Visiting Acts

Narrative improv maestros The Descendants weave together a hilarious, gripping and completely improvised story based on three audience suggestions.

Walter Raleigh’s widow carried his severed head around in a bag for thirty years. These days, that sort of thing is frowned upon. Douglas Walker’s new comic play is about parents, children, joy, grief, and the necessity of letting things go

The Stage Award-winning Gigglemug Theatre (‘Timpson: The Musical’, ‘RuneSical’) present an improvised musical based on scandalous stories from the audience.

The Bristol Improv Theatre presents a double bill of improvised comedy from around the UK.

Katy Schutte and Lloydie James Lloyd perform a brand new musical inspired by Stephen Sondheim and Jason Robert Brown.

Comediasians are the UK’s first Pan-Asian improv group, dedicated to celebrating Asian comedy and performers.
Featuring short and long form improv, their show will dazzle and delight as they bring you into the Asian fold. Get ready to meet the greatest thing Asia has to offer since Yo Yo Ma.

Step aside HG Wells, take a break Jeff Wayne, go back to your trailer Tom Cruise, Lamphouse is tackling War of the Worlds and they’re doing it…..on a budget!
War of the Worlds (on a budget) is the musical comedy action adventure we didn’t know we needed!

Award-winning Improbotics presents a "groundbreaking" (FringeReview.co.uk, 2022), “most innovative” (Paris Fringe, 2020) science comedy show. Human improvisers controlled by AI try to pass the Turing Test. Let’s welcome our comedy robot overlords!

'The most reliable sketch-group in the game' (edfringereview) Biscuit Barrel returns to Bristol, following their smash-hit sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe. With them, they bring over thirty sketches and four hilarious acts, in this chilling horror-filled edition of Bristol's weirdest comedy night.