The incredible ‘Showstopper! The Improvised Musical’ Extend West End Residency! NEWS
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The incredible ‘Showstopper! The Improvised Musical’ has extended their monthly residency in the West End at the Cambridge Theatre!
Spontaneous musical comedy at its finest, this is the first ever long-form improv show to have a full West End run and to be nominated and win an Olivier Award.
For those who havent yet experienced the live phenomenon that is Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, the show is a fully-realised musical created on the spot from audience suggestions. The cast take ideas for settings, genres, musical styles and the show title and weave it into ingenious storylines with hilarious characters.
From Lin Manuel Miranda to Stephen Sondheim, whether its set in a primary school, Ancient Egypt, or a mattress shop if the audience thinks it, The Showstoppers can turn it into a hit musical.
Most of the cast have also earned acclaim in their own right. Founder member Ruth Bratt is in the famous Comedy Store Players, the longest running impro show in the country; Pippa Evans is a regular on BBC Radio 4 and is currently on tour with Im Sorry I Havent a Clue; and co-founder Adam Meggido directed the West End and Broadway hit show Peter Pan Goes Wrong. The Showtsoppers also regularly run improvisation workshops and courses for beginners and professionals and create hilarious and insightful interviews with theatre stars in The Showstopper! Podcast.
The Showstoppers have performed created more than 1,000 brand new musicals since they were formed in 2008 but they dont stop working hard at their craft they have to learn to improvise in the style of every hit show that comes to town and they always encourage audiences to challenge them and keep them on their toes. As a result, they continue fill theatres, delight audiences and win awards. Playbill named them pick of the Fringe in Edinburgh last year and they were the third-highest reviewed show of the entire festival, no mean feat in their 14th year.
SOME OF THE CRITICAL PRAISE FOR SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL:
A consistent audience favourite. PLAYBILL
So polished, it defies belief. DAILY TELEGRAPH
Achingly funny... Worth seeing again and again. TIME OUT CRITICS CHOICE
Magical, properly funny. A triumph. TIMES
Some of the superb musical pastiches they think up might make a few West End veterans blush. Brilliant. FINANCIAL TIMES
A success story that could run and never repeat itself. EVENING STANDARD
Staggeringly good. A must see. THE STAGE
Has everything you want from a blockbuster musical it just happens to be made up on the spot. METRO
Prepare to be wowed! Showstopper! might be the only West End show you ever need.
CHORTLE
The dates are as follows:
MARCH
Mon 4th LONDON Cambridge Theatre, West End
Sat 16th SOUTHAMPTON MAST Mayflower Studios
(2.30pm Kids /7.45pm Adults)
Thurs 21st WAKEFIELD - Theatre Royal
APRIL
Fri 5th - Sat 6th LEICESTER Curve
Thurs 11th LONDON Arts Depot (kids) (1.30pm & 3.30pm)
Mon 15th LONDON Cambridge Theatre, West End
MAY
Sun 5th DORCHESTER - Dorchester Festival (7.30pm)
Wed 8th DERBY - Derby Theatre
Thurs 9th - Sat 11th LIVERPOOL - Playhouse Theatre @ 7.30pm & 11th 2.30pm
Mon 13th LONDON Cambridge Theatre, West End
Sun 19th CRANBROOK - The Beneden Theatre, Hemsted Park
Fri 29th & Thurs 30th YORK Theatre Royal 7:30pm (plus kids show 2pm 30th)
Fri 31st FARNHAM - Farnham Maltings
JUNE
Mon 10th LONDON Cambridge Theatre, West End
Fri 14th & Sat 15th SALISBURY - Playhouse
Thurs 20th & Fri 21st CORBY The Core at Corby Cube
Mon 24thRUGBY Festival On The Close
Fri 28th & Sat 29th SALFORD The Lowry 29th matinee Kids show
JULY
Mon 1stLONDON Cambridge Theatre, West End
JULY/AUGUSTEDINBURGH FRINGE Pleasance Grand
30TH SEPTEMBER/21ST OCTOBER/25TH NOVEMBER/16TH DECEMBER
LONDON Cambridge Theatre, West End
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