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.
January Shows and Courses
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TUES 13TH: LOOSE GOOSE
20:00 (FREE)
Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at Fisher Gate Point. 1 Fisher Gate Point, Nottingham NG1 1GD.Come fly the friendly skies and have some improv fun ....What noise does the goose make? HOOOONNNK!!!!
Loose Goose is fun, friendly and FREE to come along.
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.
Come fly the friendly skies - HONK!
Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook event or just turn up on the night.
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Making It Up - Core Skills
This is a Nottingham Playhouse course and it runs for 10 weeks. Fridays, 16 Jan - 27 Mar (ex. 20 Feb).
This group will teach you how to create theatre out of nothing. Using improvisational techniques, you will learn how discovery ‘in the moment’ leads to fascinating characters, interesting scenes and moments of comedy that you would never have been able to plan.Over a period of ten weeks, you will learn the art of collaborative scene work and become a team of players that support each other on stage and off while each discovering your unique comedic voice.
At the end of term, you will put everything into practice and perform a showcase for an audience.
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Sat 17th: 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.
Slip us your secrets before the show—no names, no judgments, just pure inspiration. Our cast of improvisers will transform your hidden truths into outrageous sketches, and unforgettable stories—all made up on the spot.
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.
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Tues 27th: Loose Goose
20:00 (FREE)
Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at Fisher Gate Point. 1 Fisher Gate Point, Nottingham NG1 1GD.Come fly the friendly skies and have some improv fun ....What noise does the goose make? HOOOONNNK!!!!
Loose Goose is fun, friendly and FREE to come along.
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.
Come fly the friendly skies - HONK!
Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook event of just turn up on the night.
February Shows and Courses
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Musical Improv 101
Musical Improv 101 (with Naomi Murden)
This course will be every Monday from 6pm - 8pm, starting on Monday 2nd February 2026 and running for six week (final class being Monday 9th March).
Have the most fun learning how to make songs up in the moment and create improvised scenes that turn into show stopping numbers.This course from Little John Improv (in association with Rhymes Against Humanity) will get to make your own kind of music - and sing your own songs. This course is designed to give you the skills to make up different styles of improvised songs with others and to deliver them with confidence. -
TUES 13TH: LOOSE GOOSE
20:00 (FREE)
Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at Fisher Gate Point. 1 Fisher Gate Point, Nottingham NG1 1GD.Come fly the friendly skies and have some improv fun ....What noise does the goose make? HOOOONNNK!!!!
Loose Goose is fun, friendly and FREE to come along.
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.
Come fly the friendly skies - HONK!
Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook event or just turn up on the night.
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Sat 17th: 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.
Slip us your secrets before the show—no names, no judgments, just pure inspiration. Our cast of improvisers will transform your hidden truths into outrageous sketches, and unforgettable stories—all made up on the spot.
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.
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Tues 27th: Loose Goose
20:00 (FREE)
Join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at Fisher Gate Point. 1 Fisher Gate Point, Nottingham NG1 1GD.Come fly the friendly skies and have some improv fun ....What noise does the goose make? HOOOONNNK!!!!
Loose Goose is fun, friendly and FREE to come along.
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.
Come fly the friendly skies - HONK!
Want to play? Sign up on our Facebook event of just turn up on the night.