The critically acclaimed improvisational frontrunner Showstopper! The Improvised Musical heads out on tour. Fresh from their sell out run at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017, and with a 2016 Olivier Award for their West End debut at the Apollo Theatre, The Showstoppers have made 2017 their best year yet, one new musical at a time.
No two nights are ever the same as The Showstoppers take audience suggestions and then spin a brand new comedy musical out of thin air – stories, characters, tunes, lyrics, dances, harmonies and all – with unpredictable and hilarious results. If you’ve thought improv looked difficult before, try doing it in time (and tune) to music!
Having grown since 2008 to become the UK’s most acclaimed and in-demand musical improvisers, The Showstoppers have become a must-see staple of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With four West End seasons and an acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series to their name, they have also taken their ingenious blend of comedy, musical theatre and spontaneity around the globe, picking up accolades and awards including The Times Best of the Fringe, Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit Of The Fringe Award and nominations for Chortle Best Music Or Variety Act, MTM Best Production Award and MTM Judges’ Discretionary Award.
Website: http://www.theshowstoppers.org
Showstopper Listings Information:
10th January Oxford, The Playhouse 7.30pm
20th January Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal 7.30pm
22nd – 24th January Bath, Theatre Royal 7.30pm
10th February Manchester, The Palace Theatre 7.30pm
15th – 16th February Leicester, Curve Studio 7.30pm
17th February Newcastle, Northern Stage SK 3pm + SS 7.30pm
23rd February Southampton, Nuffield Theatre 7.30pm
15th March York, Grand Opera House 7.30pm
5th April Maidstone, Hazlitt Theatre SK 3pm + SS 7.30pm
