What: An hour and a half of fearlessly inventive, exciting and funny sketches and songs, all made up on the spot, all inspired by audience suggestions.
When: Every Thursday from January 26th to March 29th 2012
What Time: 8:30pm -10:15pm (doors open 8:15pm)
Where: Upstairs at The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1JB.
Five minutes walk from Tottenham court road or Goodge Street tubes.
How Much: £7
Bookings: e-mail tickets@grandtheftimpro.com or phone 020 7580 1585 to book - give a name, a date and a number of tickets. You must show up by 8pm on the night to pick up the tickets.
Photographs by Rob Rackstraw
For more on improvisation in the UK, go to The Crunchy Frog Collective website
Latest News
Pippa Evans joins Grand Theft Impro on February 9th
This week we have the fabulous, famous and funny Pippa Evans treading the boards with us.
Pippa is a star of BBC 2's Fast and Loose, creator of the brilliant Loretta Maine, member of the amazing Showstopper! team and general all round comedy goddess.
She will be joined by GTI regulars Dylan Emery, Cariad Lloyd and Phil Whelans. Fear them. Fear them. Then laugh at them.Then fear them.
Hope to see you on Thursday! Click here to reserve tickets.
This Thursday we have a double whammy: the brilliant Los Angeles Improviser Brian Robel and our own thoroughbred colt of comedy, stallion of standing up and being funny; mare of make-believe Charlotte Gittins.
Brian started his improv life back in ’93 at Comedy Sportz (Santa Barbara). He soon moved to Boston where he played with ImprovBoston’s Mainstage, TheatreSports and Bluescreen (the improvised movie). Brian’s current improv home is at iO West in Los Angeles where he plays with Harold teams Sugar Daddy and Strange Daisies as well as his two-prov show, Turner and Robel.
They will be joined by GTI regulars Cariad Lloyd and Phil Whelans. Together, all four will be powerful to break any hold misery might have over you. Whatever the question is, the answer is Grand Theft Impro.
Hope to see you on Thursday! Click here to reserve tickets.
GTI have been on Time Out's recommended list continuously for the past three years, we were in Jim Sweeney's Time Out Comic's Choice and were London Lite's 'Must Go' show in April 2007.
"At the forefront of the revival in impro, Grand Theft recalls the exuberant forays of Not Only But Also or Beyond The Fringe."
William Cook, The Guardian
"Simply marvellous."
Time Out
"A rumbustious night out"
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
"A unique brand of extreme theatre - they are always entertaining"
Daily Mirror
"These guys are great, enthusiastic, musical and most importantly funny."
Remote Goat