Showstopper! The Improvised Musical at the Pleasance Courtyard – Grand until 25 August 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The Showstoppers are no novices when it comes to realising a new musical based on random audience shout-outs on the day.
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The Showstoppers announce live-stream festive show
Olivier Award winners The Showstoppers will once again offer home-based theatre lovers the Christmas gift of a special festive flavoured live-stream improvised musical. Falling half way through The Showstoppers’ West End residency at the Lyric Theatre, the improv-specialists’ final show of 2021 will be live-streamed at 7.30pm on 18 December 2021. The performance will be […]
Five month West End residency at the Lyric Theatre for Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Improv specialists The Showstoppers will return to the West End’s Lyric Theatre in November for the first in a five-month season of monthly shows With two live shows left to play at The Showstoppers’ current residency, the Garrick Theatre, on 27 September and 11 October, the Olivier Award-winners have confirmed they will be taking their […]
Showstoppers plan second Alternative Eurovision Song Contest online fundraiser
Olivier Award-winning improv specialists The Showstoppers will be joined by a number of special star guests for the second Alternative Eurovision Song Contest fundraiser on 15 May 2021. The team which kept lockdown audiences entertained in 2020 will be aiming to build on last year’s glitter and fun-filled Eurovision-themed event which raised £7,500 for The […]
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Garrick Theatre
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical continues its residency at the Garrick Theatre, London until 22 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This reviewer will never tire of seeing The Showstoppers company perform. Each production in its own right is a once in a lifetime experience for cast, crew and audience that […]
West End return for The Showstoppers with new season at the Garrick
After months of keeping homebound theatre-lovers entertained, improv specialists The Showstoppers are heading out of their homes and into the West End to play six Monday night shows at the Garrick Theatre. The team who turned their last West End performance at the Lyric Theatre in March into an impromptu live-stream event which has been […]
Showstopper! The (Socially Distanced) Improvised Musical LIVE
Showstopper! The (Socially Distanced) Improvised Musical LIVE Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I confess I have never seen The Showstoppers in the flesh though I know many people who have. It’s rather delightful that I saved up my first Showstopper! experience to have it online in this socially distanced world in a […]
Showstoppers to return with second socially distanced improv musical
Improv specialists The Showstoppers are continuing on their mission to keep stay-at-home theatre-lovers entertained by unveiling a second new fully improvised musical online later this month. After selling over 600 tickets, attracting 1,911 content-suggestions and a total of 1,184 views, the team will return for another socially distanced, completely improvised musical on 28 August at […]
Showstoppers to debut new social distanced improv musical
Improv specialists The Showstoppers are continuing on their mission to keep stay-at-home UK entertained by unveiling a brand new fully improvised musical online this week. Following on from their successful song-in-a-day challenges and Alternative Eurovision and Online Storytime adventures, The Showstoppers will live-stream The Socially Distanced Improvised Musical at 7.30 pm on 21 July 2020. […]
Star judges and guest performances for Showstoppers’ Eurovision alternative
A host of stay-at-home stars and celebrities will join in the fun when The Showstoppers Alternative Eurovision Song Contest streams live on Facebook from 8pm (GMT) on 15 May 2020. Christopher Biggins, Arlene Phillips, London Hughes and Claire Sweeney will take on judging details with comedian and presenter Tom Allen commentating on the action. Presented […]
Derren Brown welcomes new Showstoppers challenge song
Double Olivier Award-winning illusionist Derren Brown has expressed his delight at the results of his challenge to The Showstoppers to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. The latest star to put The Showstoppers to the test had asked the team to create a song inspired by the difficulties of dealing with his […]
Showstoppers to stream alternative Eurovision show
Improvisation specialists The Showstoppers have turned their attention to filling the void left by the cancellation of both the Eurovision Song Contest and its popular home-grown companion piece West End Eurovision. Featuring new songs parodying everyone’s favourite Eurovision styles, The Showstoppers Alternative Eurovision Song Contest will stream live on Facebook from 8pm (GMT) on 15 […]
The Showstoppers’ 24-Hour Challenge song ‘Daddy’s Your Teacher Now!’ wows Ramin Karimloo
West End and Broadway star Ramin Karimloo has expressed his delight at the results of his challenge to The Showstoppers to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. Aided and abetted by his son Hadley, the youngest-ever Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera had challenged the improvisation specialists to create a song […]
Ramin Karimloo issues second 24-hour Showstoppers song challenge
West End and Broadway star Ramin Karimloo has followed Elaine Paige to issue a challenge to The Showstoppers to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. Aided and abetted by his son Hadley, the youngest-ever Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera has challenged the improvisation specialists to create a song about home […]
Watch The Showstoppers’ response to Elaine Paige’s 24-Hour Lockdown Challenge
Elaine Paige has taken to social media again to congratulate The Showstoppers’ team on their response to her challenge to compose a musical theatre song in just 24 hours. The musical theatre legend who asked the improvisation specialists to create a song about home-isolation in the style of her favourite musical, West Side Story has […]
