Geekeasy: Comedy For Nerds

This is a message to all the geeks of London. We know you're there: Superhero obsessives, steampunk cosplayers, people who know everything there is to know about the life and career of Marina Sirtis. This night of comedy is for you, you wonderful nerds, as the improv group Project 2 finds comedy that understands you.

The geekiest comedians around all collected together on one new monthly themed night.

"There will always be an underground." Chuck Palahniuk

A night of sketch, stand-up, improv and .. well.. presentations. But good ones. Funny ones.
Join us on 12th April for "Comic Books".

Featuring:

The Beta Males
★★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★★ Broadway Baby
★★★★★ Spoonfed
★★★★★ Fringe Guru
★★★★ Time Out
★★★★ The List
★★★★ Chortle

Bec Hill
★★★★★ Three Weeks
★★★★ Chortle

"Top 10 funniest comedians on Twitter" - TimeOut

Surname & Surname
★★★★ EdFest
"They're both excellent." - TimeOut

Tom Adams
★★★★ Chortle
"A totally unique comedy experience." - TimeOut

Al Samuels (from Baby Wants Candy, The Improvised Musical with Full Band!)
“Pretty damn brilliant... pretty damn hilarious.” - The Huffington Post
★★★★★ WhatsOn Stage

With music provided by soon-to-become-regulars
Laura Mead and Dave Waller.

COST: £10 on the door, or pre-book <here>
WHEN: 7.30-10.30pm, Saturday 12th January 
WHERE: The Nursery, Arch 61, off Great Suffolk Street and parallel to Union St. SE1 0EU

NEAREST TUBE: Southwark

London Improv have stopped producing shows ourselves, but improv nights are springing up all over the place. It's very exciting. The main improv nights in London at the moment are summed up by this list on the Hoopla Impro website: link

Glitch & ProjectTwo at The Old Red Lion

Using suggestions from the audience and active imaginations a team of seven improvisers/puppeteers weave an adventurous tale with a furry little cast puppets. Using a traditional Japanese “Bunraku” puppetry mix with a more modern Muppet-style, Glitch is a visual treat with fun characters all tied together with an entirely made up story.

Don’t be fooled but the cute puppets, this is not a show for kids!

In double-bill-land, Glitch will be joined by improvised Science-Fiction from ProjectTwo.

The ProjectTwo facility floats in orbit around Solaris, collecting every detail of every sentient life through voluntary data submitted to social network websites. With such data, the ProjectTwo engineers can access any real-life story since the facility's inception in 2017.

Welcome space-traveler. Which archive do you wish to view?

Improvised science-fiction which may or may not contain robots*, featuring:
Katy Schutte (★★★★ - Chortle, The Maydays, Fluxx, Baby Wants Candy)
Jonathan Monkhouse (Music Box: The Improvised Musical, London Improv)

WHEN: 7.30pm, Saturday 22nd December

COST: £8, tickets here.

WHERE: Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, London, EC1V 4NJ. 
NEAREST TUBE: Angel

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1st Annual Chris Werren Memorial Gig

A few months ago, brilliant improviser and our friend Chris "Chrus" Werren passed away, following a fist-fight with pink-cancer-robots. Chrus was a truly lovely man who delighted us with oddness, fascination with the natural world, and generosity of spirit. To celebrate the loveable chap will be a night of improv - his second love - featuring lots of groups and improvisers that he performed with over the years.

Acts include Hoopla's Old School Cast, a reunion of Cannonball Impro, and Grand Theft Impro with additional surprises, a raffle and CAKE!

Yes, cake.

Tickets are £5 and all the proceeds will go to St. Christopher's, the hospice that did such an amazing job of caring for him in his final months and days.

You can guarantee tickets in advance by clicking on this handy link - or you can buy a ticket at the door on the night.

WHEN: 7.30pm, Wednesday 12th December

COST: £5, tickets here or on the night

WHERE: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS

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FutureShock at The Camden People's Theatre

SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER

FUTURESHOCK CABARET NIGHT & AFTER SHOW PARTY 

with PROJECT TWO

A centrepiece event of the CPT Futureshock festival, this one-off night of works-in-progress, cabaret acts and installations will be a carnival of the futuristic!

The evening's mouth-watering roster of acts includes: Foster's Comedy God and creator of Sprint 2012 smash Incontinental, Kazuko Hohki; the terrific Dumbshow Theatre; The Conker Group, whose show Underhero was a CPT hit at the Camden Fringe; sci-fi improvisers Project Two; and many more.

The evening will culminate in a party at the end of the world, with music, entertainment and drinks of a futuristic flavour.

The Futureshock festival is generously supported by the Royal Victoria Hall Foundation.

WHEN: 7:30pm, Saturday 8th December

COST: £12/£10
WHERE: Camden People's Theatre

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Excellent things: This Week at The London Improv Comedy Club

GTI: The Miller, 8pm, Wednesday

Oh you look well, don't you? For someone who has just saved an entire planet from a DNA-bomb that was going to wipe out all organic life. That's you, right? I have got the right person... right?

Well now you've stopped off for a couple of weeks of R&R before your next intergalactic mission, why not spend some of that time in comedy-land? Then you can get off to Vultron-4 and sort out their terrible  mouse infestation.


Don't worry, your Space-Captain has cleared it all. He thinks you deserve the fun:

TUESDAY 22ND MAY

THE RH EXPERIENCE

and MUSIC BOX

YouTube sensations Conor, Luke and Tom do their thang. Climb aboard, they've got a trainload of fun and games for you.

"These pioneers of tomfoolery make us laugh to the point of exhaustion!" - The 405

Then stalwarts of The Miller, Music Box improvise a totally awesome musical. Music Box have a whole new cast of great improvisers, and they're kicking butt with it.

"Left me helpless with laughter" - FringeGuru

WHEN: 8pm, Tuesday 22nd May

COST: £5 on the door

WHERE: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS

WEDNESDAY 23RD MAY

TRODD EN BRATT

and GRAND THEFT IMPRO

Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt are in Showstoppers. They also do a sketch show together. It's a bit like the Two Ronnies, but insane.
Be tickled. Be troubled. Be laughing. With them, or at them, they don't mind either way.

Then Lucy and Ruth will join the cast of the awesome Grand Theft Impro for continued insanity. Grand Theft Impro are one of the most respected groups in the country. Improvised comedy, by veterans, for fun.

"Simply marvellous" - Time Out

WHEN: 8pm, Wednesday 23rd May

COST: £5 on the door.

WHERE: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS

COMING SOON

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Your ship leaves the Gamma-1 Space dock the following day, when you can get back to earning that hero badge you so proudly wear.
See ya!

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Games, ghosts and golems: this week at The London Improv Comedy Club

The re-animated half-corpse of a centaur, at the 50-hour Improvathon. Obvs.

Hello pretty,

How are you? You look awake, which is a great start to the day. Hey, sorry this is a bit late this week. Over the weekend I was involved with the 50-hour London Improvathon. Which is exactly what it says it is: a 50 hour long show, set in ancient Greece where gods and mortals compete in the first Olympic games, whilst protecting Athens against the dark forces of the Underworld. Pippa Evans played Jet from Gladiators. It was totally historically accurate. 

Anyway, it was 50 hours long, so yesterday was largely a sleep day. But today I am (sort of) back in the land of the living, so here's whats going on this week:

TUESDAY 15TH MAY

GHOSTBUSTERS: THE MUSICAL
(FACEBOOK LINK)

We are showing a 1hr version of the original Ghostbusters film with overlaid sketch and song tributes to the film. Think Reduced Shakespeare meets Be Kind, Rewind! This is the scratch performance of a show that we are taking to Campsite at Pulse Festival at the beginning of June. Scratch means that it will be unapologetically shoddy with scripts in hands and lots of joyful bumbling.

With just 3 actors, overalls, cans of silly string and original songs, we present a very silly and interactive show.

We encourage you to bring sheets with eye-holes, a book, marshmallows and a can of silly string (that's your proton pack). Feel free to dress up Ghostbusters stylee. The Nursery can be a chilly venue (it's in an awesome railway tunnel), so bring an extra jumper too!

Starring: Katy Schutte (The Maydays, News Revue),
Tom Frankland (lots of proper Shakespeare shows at the Globe and puppetry things)
and Jonathan Monkhouse (London Improv, Project 2).

Sketches and lyrics by Chris Mead (Ood Cast) and Katy Schutte with additional material by the cast and Rebecca Macmillan. Music by Joe Samuel (The Maydays).

WHEN: 8pm, Tuesday 15th May

COST: £5 on the door

WHERE: The Nursery, Arch 61, Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0NR

TUESDAY 15TH MAY

ARTHUR

and DO NOT ADJUST YOUR STAGE

Arthur are back, mofos! A collaboration of improvisers gather together and provide you with fast-paced, action-faced improv. Classic games and scenes with new twists accompany totally new games. Think of it as Who's Line Is It Anyway? with a cowboy hat and a helicopter.

They'll be followed by the excellent Do Not Adjust Your Stage, improvising an entire evening's television schedule in an hour. They are also fast and furious. Think of them as the Radio Times sitting on a firework, yelling Sioux battle cries.

WHEN: 8pm, Tuesday 15th May

COST: £5 on the door.

WHERE: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS

WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY

JESS FOSTEKEW: BRAVE NEW WORD
and PAUL AND CARIAD (AND JAMIE)

Jess Fostekew's Edinburgh preview is a gag-suffused show about brave words, new words and brave new words. Mainly japes about etymology. But it’s not just for nerds. There will also be a filthy joke (about nostrils).

“Really all about the jokes, she doesn’t embark on a path unless there’s funny at the end of it.” Chortle

“Tremendous charm.” Scotsman

Paul and Cariad are one of our favourite shows of all time. They have been nothing short of marvellous every time they've played our stage at The Miller, so we are delighted they'll be back. And we're even more delighted that - as he was in town for the Improvathon - they will be joined by the heroic Jamie Cavanagh, seasoned veteran of improv and 'proper actor and everything', from Rapid Fire theatre in Edmonton, Canada. Whoop!

WHEN: 8pm, Wednesday 9th May

COST: £5 on the door.

WHERE: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS

COMING SOON

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So there's time to have a little bit of a sleep before it all starts... but then; get up, a-get on up, like a fax machine, get on up, to your next wonderful show. A-get on up.

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The Olympics Arrive Early: This Week at The London Improv Comedy Club

Some of the cast of the Die-Nasty Impro Soap.

Oh wow, it's a big week for improv in London.

It's the London 50-Hour Improvathon this weekend, so throughout this week there will be an influx of some of the best improvisers from around the world popping over to play in it. And while they're here, they'll be doing other bits and pieces too.

This is a bumper pack impro mail-out, because there's a few opportunities to see some of these guys this week and we wouldn't want you to miss out.


Actually, on Wednesday you might even get to be on stage with some of them, if they fancy popping down to our all-in impro-jam at The Miller (details below). They might do, y'never know. 

Improvisers from all over the world, all together in this brilliant city. Well that's just wonderful.

TUESDAY 8TH MAY

IRISH GREEK AUSSIE 

and THE IMPROVISED SKETCH SHOW

It's a debut show from Kate Feeney (Irish), Emily Howell (Australian) and Constantine Pavlou (Greek). Impronational relations have never been stronger. 

They will be followed by another debut, as old hands George Bream, Becca Gibson, Edgar Fernando and Steve Roe perform Improvised Sketches based on audience suggestions.

WHEN: 8pm, Tuesday 8th May

COST: £5 on the door

WHERE: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS

WEDNESDAY 9TH MAY

MEER AND FOXCROFT

and JAAAAAAMMMMMM!!!!!!!

Mark Meer is regarded as one of the most awesome improvisers around. Not without reason. He is one of Canada's most respected improvisers, part of the the fantastic 'Die-Nasty', stars in TV show "May Contain Nuts", and is the voice of Commander Shephard in the Mass Effect video games. His two-person show "The Harold of Galactus" is a joyfully geeky superhero origin story, with another of Canada's finest improvisers, Chris Craddock.

Mark will be performing a two person show with Paul Foxcroft, which might be a similar thing. 

Before Paul and Mark go on, we're going to have a big fat impro jam, where anyone can play. Anyone who wants to take part puts their name in a hat, and we draw names and games at random for an hour. With the influx of international impro-stars, anyone could end up playing with anyone. Crikey, it's going to be fun.

WHEN: 8pm, Wednesday 9th May

COST: £5 on the door (free to participants).

WHERE: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS

THURSDAY 10TH MAY

GRAND THEFT IMPRO

with MARK MEER and JACOB BANIGAN

The brilliant GTI are back for a new season of veteran impro, performed by impro-veterans, for fun. They'll be joined by the aforementioned Mark Meer, and also the awe-inspiring Jacob Banigan.

Jacob began improvising over 20 years ago in Edmonton, Canada, with the revered Rapid Fire Theatre (same as Mark) and now lives in Austria.

He has taken first place in many international Theatresports competitions, including the 2006 TS World Cup, Münich Impro Cup, Berlin Impro Cup, Atlanta World Domination (solo), as well as the Austrian National Championships many times over. He is a veteran of at least twelve 50-Hour Soap-a-Thons in Canada and London..

WHEN: 8.30pm, Thursday 10th May

COST: £7 on the door

WHERE: Upstairs at The Wheatsheaf pub, 25 Rathbone Place, W1T 1JB

FRIDAY 11TH MAY - SUNDAY 13TH MAY

TALES FROM THE GREEK GAMES: 2012BC

THE 50-HOUR LONDON IMPROVATHON

It's the big one. One of the biggest impro events in the country, the London 50-hour Improvathon is an entirely improvised comedy soap opera set in Ancient Greece during the 2012 BC games.

The fifth annual 50 hour London Improvathon features some of the best improvisers from the UK, Ireland, America, Australia, Canada, India, Norway, Greece and Holland in a hilarious celebration of all things spontaneous.

Performed round the clock for 50hrs straight, this is an extraordinary and euphoric ensemble performance.

Pop in any time you like, day or night. Come in costume if you wish!

So whether you are looking for a bit of Friday evening comedy, a perfect continuation for your night out or a Sunday family outing, come join us whatever time you feel like! And don't miss the final few episodes where the whole extravaganza comes to its fantastic finale.

We provide music, tea, coffee, snacks and an all night bar throughout the Improvathon so you can stay for the entire 50hrs if you want!

'It's like nothing you've ever seen before.' - Time Out

'Fearsomely able improvisers' - The Financial Times

'Absolutely incredible. This isn't theatre, it's bloodsports' - Whatsonstage.com

WHEN: 7pm, Friday11th May - until - 10pm, Sunday 13th May

COST: 50hr pass is £50,
an episode pass costs £12.50 (concessions £50).
You can also upgrade your episode pass for only £5 to see another episode.

WHERE: Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, London N1 6SH

COMING SOON

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All that, and cuddles (if you play your cards right). This week is mega. Join in the fun-stuff.

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Science and Soliloquies: This Week at The London Improv Comedy Club

Oh, there you are! Running about in the sun with such gay abandon, cherryade stains down your dungarees and lipstick smears across your cheek from when you 'experimented' with mum's make-up.

Keep having fun, won't you? Keep up the larking.

Just, when it gets a bit chilly, pop yourself indoors for some heartwarming improv and joyful comedy. Go on, it's warm. Like adding brandy to your ribena or smoking a cigar in a wendy house.

... kids.

Tuesday 17th April

ARTHUR
and THE ROEZONE

Hey Arthur, what are you doing? Well it looks like you're playing some fun games and doing scenes a bit like what they used to do on Whose Line Is It Anyway?.. Carry on. Be careful. Don't go too fast near the pool.

Ooh, Arthur's my youngest improv-boy, but he has SUCH an imagination. And, gosh, he's funny.

Speaking of improv-boys, just behind Arthur you can see my oldest.. Steve... Steve Roe's been teaching impro for about 7 years and running the Hoopla impro school. He's about to do his first solo show which'll feature stand-up, juggling and all sorts of other things. And he can ride a bike. He's such a clever boy.

Tuesday 17th April

Time: Doors 7:45pm, Show 8pm - 10pm with interval.

Cost: £5 on the door.

Where: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS.

Wednesday 18th April
SARA PASCOE: THE MUSICAL

and THE LONDON IMPROV ALL-STARS

Sara is one of mine too. Ooh, she's funny an' all. And she's written a musical about her own life. It's a preview for her acclaimed solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival this year. ‘Sara Pascoe: The Musical’ is the tale of a lady who lived from the 1980's to 2012. It's a great story with some catchy tunes and many morals. Sara's life features many TV appearances including Stand Up For The Week, Campus & Free Agents (C4); The Thick of It & Twenty Twelve (BBC).

Sara Pascoe will be supported by the local gang of impro-hoodies. The London Improv All-Stars are the best of the best improvisers on the estate. They may be tearing up the neighbourhood on scooters and BMXs but they mean you no harm... they just want to play.

Wednesday 18th April

Time: Doors 7:45pm, Show 8pm - 10pm with interval.

Cost: £5 on the door.

Where: The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London, SE1 3SS.

Silly String Theory is a ground-breaking improvised play that picks strands from our lives and explores how we meet, part, love and live together.

Silly String Theory returns by invite to the Canal Cafe Theatre, after the first series last December. Devised and directed by Katy Schutte ("...could easily hold [her] own with the likes of Merton, Frost and Jupitus" - Chortle) it features songs and real life monologues, learning what it means to be human and interact with others.

19th-21st & 26th-28th April. Tickets available HERE

CAST:

• Jason Blackwater (The Maydays, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story)
• Jinni Lyons (8bit, Campionati del Mondo di Match d’improvvisazione semi-finalist)
• Chris Mead (The Ood Cast, Project Two)
• Jules Munns (Slap Dash Impro Festival, The Improsarios)
• Katy Schutte - (News Revue, Katy & Rach, The Maydays)

Music by: Phil Lunn (News Revue, The Scat Pack)
Directed by Katy Schutte

Thursday 19th - Saturday 21st April

Time: 7.30pm.

Cost: £10 Tickets available HERE.

Where: The Canal Cafe Theatre, Delamere Terrace, Little Venice, London W2 6ND.

We can only recommend all of those. And we do. With vigour.

Looking forward to seeing you there, where we'll put a plaster on your knee, give you a lovely cuddle and tell you it'll all get better.

See you soon, little one.
London Improv
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