LITTLE JOHN IMPROV Shows and COURSES
This is where the laughs are
Little John Improv brings the best improv shows to Nottingham. From our own homegrown talent to some of the highest regarded improvisers from the UK and around the world, we provide a stage for fantastic shows. We also help develop local talent with workshops and courses. We exist to keep the aims of the Robin Hood International Improv Festival alive all year round, by creating the best in improvised theatre and comedy. Check out a show or come take a workshop.
Little John Improv also offers more courses and workshops in Nottingham than anyone else and has fast become the destination for those wanting to learn improv. We have world-class improvisers part of our teaching faculty including those who run the improv programme at Nottingham Playhouse. If you are interested in classes check out this page, or get in touch for more information at littlejohnimprovnotts@gmail.com
August Shows & Workshops
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Tues 11th: Loose Goose Free Workshop - Improvise Songs (with Joe Samuel)
19:00 - 20:00 (FREE BUT BOOKING REQUIRED)
In the first of our free Loose Goose workshops, spend an hour making up incredible improvised songs with a professional improvised musical director. Joe Samuel will give you the space and the confidence to create improvised songs out of thin air.
Joe is the Musical Director of Brighton-based company The Maydays. He is a classically trained pianist and violinist and is one of only a handful of professional improviser musicians in the world. He has directed and played for a baffling array of improv troupes both in the UK and across Europe as well, as playing at iO in Chicago and being the musical director of Improv Festivals in Barcelona, Poland, Romania, Finland, The Netherlands and Dublin.We recommend you have some basic improv experience and are happy to sing in front of others before you book your place.
Book your free place now. Only 12 places.
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TUES 11TH: LOOSE GOOSE (With added music)
20:00 (FREE)
Loose Goose is fun, friendly and FREE to come along. It's where improvisers come to create new work for the evening and where anyone can come to see the chaos unfold.
A gaggle of improvised funtimes. All experience levels welcome. Anyone can play and be put into a team for the night - or you can just watch if you prefer.
This week there will be musical and non-musical gaggles you can be part of.Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook event of just turn up on the night.
Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at Fisher Gate Point. 1 Fisher Gate Point, Nottingham NG1 1GD.Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook using the button below.
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Sat 15th: The Secret Show
19:30 (£8)
Juicy confessions, awkward mishaps and scandalous secrets all get exposed at The Secret Show. What’s the one thing you’ve never told a soul? The Secret Show turns your anonymous whispers into laugh-out-loud scenes.
It’s funny, it’s daring, it’s unique… and it’s all about you. Don’t miss the chance to see your secrets come to life in ways you never imagined. Confess. Laugh. Repeat.
THIS MONTH’S GUEST ACT: RAM JAM
Derby's newest long-form improv comedy drop-in has broken out! Served on a classic La Ronde dish, the Ram Jam bring to life tales from imaginary English towns - murder on the bowls green, riots at the public toilets, or just a long day at the local castle - inspired by YOU!
PLEASE NOTE:
This month’s show is upstairs in Fisher Gate Point. We make a point of only booking rooms that are wheelchair accessible but the venue have swapped us to one that is not at fairly short notice. We will be back to normal next month and apologise for the inconvenience. -
Tues 25th: Loose Goose Free Workshop - Add A Reason To Your Scene (with Lloydie)
19:00 - 20:00 (FREE BUT BOOKING REQUIRED)
Ever wondered why your scene doesn’t have the power you would like it to have? Little John Improv and Robin Hood International Improv Festival co-director Lloydie James Lloyd will spend an hour with you working on finding the “why” for your character, and giving you a chance to play lots of scenes over one hour.
Lloydie is a professional improviser and podcaster. He co-founded the Robin Hood International Improv Festival and Rhymes Against Humanity - The Improvised Musical. He also improvises with Liam Webber as “The Clones” and with Katy Schutte and Sam Marshall in the Sondheim inspired “Brand New Musical”. He is producer / voice artist on the award nominated National Trust podcast “Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers”.
Book your free place now. Only 12 places.
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Tues 25th: Loose Goose
20:00 (FREE)
Loose Goose is fun, friendly and FREE to come along. It's where improvisers come to create new work for the evening and where anyone can come to see the chaos unfold.
A gaggle of improvised funtimes. All experience levels welcome. Anyone can play and be put into a team for the night - or you can just watch if you prefer.
Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook event of just turn up on the night.
Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at Fisher Gate Point. 1 Fisher Gate Point, Nottingham NG1 1GD.Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook using the button below.
This is an open to all improv performance in Nottingham on Tuesday 14th July 2026.