Caitlin Campbell’s Musical Playlist | This Is Your Musical | July
Artistic Director of the BIT, founding TIYM cast member and host of our musical theatre open mic night La La Bar, Caitlin Campbell has bravely volunteered to give us her… Read more »
5 minutes with The Dragprov Revue | Bristol Pride | July
On Saturday, the magnificent Dragprov Revue will be headlining a night of visiting and local LGBTQ improv talent as a special fundraiser for Bristol Pride. In anticipation, we sat down… Read more »
Rehearsal Diary | Bish Bosh Bash | July
“Yes And” is such an important rule in improv and often in life. It makes you a great listener and can even get you ice cream. However, what do you… Read more »
5 minutes with Degrees of Error | Murder, She Didn’t Write
A hilarious cross between an Agatha Christie novel and a live action game of Cluedo: Murder, She Didn’t Write is an improvised murder mystery created by BIT associate company Degrees… Read more »
Anna Kemp’s Musical Playlist | This Is Your Musical | June
Anna Kemp is one of the newest members of This Is Your Musical, The Bristol Improv Theatre’s improvised musical show. For the past few months we have been curating a… Read more »
Oswaldo D. Gutiérrez | Olivia | Director Interview
Olivia is the first English-language play by Bristol-based Spanish-Bolivian director Oswaldo D. Gutiérrez. This comic drama is an adaptation by the director of three different short Spanish-language plays, and… Read more »
Beyond Equality? | Holly Mandel
Holly Mandel has been a teacher with The Groundlings in the US and has founded her own improv school, Improvolution, bringing the character-based approach to many students in NYC. She… Read more »
The People Behind the Characters | Tales of Adventure | June & July
Tales of Adventure will be facing the mysteries and horrors that lie await in Tegel Manor as they begin their 10th series this Thursday. But who are the performers behind… Read more »
Are You Clear On What You Want? | Holly Mandel
Holly Mandel has been a teacher with The Groundlings in the US and has founded her own improv school, Improvolution, bringing the character-based approach to many students in NYC. In… Read more »
Cast Spotlight: Marie Ellis | Bish Bosh Bash | June
Marie Ellis is a recent addition to The Bish Bosh Bash cast, and her first performance with the company is this Friday. In this blog, she talks about her source… Read more »
Adding Fuel to the Fire | Holly Mandel
Holly Mandel has been a teacher with The Groundlings in the US and has founded her own improv school, Improvolution, bringing the character-based approach to many students in NYC. In… Read more »
Improv Games & Stand-Up by Chris Head
Chris Head has directed, taught and coached stand up for over ten years both independently and as lecturer for Bath Spa University. In this blog, he talks about his upcoming… Read more »
5 minutes with Waqar Munir from Up The Antics
Up The Antics are one of Bristol’s top comedy groups, running a monthly sell-out night “The Antics Joke Show” and regularly performing Improv and Sketch comedy in Bristol and further… Read more »
Ian Towers’ Musical Playlist | This Is Your Musical | May
For the past few months, we have been curating a playlist of the cast of This Is Your Musical’s favourite hits from broadway, west-end and musical films. We have been… Read more »
Improv Double Bill | Starting In The Middle | Scenes To An End
Photo Credits Lee Pullen There’s nothing quite like the opening scene of a movie that starts right in the middle. So much excitement and intrigue is built in that very… Read more »
5 minutes with The Oxford Imps
After multiple sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows, tours of South Africa and North America, The Oxford Imps are facing their final frontier: Bristol. We spoke to notable imp Archie Cornish about… Read more »
Guest Steves Spotlight | Steves and Wooster | May
Steves and Wooster play “Cardy Hatty” before embarking on another rollicking, hilarious adventure solving crimes and behaving in a generally farcical tone. The Steves are welcoming two new guest Steves… Read more »
Ros Beeson’s Favourite Moments | The Bish Bosh Bash | May
Ros Beeson is taking hosting duties and over-seeing the madcap antics at The Bish Bosh Bash for this first time this Friday. In anticipation, she told us about her favourite… Read more »
Actors Required – Improvised Musical Theatre Show
Job Details We are seeking male & female singer/actors to add to our existing improvised musical theatre company, which is connected to an established Bristol theatre. AUDITION DATE/TIME Sunday 12th… Read more »
Developing a Genre Improv Show | Degrees of Error | Fairytale Ending
The Bristol Improv Theatre’s longest running associate company Degrees of Error have become well-known for putting their own hilarious spin on genres through narrative improvisation. This includes the wildly successful… Read more »