REVIEW: The School of Night at Hoopla 20th Anniversary Improv Festival

Reading Time: 3 minutesA masterclass in spontaneous theatre

Reading Time: 3 minutesA masterclass in spontaneous theatre

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Edinburgh International Improv Festival wrapped up on the 8th of March, and it did so with a handful group improv shows (an appropriate send off for a festival so community led).

Reading Time: 2 minutesTalking People tells stories through directed improvisation, with lightly prepared characters and narratives built in the moment using audience prompts, a Bag of Pain, relationship cards and the director’s guiding hand.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustentatious, the much-loved British institution of improvised comedy and theatrical silliness, is now in its 14th year and marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth.

Reading Time: 3 minutesA mysterious, unpredictable and silly social experiment that’s as reliant on its audience as it is determined to surprise them

Reading Time: 3 minutesLADIES WHO IMPROV is a female Manchester based troupe who focus on the funny. We sat down with the group to discuss their upcoming performance.

Reading Time: < 1 minute100% improvised- purely random. A world of endless possibilities and unmissable fun Olivier award winning Showstoppers! The improvised musical takes improvisation to another level when they apply it to the medium of musical theatre. With a…

Reading Time: 2 minutesNew York based improv company Thorn and Petal Stick has been quick to show what they’ve got up their lacey Elizabethan sleeves at this year’s Fringe. And the pleasantest non-surprise of any deliciously good improv show? It’s different every night.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s Your Role blends fantasy storytelling with live improv, bringing the world of Dungeons & Dragons to the stage as a live recording of the core team’s podcast.

Reading Time: 2 minutesmore than enough madness on offer to have you in stitches.