Dec 2022

“A Musical Theatre Christmas” returns to The Actors’ Church, presented by Mark Robert Petty. 

A Christmas Carol - Rose Theatre

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• Rose Theatre Kingston
• 2nd Dec 2022 - 2nd Jan 2023

From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic. 

Gary Barlow A Different Stage - Savoy Theatre

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• Savoy Theatre
• 21st - 28th Nov 2022

Due to the huge demand for the first run of London shows, singer, songwriter, composer and producer, Gary Barlow, has announced the final two West End shows for his critically accl… 

TALK by Kill The Cat Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• UK Regional & Tours
• Warwick Arts Centre
• 8th - 9th Oct 2022

Have you ever sat opposite someone on a bus quietly, both on your phones, and not say a word? Perhaps you glance up for a second and smile at each other. 

Premiere – the Improvised play - Improvised by Sprout

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• The Courtyard Theatre
• 16th Sep 2022

A comedy improv special! “Whose Line Is It Anyway” type games & scenes followed by an improvised play-all inspired from audience suggestions “Give them their own TV show” The Me… 

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School MFA Graduate Acting Showcase 2022

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 15th Sep 2022

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) is pleased to present its 2022 MFA Graduate Showcase. 

My Kind of Musical : Too Fat for Theatre

• Listing
Comedy
• Glasgow
• Room 2
• 4th Sep 2022

Following on from the success of the first event, My Kind of Musical is back with more fat, more songs, more revenge, and more spiralling over whether or not you should feed the bi… 

The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 27th Aug 2022

Farting at a funeral. 

Skinner & T'witch: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
• 26th Aug 2022

Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs. 

Spontaneous Potter Kidz: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon at the Museum
• 24th Aug 2022

Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! The smash-hit show Spontaneous Potter Kidz is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy show, based … 

The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 15th Aug 2022

Farting at a funeral. 

For Example Theatre present: Boat!

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• BlundaGardens: BlundaBus
• 14th - 18th Aug 2022

A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality. 

Anthems – 40 Years of Edinburgh Music Theatre

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
• 11th - 13th Aug 2022

Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue. 

Film Club – An Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
• 7th - 26th Aug 2022

An improvised sketch show recreating the high-stakes scenes from all your favourite movies! From the breathless intensity of thrillers, or the fleeting serendipity of romance, to t… 

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 6th - 21st Aug 2022

Why do geese fly south for the winter? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, then watch as the myth of its origin comes to life! From the roaring thunder of Mount… 

Leicester Square Theatre All-Star Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• The Stand’s New Town Theatre
• 5th - 14th Aug 2022

A night of comedy featuring top acts from the Fringe, curated and programmed by London’s premier comedy venue Leicester Square Theatre. 

Ben Hur: The Theatre Show

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Online
• 5th Aug 2022

The story follows a young prince who is accused of attempted murder and sentenced to die as a galley slave, but survives, eventually returning to his homeland, to find that his mot… 

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 5th - 20th Aug 2022

The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s. 

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
• 5th - 28th Aug 2022

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script, no set list. 

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Outhouse
• 5th - 25th Aug 2022

It’s time for us to play. 

Linger, Presented by Everything Must Go Theatre Company

• Listing
Theatre
• Camden Fringe
• The Cockpit
• 5th - 6th Aug 2022

‘All we have hinges on the worn thread of a memory. 

After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on North Bridge
• 5th - 20th Aug 2022

Filed mistakenly under E for Mystery: unscripted episodes of the television anthology known as The Twilight Zone. 

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 4th - 5th Aug 2022

Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab… 

In Stitches Theatre Company presents Comedy Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 4th - 5th Aug 2022

Making its professional debut, In Stitches Theatre Company presents COMEDY IMPROV! A group of 11 improvisers born at Rose Bruford College! You can expect games, stories, questionab… 

The Halls of Ridiculous: Improvised Sketch Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 4th - 14th Aug 2022

Join Yorkshire double act The Halls of Ridiculous as they push the boundaries of improv, sketch and character creativity to the max with their quick thinking scenes, zany special g… 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Dome
• 4th - 28th Aug 2022

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is back! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, on-stage TARDIS and a collection of hilarious improv comedy performers… 

The Discount Comedy Checkout: Improvised Family Show

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters
• 4th - 10th Aug 2022

Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022. 

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly Rooms
• 4th - 27th Aug 2022

Boy, you’re an alien. 

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 4th - 28th Aug 2022

No script, Sherlock! Stars of UK and Australian fringes take you on an award-winning improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villains, red he… 

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 3rd - 29th Aug 2022

An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fan-fiction title. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Review
• ★★★★
• Frodo Allan
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 9th Aug, 2022

Some shows are Fringe standards, you can’t help but think that they’re like the ravens at the Tower of London; that if they weren’t here, everything would come tumbling down. 

In the Weeds by Joseph Wilde, Produced by An Tobar and Mull Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 3rd - 28th Aug 2022

Kazumi is hunting a sea monster. 

The Discount Comedy Checkout - Improvised Family Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Durham Fringe Festival
• The Assembly Rooms Theatre
• 31st Jul 2022

This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P… 

The Discount Comedy Checkout - Improvised Family Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Durham Fringe Festival
• The Assembly Rooms Theatre
• 31st Jul 2022

This show is all about children’s ideas and stories being brought to life before your very eyes with the help of three talented comedy improvisers - Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton & P… 

Scenic Outdoor Theatre - 'Nana Rabbits Cake-Off'

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Durham Fringe Festival
• The Town Hall
• 26th - 31st Jul 2022

Nana Rabbit’s Cake-off! Join Nana Rabbit and her friends as they re-enact her most famous adventure yet; The Quest for the Whisk of Destiny! Nana, who was once named ‘The Greatest… 

Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 4th - 5th Jun 2022

‘Hamilton’ meets ‘Pitch Perfect’: spontaneously Improvised! Imagine a new kind of musical: beatboxers, rappers, actors, singers, dancers and body percussionists, come together as … 

ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Ironworks Studios
• 1st Jun 2022

Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse. 

ASTRA: A Multimedia Theatre Production

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Ironworks Studios
• 1st Jun 2022

Astra’s people snatched their green homeland from the chaos of global eco-collapse. 

Shaken Not Stirred: Improvised James Bond

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 28th - 29th May 2022

Daniel Craig has abandoned the James Bond franchise. 

Shaken Not Stirred: Improvised James Bond

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 28th - 29th May 2022

Daniel Craig has abandoned the James Bond franchise. 

Physical Theatre Workshop

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• The Old Market - Waterloo Room
• 28th May 2022

Everything begins with movement. 

Physical Theatre Workshop

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• The Old Market - Waterloo Room
• 28th May 2022

Everything begins with movement. 

Murder on the Improvised Express

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
• 26th May 2022

Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets, please? This summer, let comedy improvisation company, Pinch Punch, welcome you aboard their exciting new show, ‘Murder on The Imp… 

Murder on the Improvised Express

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
• 26th May 2022

Mesdames and Messieurs, may I take your tickets, please? This summer, let comedy improvisation company, Pinch Punch, welcome you aboard their exciting new show, ‘Murder on The Imp… 

Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• One Church Brighton
• 24th - 29th May 2022

Miracle Theatre brings Carol Ann Duffy’s radical adaption of Everyman right up to date, creating a multi-sensory experience with sizzling sound score (Dom Coyote – Kneehigh), m… 

Miracle Theatre's Fleapit - Everyman

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• One Church Brighton
• 24th - 29th May 2022

When your time’s up, how will you account for your life on Earth? Everyman is riding high, works hard and plays harder. 

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant
• 21st - 22nd May 2022

IMDp: Improvised Movie Director Podcast is an improvised comedy interview podcast. 

Mates: The Improvised '90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Komedia Studio
• 21st - 22nd May 2022

The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the 90s. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
• 20th - 22nd May 2022

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Quadrant / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus (Raised Room)
• 20th - 22nd May 2022

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• The Ledward Centre
• 18th May 2022

What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg… 

Fringe Academy 1-2-1: Good art thrives on good management, advice for you from the Independent Theatre Council

• Listing
Workshop
• Brighton Fringe
• The Ledward Centre
• 18th May 2022

What next? If you’re thinking about developing your show, or setting up your own company after the Fringe, but don’t know where to begin, sign up to talk to Jackie Elliman, Leg… 

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 14th - 15th May 2022

Leamprov, the premier Improvised Comedy troupe in Leamington Spa brings you ‘The Elephant in the Room’; a quick-fire improvised sketch show in the style of ‘Who’s Line is it Anyway… 

After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 14th - 15th May 2022

You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none. 

After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ Caroline of Brunswick / Laughing Horse @ The Walrus
• 14th - 15th May 2022

You walk into a play but none of the actors have learned their lines, because there are none. 

Yes Anderson: The Improvised Wes Anderson Movie

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Poets Ale and Smoke House
• 12th - 15th May 2022

The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves. 

Yes Anderson: The Improvised Wes Anderson Movie

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Poets Ale and Smoke House
• 12th - 15th May 2022

The films of Wes Anderson occupy a unique and vivid universe unto themselves. 

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 31st Mar 2022

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase  

Brighton Academy Graduation Showcase – Musical Theatre (BA Hons)

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 31st Mar 2022

Come and watch our Musical Theatre (BA Hons) students perform in their end of year showcase  

The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical

• Review
• ★★★★
• Katerina Partolina Schwartz
• London Fringe
• Hen and Chickens Theatre Pub
• 30th Mar, 2022

High energy, fun and witty, The Bean Spillers’ Improvised Musical showcases a wide range of talent, musical knowledge and general mischief. 

Elegies: Two Monologues from Ricochet Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Drayton Arms Theatre
• 22nd - 26th Mar 2022

This is a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan Jones. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 20th Mar 2022

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off: Final

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 20th Mar 2022

The country’s biggest sketch competition is back for it’s sixth year. 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 28th Feb - 25th Apr 2022

Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and… 

twenty-eight presented by Deus Ex Machina Productions and Theatre 503

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• SW11 3BW
• 15th - 18th Feb 2022

The year is 2021, and the world still doesn’t know what to do with those of us who have decided not to reproduce. 

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

• Review
• ★★★★★
• Gareth Williams
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 11th Mar, 2022

Love. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2021

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 13th Dec 2021

Now in it’s 12th year. 

MATES: The Improvised '90s Sitcom

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Museum of Comedy
• 3rd Dec 2021

The one with the improvised comedy! Don your sweater-vest and your Rachel hairdo, and get ready to relive the ‘90s. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Semi Finals

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 25th - 28th Nov 2021

Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Quarter Finals

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 5th - 14th Nov 2021

Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country. 

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Acting Showcase

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 21st Sep 2021

Please join us for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Graduating MFA Actors London Showcase where there will be a selection of monologues and duologues delivered by our … 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2021 Heats

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 18th Sep - 24th Oct 2021

Over 300 acts compete for the title of New Comedian of the Year in Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country. 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 6th Sep - 25th Oct 2021

Richard Herring returns to The Leicester Square Theatre for his famous podcast, RHLSTP! Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and… 

The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 26th - 29th Aug 2021

Farting at a funeral. 

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 22nd - 29th Aug 2021

An entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. 

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

• Review
• ★★★★
• Victor Black
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 24th Aug, 2021

Edinburgh Fringe is usually teeming with high-end improv shows to choose from, but pickings this year are, unsurprisingly, slim. 

Dirty Protest Theatre / Kill Me Now by Rhiannon Boyle

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall Online
• 17th - 21st Aug 2021

Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Museum of Comedy
• 13th - 24th Aug 2021

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Museum of Comedy
• 13th - 24th Aug 2021

Track 96 is London’s premiere Hip Hop improv group. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 13th - 24th Aug 2021

Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group. 

Taiwan Season Symposium: International Digital Theatre Roundtable 

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• ZOOTV
• 9th Aug 2021

This panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 8th - 15th Aug 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Nice Try and Clown Nipples (Two Comedy Solo Shows)

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 8th - 15th Aug 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Camden Fringe
• Etcetera Theatre
• 8th - 15th Aug 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

• Review
• ★★★
• Monica Yell
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 24th Aug, 2021

Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan. 

Theatre-19 Presents: John

• Review
• ★★
• Richard Beck
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 14th Aug, 2021

Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol… 

Trudy Carmichael Presents: The Improvised One-Woman Show!

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Online
• 6th - 30th Aug 2021

Fiercely fabulous and fictitious Las Vegas lounge legend, Trudy Carmichael has lived (and nearly died), loved (and often lost) more than most mere mortals, but she gets through all… 

Sherlock's Secret Challenge – The Puzzle Solving Game That Shows You The City

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Outside The Conan Doyle Pub
• 6th - 30th Aug 2021

You will need a group of 2-5 detectives, internet access on your phone, your brain and your legs! We’ll provide the specialist kit. 

Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
• 6th - 6th Aug 2021

A referential piece of immersive digital theatre set in a flat that’s been possessed – Poltergeist style – by the ghost of pop-cultural masculinities. 

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
• 6th - 29th Aug 2021

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script and no set list. 

Bytesize Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Player
• 6th - 15th Aug 2021

A trio of new plays, presented digitally, by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group. 

Impro Theatre's Tennessee Williams UnScripted

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
• 6th - 6th Aug 2021

L. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• UK Regional & Tours
• The Stage In The Park
• 26th Jul 2021

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has been a rip-roaring success since the show started in 2008. 

The Bean Spillers: The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Oil Shed
• 26th - 27th Jun 2021

Farting at a funeral. 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The McElderry
• 19th - 28th Jun 2021

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand. 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The McElderry
• 19th - 28th Jun 2021

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand. 

Sara Segovia and Lachlan Werner are making shows (WORK IN PROGRESS)

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• The Miller
• 15th Jun 2021

Sara Segovia Rodao and Lachlan Werner are cuties by nature, cancers by astrological sign and clowns by trade. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 7th - 27th Jun 2021

Tl;dr: Two female comedians debut their 30 minute solo shows on one bill. 

Clown Nipples and Nice Try (Two Solo Shows - Works in Progress)

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Caxton Arms
• 7th - 27th Jun 2021

In between lockdowns, two masked up American comics met at a Camden gig, bonding over their expat status and comedy. 

Royal Court Theatre Heritage Talk

• Listing
• UK Regional & Tours
• Royal Court Liverpool
• 7th Jun 2021

This year, as a part of the National Lottery’s Thanks To You week, we are delighted to be hosting a talk about the heritage of our theatre. 

Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Oil Shed
• 1st - 3rd Jun 2021

Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w… 

Where The Lost Socks Go - By Under The Bed Theatre

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Oil Shed
• 1st - 3rd Jun 2021

Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean? Milo thinks that wearing odd socks is embarrassing, so his weird and w… 

Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Fringe Streaming
• 28th May - 27th Jun 2021

Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain. 

Jazz in the Theatre Featuring Muneeb Hermans

• Listing
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Fringe Streaming
• 28th May - 27th Jun 2021

Locally-composed Cape jazz produced at the foot of Table Mountain. 

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 25th Apr - 5th Dec 2021

Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 17th Apr 2021

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a co… 

Emergine Theatre Translators Scratch Night

• Listing
Events
• Online & Broadcast

We open our Out of the Wings winter festivities with an evening of short extracts of translated plays from first-time and early-career theatre translators. 

Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• White Bear Theater Pub
• 19th - 23rd Jan 2021

Award-winning genre explorers Encompass Productions return to the White Bear Theatre with Homecoming: A New Theatre Festival. 

The Secret Theatre

• Review
• ★★★★
• Stephanie Green
• Online & Broadcast
• Scottish Ballet
• 19th Dec, 2020

Where is the glitter and magic, our annual Christmas treat, without the Sugar Plum Fairy or the Snow Queen? With theatre doors closed during these sad times, Scottish Ballet have c… 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2020

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 14th Dec 2020

Now in it’s 12th year. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• Garrick Theatre / Lyric Theatre
• 7th Dec 2020 - 18th Jul 2022

There’s no stopping The Showstoppers! With twelve years as an Edinburgh Festival must-see phenomenon, a critically acclaimed West End run and an Olivier Award to their name, … 

Poetry & The Theatre With Tim Marriott, Shell Shock Media

• Listing
Events
• Online & Broadcast
• A Company 6 Scots
• 25th - 30th Aug 2020

A one hour Zoom workshop exploring poetry and creative writing in theatre. 

From One Theatre To Another: Soldiers And The Stage

• Listing
Events
• Online & Broadcast
• 6 Company St
• 20th - 30th Aug 2020

This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale. 

Digital Caravan Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Online
• 15th Aug 2020

Small Truth Theatre are delighted to announce our DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE will be launching on Saturday 15th August 2020, with our first collection of audio plays that are all avai… 

Army @ The Virtual Fringe: Live Every Moment - Creating dance for film, tv and theatre with Rosie Kay

• Listing
Workshop
• Online & Broadcast
• Online
• 11th Aug 2020

Join Rosie Kay as she talks about working in dance and film, from 5 SOLDIERS to Sunshine on Leith. 

The Songcatcher: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs

• Listing
Music
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
• 10th - 11th Aug 2020

Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music. 

Track 96 Improvised Hip Hop

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 7th - 9th Aug 2020

In proud association with Camden Fringe; Track 96 is an improvised hip hop group. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 5th - 30th Aug 2020

The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for an incredible 13th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is creat… 

Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 5th - 31st Aug 2020

A classic murder mystery created on the spot in this ingenious and hilarious show from The Bristol Improv Theatre’s resident company. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Dome
• 5th - 30th Aug 2020

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is back!! Travel anywhere in space and time with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props and set, and a collection of hilarious improv comedy… 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 27th - 28th Mar 2020

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a collection of … 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 27th - 28th Mar 2020

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody is landing near you! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop, incredible props & set and a collection of … 

Phoenix Dance Theatre - Black Waters

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• West End
• Peacock Theatre London
• 26th - 27th Mar 2020

In 1782, the owners of the Zong ship claimed insurance on the lives of the 130 slaves thrown overboard. 

The Totally Improvised Musical!

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• The Peer Hat
• 28th Apr - 19th May 2020

A team of top improv comedians are bringing a new monthly show to Manchester this month with The Totally Improvised Musical. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 15th Mar 2020

Back for it’s fifth year. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! Final

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 15th Mar 2020

Back for it’s fifth year. 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 9th Mar - 6th Apr 2020

The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c… 

North Coast Presents ANYBODY! An Improvised Historical Hip Hopera

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 6th Mar 2020

North Coast, New York City’s premier hip-hop improv team, has long been known for their seamless melding of freestyle rapping and long form improv comedy. 

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Fortune Theatre / Underbelly Earls Court
• 2nd Mar 2020 - 29th Aug 2021

See a regency tale like no other featuring wilful heroines, haughty gentlemen, wayward vicars and hilarious consequences – no two shows are ever the same and swooning is gu… 

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan - 13 Tongues & Dust

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• West End
• Sadler’s Wells
• 26th - 29th Feb 2020

As Lin Hwai-Min, founder of the world-renowned Taiwanese company, steps down in 2020, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre brings works from the current and new artistic directors. 

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 23rd Feb - 6th Dec 2020

Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear. 

Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Final 2019

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 16th Dec 2019

Now in it’s 11th year. 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• The Hen & Chickens Theatre
• 14th Oct - 11th Nov 2019

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand…Using his language, your audience suggestions and our overactive imaginations, we cre… 

Sky Blue Theatre presents: The British Theatre Challenge

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
• 1st - 5th Oct 2019

The British Theatre Challenge is delighted to be returning to the Jack Studio Theatre with five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening. 

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre - Programme B: EN / The Call / Juba / Revelations

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• West End
• Sadler’s Wells
• 5th - 13th Sep 2019

Having just celebrated their 60th anniversary, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre bring with them a flood of new and exciting works alongside modern classics in three mixed program… 

Disabled Led Theatre Making

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 22nd Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe Participants. 

Advice and Discussion Forum with the Independent Theatre Council

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 20th - 22nd Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

How to Become a Theatre Industry Leader

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 19th Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Questions for Quiz Shows

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 17th Aug 2019

Cora is at the festival to see her ex-boyfriend perform. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Evaluation

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 14th - 26th Aug 2019

If humanity was on trial, who would be its lawyer? Evaluation centres around a singular condition: held captive by the perfect machine, one human must defend their species and answ… 

Giant Wolf Theatre – Playback

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Leith Depot
• 14th - 17th Aug 2019

Giant Wolf Theatre Company is a group of young artists whose goal is to devise, create and be makers of great theatre. 

Youth Theatre on an International Stage

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 13th Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

TalkFest – Ways and Means: Theatre in 2019 and Beyond

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Traverse Theatre
• 12th Aug 2019

What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019? Douglas Maxwell (Decky Does a Bronco, Ch… 

Forgotten Regions: Developing Theatre Through Rural Creative Hubs

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 12th Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

How to Engage Working-Class Audiences When Touring Theatre

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 12th Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 9th Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Multilingual Theatre: Towards a More Diverse Representation of Multilingual Works and Artists in the UK

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 6th Aug 2019

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Improvised Director's Cut

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2019

A fully improvised, Hollywood-style performance created from your all-time favourite movie titles! A different Director’s Cut every time by Steve Worsley and Charles Hindley from… 

Hard Truths – An Improvised Play

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Nicolson Square
• 2nd - 17th Aug 2019

Never seen before. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Voices We Hear

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2019

Nights are dark and lonely at the end of the world. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Daphne, or Hellfire

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2019

If a tree falls in a forest, and no one gives a flying f**k, does it really fall at all?… Inspired by Ovid’s myth, ‘Daphne and Apollo’, this ecofeminist drama recasts Daphn… 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Earth Untold

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2019

Five storytellers open a treasure chest. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: From the Wind

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 2nd - 12th Aug 2019

From The Wind examines Scotland’s relationship with renewable energy. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Shellshock!

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2019

When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time. 

FreeStyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
• 2nd - 25th Aug 2019

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it. 

Lorca: A Theatre Beneath the Sand

• Review
• ★★★
• Amy Macrae
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
• 9th Aug, 2019

Celebrating the works of the playwright and poet, Federico García Lorca, Enebro Teatro have brought together select pieces to create an altogether unique play. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Symbiosis

• Listing
Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2019

This show explores the story of a girl’s life, her relationship with her environment and the notion that nature can act as a support system in the same way that family and friends … 

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 2nd - 25th Aug 2019

From the absurd to the moving, magical, funny and intriguing. 

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Swallows

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2019

Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message. 

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 1st - 11th Aug 2019

No script, Sherlock! Stars of the Edinburgh, Adelaide and Perth Fringes take you on a thrilling improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villa… 

Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 1st - 25th Aug 2019

Daniel Craig has pulled out of the next James Bond film. 

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 1st - 11th Aug 2019

Why do geese fly south for the winter? Why does it always rain on a bank holiday? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, and watch as the myth of its origin comes … 

LipSync / Cumbernauld Theatre

• Review
• ★★★★★
• Paul Fisher Cockburn
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 2nd Aug, 2019

Biographical performances like LipSync, produced by Cumbernauld Theatre as part of their Invited Guest project, don't always have some obvious, political point to make; they… 

Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

• Review
• ★★★
• James Haikney
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 9th Aug, 2019

To say that Murder She Didn’t Write, from Degrees of Error, is a slick production is an understatement. 

Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Summerhall
• 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019

Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of Culture in Malta. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

• Review
• ★★★
• Millie Bayswater
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Studios
• 4th Aug, 2019

Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019

The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for its 12th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created from sc… 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Review
• ★★★★
• Frodo Allan
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Dome
• 9th Aug, 2019

Since the last time I saw this show, we’ve gotten a new Doctor in the strangely controversial form of Jodie Whittaker and Any Suggestions, Doctor? has moved from Sweet Venues to … 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!

• Review
• ★★★★
• Victor Black
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
• 10th Aug, 2019

Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet… 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

• Listing
Comedy
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• 21st Jul 2019

The improvised Doctor Who parody is back! Travel anywhere in time and space with a live radiophonic workshop and a collection of hilarious improv comedy performers! Join… 

Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel

• Listing
Theatre
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• Grand Opera House York
• 20th Jul 2019

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that anyone in possession of wit and good taste must be in want of great entertainment… Austentatious is an entirely impro… 

Kōtuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• 19th - 20th Jul 2019

Basal masks, puppetry and breath-taking original piano music tell a story of a little Moon Child who has to learn to adapt to the strange world of planet Earth. 

NOTFLIX: The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Music
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• 19th Jul 2019

Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2019 NETFLIX combines the taste profiles of 98 million users to create a perfectly ideal viewi… 

Blue Heart Theatre - Exile

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• King's Head Theatre Pub
• 11th - 12th Jul 2019

It’s 2016. 

Theatre On Tap

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Old Red Lion Theatre Pub
• 17th - 17th Jun 2019

‘Theatre On Tap’, is a play in a pub, made in a day. 

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Burrow
• 31st May - 2nd Jun 2019

Why do geese fly south for the winter? Why does it always rain on a bank holiday? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, and watch as the myth of its origin comes… 

MET Musical Theatre Showcase 2019

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Hat
• 29th May - 1st Jun 2019

An energy-packed performance by the Musical Theatre Degree students at Northbrook MET. 

Science Fiction Theatre Festival

• Listing
Theatre
• London Fringe
• Pleasance Theatre
• 27th May - 1st Jun 2019

It’s back! Horatio Productions’ Science Fiction Theatre Festival returns for a stellar second edition. 

An Improvised Funeral

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• St Mary’s Church
• 25th May 2019

Join us in St. 

Stealing the Show: The Improvised Heist Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Burrow
• 24th - 27th May 2019

Move over Oceans 8, 11, 12 and 13. 

Love and Misinformation: An Improvised Play in the style of Caryl Churchill

• Listing
Theatre
• West End
• The Drayton Arms
• 21st - 25th May 2019

Connected and heartfelt, revolutionary and irreverent, the Improvised Play is always of its time. 

BA Theatre Arts Graduate Shows

• Listing
Theatre
• Brighton Fringe
• The Warren: The Blockhouse
• 20th - 21st May 2019

BA Theatre Arts at GBMet. 

Theatre of Hate

• Listing
Comedy
• UK Regional & Tours
• 229 The Venue
• 16th May 2019

In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack. 

Kotuku and Moon Child: Family Puppet Theatre

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• Brighton Fringe
• Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco
• 15th - 19th May 2019

Maori believes that seeing a Kotuku/White Heron will bring you good fortune but what if you get kidnapped by a bad one? Hopefully your adventure turns out better than expected and … 

All My Sons (12A cert tbc) - National Theatre Live

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Watermans Art Centre
• 14th May 2019

Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) sta… 

Sunday Encounters: Dame Patricia Routledge: Facing the Music - A Life in Musical Theatre

• Listing
Events
• West End
• Theatre Royal Haymarket
• 5th May 2019

It is still one of the best kept secrets in show business that Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in… 

Notflix - The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Events
• West End
• Udderbelly
• 19th - 20th Apr 2019

Five-star sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2017-2018 and VAULT Festival 2017-2018. 

StarStruck - Best Theatre Arts

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• UK Regional & Tours
• Hertford Theatre
• 31st Mar 2019

Sunday 31st March, 7pm Tickets: £15 or £10 concessionsDuration: approx 2hrs including an intervalSuitable for: most ages, but probably most su… 

SINGEASY does Musical Theatre

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 17th Mar 2019

MAD Trust in association with Pianoworks West End present SINGEASY does Musical Theatre. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 24th Feb 2019

Back for it’s fourth year. 

The Players’ Theatre: Old Time Music Hall

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 24th Feb - 1st Dec 2019

Traditional, Victorian ‘Old Time Music Hall’ All the songs you love to sing and the jokes you love to hear. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Final

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 24th Feb 2019

Back for it’s fourth year. 

I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Encore

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Watermans Art Centre
• 17th - 25th Feb 2019

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. 

Antony & Cleopatra (12A) - National Theatre Encore

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Watermans Art Centre
• 4th Feb 2019

Extra encore performance added - Monday 4 February @ 11am - Booking Now Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare&rsquo… 

Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 4th Feb - 1st Apr 2019

The "Podfather" (Guardian) and "King of the Internet" (Time Out) returns with the award winning Podcast in which he chats with the biggest names in c… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 3rd Feb 2019

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 3rd Feb 2019

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 3rd Feb 2019

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JENNA RUSSELLwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 4pm Olivier Award Winner &… 

Broadway @ Leicester Square Theatre: Judy Kuhn with Seth Rudetsky

• Listing
Music
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 3rd Feb 2019

Mark Cortale PresentsBroadway @ Leicester Square Theatre JUDY KUHNwith SETH RUDETSKY as music director & hostSunday, 3rd February @ 8pm Four Time Tony Nominee Judy K… 

I'm Not Running (12A) - National Theatre Live

• Listing
Cabaret and Variety
• London Fringe
• Watermans Art Centre
• 31st Jan 2019

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Dumfries Fringe 2019

• Listing
Puppetry
• Scotland
• Container Theatre
• 27th Jan 2019

Earth’s funniest footwear bring you songs, sketches, socks and violence. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• West End
• The Other Palace
• 5th Feb - 16th Mar 2019

‘If this is what improv can do, you wonder why anyone bothers writing anything down. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 25th - 27th Jan 2019

Now in its 4th  year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's … 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Semi-Finals

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 25th - 27th Jan 2019

Now in its 4th  year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's … 

Murder, She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Leicester Square Theatre
• 13th Jan - 19th May 2019

'Degrees of Error' & 'Something for the Weekend' present. 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 11th - 19th Jan 2019

Now in its 4th  year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's … 

Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! 2019: Heats

• Listing
Comedy
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 8th - 19th Jan 2019

Now in its 4th  year Sketch Off! is a competition open to any sketch groups & character acts currently performing in the UK as we search for the country's … 

ComedySportz Improvised Pantomime

• Listing
Pantomime
• UK Regional & Tours
• Ramsbottom Civic Hall / The Way Theatre/Studio / Waterside
• 8th - 15th Dec 2018

Fed up of the same old pantomimes every year? Then get ready for the brand new all ages, all improvised pantomime from the team behind ComedySportz (OH YES IT IS)! Each show the ga… 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

• Listing
• West End
• Museum of Comedy
• 8th - 9th Dec 2018

The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for a brand new adventure anywhere… 

Bing Live! Bing Goes To The Theatre

• Listing
Children’s Shows
• London Fringe
• Greenwich Theatre
• 17th - 18th Oct 2018

Calling all Bingsters! Bing and his friends are coming to Greenwich in the first ever Bing stage show!Join Bing, Sula, Coco and Pando as they find out how to tell stories by preten… 

Jack Left Town: The Improvised Rockumentary

• Listing
Comedy
• London Fringe
• Rosemary Branch Theatre
• 30th Sep - 16th Dec 2018

Jack Left Town are the greatest band in the world, the only hitch is that they never existed. 

The Network Ensemble: Finding Your Voice in Theatre

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 24th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Being a Female Leader in Theatre

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 23rd Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

LRC Youth Theatre Present Empra's New Threads

• Listing
• UK Regional & Tours
• Royal Court Liverpool
• 23rd - 25th Aug 2018

  16m subscribers. 

1-2-1 with the Independent Theatre Council

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 22nd - 22nd Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Opportunities for New Musical Theatre After the Fringe

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 22nd Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

National Touring With Black Theatre Live

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 21st Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

A Show About Shows About Show Biz

• Listing
Musicals and Opera
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Nicolson Square
• 20th - 25th Aug 2018

From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a… 

Improvised Therapy

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Infirmary Street
• 20th - 25th Aug 2018

Feel down in the dumps? Come to the Fringe with a desperate desire to re-evaluate your life? No? Well, we have. 

Shining a Light on the Gender Gap in Technical Theatre

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 16th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Visual Theatre Meet-up

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 16th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Site Specific Theatre Practice

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 15th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

The Improvised Panto!

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Paradise in The Vault
• 13th - 26th Aug 2018

The panto that you control! Very Serious People use your suggestions to improvise a brand-new musical pantomime every single night. 

Bilingualism(s) in Theatre: Creating Artistic Languages

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 13th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Improvised Improv

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Outhouse
• 12th - 16th Aug 2018

Australia’s best improvisers are here! After great seasons at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016, Melbourne International Comedy and Adelaide Fringe festivals, Changing Jennifers are e… 

The Future Voice of Theatre Critics

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 9th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Immersive Theatre: History and Inspiration

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 6th - 7th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Theatre Uncut: Women on Power

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Traverse Theatre
• 6th - 13th Aug 2018

The multi award-winning political agitators are back at the Traverse with a morning of outstanding new writing and fiery debate. 

Swallow The Sea Caravan Theatre

• Listing
Theatre
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Cranston Caravan Club
• 6th - 27th Aug 2018

A converted 1960s caravan hosting installations both insightful and absurd, poetry, puppets and music. 

Devising Theatre for Social Change with Caitlin Skinner

• Listing
Events
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Fringe Central
• 6th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants. 

Men With Coconuts: Improvised Bond

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Subway
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

One of the UK’s leading improv troupes, the award-winning Men With Coconuts, return with their fully improvised Bond film! Expect villains, gadgets, femme fatales and sobering refl… 

The Show Between Shows Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• BrewDog Lothian Rd
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

New(ish) for 2018! Not featuring televised comedians or Fringe legends, just friendly unknowns being friendly. 

The Committee: Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Bar Bados Complex
• 4th - 25th Aug 2018

London’s hottest improv group bring their hilarious comedy back to the Fringe. 

Three's Company, Where's Our Crowd? An Improvised Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• theSpace on the Mile
• 3rd - 25th Aug 2018

Three wise men followed a star to Edinburgh to bring you frankincense, myrrh and comedy gold. 

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Dome
• 3rd - 27th Aug 2018

Fringe sensations Racing Minds are back after five sell-out years! A doddery grandfather can’t quite remember his ripping yarn, but with your help a mystery stuffed with hilarious … 

Rob Kemp's Wheel of Shows

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Monkey Barrel / Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
• 3rd - 26th Aug 2018

Feeling pressured by his success last year with The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp returns with ten(!) shows stuck to a spinning wheel. 

BattleActs! Improvised Comedy

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
• 3rd - 26th Aug 2018

As heard on BBC Radio 1! Winners: VAULT Festival People’s Choice Award. 

And Another Thing! An Improvised Show

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Greenside @ Nicolson Square
• 3rd - 18th Aug 2018

What’s the one thing you’ve always wished you told somebody? What was the perfect phrase for that moment that just passed you by? Never seen before, never to be seen again. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Sweet Grassmarket
• 3rd - 26th Aug 2018

The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure every day based… 

Shhh – An Improvised Silent Movie

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• C venues – C
• 3rd - 18th Aug 2018

A completely improvised silent movie accompanied by live ragtime piano music, inspired by the films and ambience of the 1920s. 

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn
• 3rd - 26th Aug 2018

It’s stand-up, but not as you know it. 

Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just The Tonic at the Caves
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2018

For a fourth killer year, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand-new film in the style of Britain’s favourite … 

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele
• 2nd - 26th Aug 2018

No script Sherlock! Stars of Racing Minds and Impromptu Shakespeare take you on a thrilling new adventure each day through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady vi… 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Superheroes

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Gilded Balloon Teviot
• 1st - 26th Aug 2018

Sock! Pow! Wham! Earth’s funniest footwear are back with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 1st - 26th Aug 2018

The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016) West End hit returns for its 11th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created fr… 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Assembly George Square Studios
• 1st - 26th Aug 2018

Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. 

Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

• Listing
Comedy
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Pleasance Courtyard
• 1st - 27th Aug 2018

A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious show from Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error. 

Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Scratch

• Listing
Theatre
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• The Basement
• 29th Jul 2018

Inspired by our sister production of Phil Porter's Blink, Squabbling House Theatre are delighted to present the company’s first collection of new writing shor… 

Squabbling House Theatre Presents: Blink by Phil Porter

• Listing
Theatre
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• The Basement
• 28th Jul 2018

Brought together by a voyeuristic relationship that teeters on the verge of stalking, introverted Sophie and eccentric Esther relive the story of how they met. 

Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space & Time

• Listing
Comedy
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• The Turn Pot
• 22nd Jul 2018

The hilarious improvised Doctor Who parody returns! Featuring a live radiophonic workshop and a crew of hysterical performers, join us for an entirely new adventure base… 

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

• Listing
Comedy
• Great Yorkshire Fringe
• The Basement
• 22nd Jul 2018