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Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

Bristol Longform Comedy take over the Bristol Improv Theatre! Fantastically funny improv comedy from legendary Bristol groups and The Takeover Team, assembled anew for each Takeover with a different guest director each time.

Comedy meets competition! Teams Bish and Bosh have been training all summer and are ready to go head-to-head to make you laugh in improv challenges set by an unstoppable host.

A special film screening of Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller, followed by a live post-screening Q&A with Postdoctoral Researcher Huw Day.

A friendly and welcoming evening of improv games, silliness, socialising and fun.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

A women-only (and women-led!) space for fun and friendly improv practise, open to all levels of improv experience. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, playful improv and connecting with other women improvisers.

The Drag Dungeoneers is a loose narrative monster-of-the-week style D&D live show adventure, featuring some of Bristol’s finest drag nerds.

A scratch night hosting a variety of acts from the world of improv, character work, stand-up, clowning and musicals.

Come along and give improv a go! Taster sessions are the perfect way to dip your toes into improvisation before commiting to a course. It’s a great chance to try improv and connect with others in a playful way.

This is a fun and friendly workshop led by LGBTQ+ instructors for LGBTQ+ people, open to all levels. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, representing your own identity(ies) in improv, and connecting with other improvisers.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

Maraoke LIVE! is the best karaoke night of your life, but with video game jokes; and returns to Bristol after world-wide sell-out shows.

Bristol’s premier improvised musical - wowing audiences for over eight years.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

Come and see the latest graduates of the BIT's improv courses as they share some of the skills they've been building. Free entry with optional supporter tickets!

Proudly showcasing diverse skills of local troupes and artists within the Bristol improv community. Featuring unique acts from the vibrant world of unscripted comedy, with a focus on up-and-comers, providing a stage for fresh, original shows.

Funny stuff, made up on the spot. No gimmicks, no tricks - just the quickest, wittiest improvisers in the UK putting on a show to make you laugh like nobody’s business. The Noise Next Door are award-winning, twelve-time sell-out legends of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and have blown audiences away on BBC One, ITV1, Comedy Central, and in comedy clubs and theatres all over the world. Don’t miss your chance to see them live.

This is a fun and friendly workshop for people of colour (POC) led by instructors who are POC, and is open to all levels. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, representing your own identity(ies) in improv, and connecting with other improvisers.

Funny stuff, made up on the spot. No gimmicks, no tricks - just the quickest, wittiest improvisers in the UK putting on a show to make you laugh like nobody’s business. The Noise Next Door are award-winning, twelve-time sell-out legends of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and have blown audiences away on BBC One, ITV1, Comedy Central, and in comedy clubs and theatres all over the world. Don’t miss your chance to see them live.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Following on from our hugely popular Discovering Improv course, this six-week course will immerse you in the fundamentals of improvising for an audience through games, exercises, and scenes. Our experienced facilitators will guide and support you on your journey towards performing.

Building on our popular Singing Songs course, Scenes and Songs will take your improvised singing skills to the next level and put them to work in your scenes and stories.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

A six-week improv for beginners course. Be spontaneous and creative through games, and exercises with our experienced instructors.

People often start their journeys into improvisation by rediscovering the joys of play - there’s a pure and deeply human delight that we can get from messing around together and being silly! But how do you go from playing with each other for your own delight to entertaining an audience with fully-fledged improvised comedy and drama?

An interactive murder mystery where you solve the crime!

Round up your Scooby gang for this special spooky spectacle! Inspired by popular improv challenges, this night of gruesome games and crypt-ic challenges will leave you howling with laughter as you play together against others. Our haunted hosts bring the games so all you need to do is turn up and have fun!

Spend Halloween with award-winning improvisers The Maydays and their darkly comedic 5-star sinister musical theatre show.

Dive into musical improv’s dark, playful corners in this weekend intensive.

Come along and give improv a go! Taster sessions are the perfect way to dip your toes into improvisation before commiting to a course. It’s a great chance to try improv and connect with others in a playful way.

Spend Halloween with award-winning improvisers The Maydays and their darkly comedic 5-star sinister musical theatre show.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

A women-only (and women-led!) space for fun and friendly improv practise, open to all levels of improv experience. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, playful improv and connecting with other women improvisers.

It’s the year 2226, and the people of Mars have risen up to claim their freedom. Now is a time for heroes: you. As leaders of the Martian Revolution, the decisions you make will shape your world for generations to come. No pressure… Fast-paced and hilarious interactive theatre for adults and children aged 11+.

Comedy meets competition! Teams Bish and Bosh have been training all summer and are ready to go head-to-head to make you laugh in improv challenges set by an unstoppable host.

This is a fun and friendly workshop led by LGBTQ+ instructors for LGBTQ+ people, open to all levels. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, representing your own identity(ies) in improv, and connecting with other improvisers.

Celebrate 10 years of the beloved comedy variety night, with a brilliant line-up of sketch, improv & stand-up comedy featuring Basic Self Care, Up The Antics, & Gareth Williams.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

The Drag Dungeoneers is a loose narrative monster-of-the-week style D&D live show adventure, featuring some of Bristol’s finest drag nerds.

Gigs for little ones… and their grown-ups!

Step into the unknown with In the Cards, a tarot and improv show channelling something from nothing, where live tarot inspires completely improvised scenes full of twists, turns, and cosmic chaos.

Come along and give improv a go! Taster sessions are the perfect way to dip your toes into improvisation before commiting to a course. It’s a great chance to try improv and connect with others in a playful way.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

Bristol’s premier improvised musical - wowing audiences for over eight years.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

Come along and give improv a go! Taster sessions are the perfect way to dip your toes into improvisation before commiting to a course. It’s a great chance to try improv and connect with others in a playful way.

This is a fun and friendly workshop for people of colour (POC) led by instructors who are POC, and is open to all levels. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, representing your own identity(ies) in improv, and connecting with other improvisers.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

Looking to stretch your improvising muscles? Then our drop-ins are for you!

A women-only (and women-led!) space for fun and friendly improv practise, open to all levels of improv experience. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, playful improv and connecting with other women improvisers.

Comedy meets competition! Teams Bish and Bosh have been training all summer and are ready to go head-to-head to make you laugh in improv challenges set by an unstoppable host.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

The Drag Dungeoneers is a loose narrative monster-of-the-week style D&D live show adventure, featuring some of Bristol’s finest drag nerds.

Gigs for little ones… and their grown-ups!

Come along and give improv a go! Taster sessions are the perfect way to dip your toes into improvisation before commiting to a course. It’s a great chance to try improv and connect with others in a playful way.

This is a fun and friendly workshop led by LGBTQ+ instructors for LGBTQ+ people, open to all levels. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, representing your own identity(ies) in improv, and connecting with other improvisers.

The smash-hit returns for another spellbinding run, featuring the panto tropes you know and love alongside incredible musical feats - all made up on the spot. Watch as the cast weaves an entirely new story every night, inspired by classic panto stories and your audience suggestions.

The smash-hit returns for another spellbinding run, featuring the panto tropes you know and love alongside incredible musical feats - all made up on the spot. Watch as the cast weaves an entirely new story every night, inspired by classic panto stories and your audience suggestions.

The smash-hit returns for another spellbinding run, featuring the panto tropes you know and love alongside incredible musical feats - all made up on the spot. Watch as the cast weaves an entirely new story every night, inspired by classic panto stories and your audience suggestions.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

The smash-hit returns for another spellbinding run, featuring the panto tropes you know and love alongside incredible musical feats - all made up on the spot. Watch as the cast weaves an entirely new story every night, inspired by classic panto stories and your audience suggestions.

The smash-hit returns for another spellbinding run, featuring the panto tropes you know and love alongside incredible musical feats - all made up on the spot. Watch as the cast weaves an entirely new story every night, inspired by classic panto stories and your audience suggestions.

The smash-hit returns for another spellbinding run, featuring the panto tropes you know and love alongside incredible musical feats - all made up on the spot. Watch as the cast weaves an entirely new story every night, inspired by classic panto stories and your audience suggestions.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

Discover the joy of improv with Rebecca MacMillan’s lunchtime classes at Bristol Improv Theatre. These sessions are designed for creatives, freelancers, and everyone else who’s looking for a dose of joy in their day.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

The ultimate improvised romantic comedy, because relationships don’t follow a script. Behind every door in Bristol lies a different Christmas love story. From first dates at the Christmas Steps to baby’s first Christmas, from chance meetings with neighbours to the start of lifelong friendships, Lush Actually celebrates the funny, awkward, chaotic, bittersweet reality of love at the festive season.

In a world of moustache-twirling villains, happy-go-lucky scamps, and swooning ingenues who definitely (probably) won’t die, Sir Phillip Bin guides us through a Dickensian story with a twist.

A women-only (and women-led!) space for fun and friendly improv practise, open to all levels of improv experience. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, playful improv and connecting with other women improvisers.

This is a fun and friendly workshop led by LGBTQ+ instructors for LGBTQ+ people, open to all levels. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, representing your own identity(ies) in improv, and connecting with other improvisers.

This is a fun and friendly workshop for people of colour (POC) led by instructors who are POC, and is open to all levels. You can be completely new to improv or looking to brush up on your basics and practise improv in a different context. Sessions will focus on fun, representing your own identity(ies) in improv, and connecting with other improvisers.