Improv

Welcome to this very special episode of The Curtain Call. Join Charlotte as she sits down for a chat with the lovely Tom Livingstone. His improv comedy troop, The Noise Next Door, have appeared on BBC One, BBC Three, ITV, BBC Radio and they’ve also performed alongside the likes...

It’s difficult to review an improv show without reviewing the genre as a whole. Reliably hit-and-miss, a group of people roaming through sketches or songs in search of a punchline is glorious when it comes off, and not much better than awkward when it doesn’t. So to enjoy any...

Entering the darkened theatre, I must admit I had no idea what to expect. Performing improvisation is one of my pet dramatic hates, and the possibility of excruciating silences and cringeworthy sketches were what I feared. Immediately as the lights went up however, my fears were happily proven to...