Shows

Whole Festival Pass
£105 / 90

Get access to the whole stunning international line-up with a steal of a ticket price that would even make Robin Hood blush. It’s so funny, you won’t believe it’s made up - and you won’t believe the bargain price either.

RHIIF Show Passes

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    Wednesday Pass

    £15
    Tickest to the opening night show and jam!

  • A single chair on a stage at Nottingham's Robin Hood International Improv Festival

    Thursday Pass

    £25
    Tickets to every show on Thursday Night!

  • A picture of audience members enjoying shows at Robin Hood International Improv Festival in Nottingham

    Friday Pass

    £25
    Tickets to every show on Friday Night!

  • A picture of audience members enjoying shows at Robin Hood International Improv Festival in Nottingham

    Saturday Pass

    £30
    Tickets to every show on Saturday Night,

  • A picture of audience members enjoying shows at Robin Hood International Improv Festival in Nottingham

    Sunday Pass

    £30
    Tickets to every show on Sunday Night

Wednesday 3rd September

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    All Request Radio // The Vox Pops

    19:30 (£9/£6)
    All Request Radio is a performance from one of our festival ensembles
    The Vox Pops is a Nottingham group, performing fast-paced, sketch improv.

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    Opening Night Jam

    20:45 (£8/£6)
    An improv jam where YOU could be the one of the stars of the show! Just put your name in the hat and you could be doing a scene on stage with some of the most talented improvisers around!

Thursday 4th September

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    The Homunculus /Sexy Yoga Improv Boys

    19:00 (£9 / £6)
    The Homunculus is two-prov comedy from Royal Television Society & Writers Guild Award nominees Tim Grewcock and Shaun Lowthian.
    Sexy Yoga Improv Boys bring clown and improv together and promise to be obnoxious.

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    The Hil & I / Landry & Summers

    20:15 (£9 / £6)
    The Hil & I - Kansas City, MO native Hilari Holt improvises with a with Sheri Flanders (Chicago, IL)
    Landry & Summers present A parody of Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd "Vermont Avenue", creating a story of fame, ambition, and the dark side of Hollywood.

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    Momentos de la Vida

    21:30 (£12 / £8)
    Momentos de la Vida is a cross discipline show exploring the power of black and white photography as stimulus for improvised scenes. Momentos De La Vida has been performed in Australia, Italy, France, Portugal, Austria, Columbia and Reunion Island.

Friday 5th September

  • Two images in one frame. The upper image is of two improvisers on stage, sitting, touching each other's faces. The lower image shows a yellow alarm clock with the words "Holy Spot presents, Just Another Yesterday" in yellow on a green background

    Mycelium/Yourcelium // Just Another Yesterday

    18:00 (£9 /£6)
    The Jess's's's present Mycelium / Yourcelium. Bring them an object found in nature and they will create a show about the tiny details found in the fantastical world we live in.

    Just Another Yesterday. Imagine you woke up and every day was yesterday. How would you feel? How would you react? What would you do with eternity?

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    TRE TING / THE SECRET SHOW

    19:15 (£9 / £6)

    TRE TING: “What´s on TV” is an improvised play performed by TRE TING(NO) that is set in a place where there is a TV, freely decided by the audience.

    The Secret Show: 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?

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    Maestro

    20:30 (£12 / £8)
    For the first time ever at the Robin Hood International Improv Festival, the legendary Keith Johnstone format Maestro™ takes the stage. Coached by world-class director Patti Stiles, this high-stakes improv competition features a cast of fearless local performers, international guests, and improv superstars. Scenes are cast at random, scored by the audience, and one by one, players are eliminated—until a single Maestro remains.

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    Diversity Jam

    21:45 (£9 / £6)

    Get ready for mayhem at The Robin Hood International Improv Festival Diversity Jam, hosted by RHIIF’s 2025 Guest Curator, Shaun Landry.
    Watch a lineup of ridiculously talented actors create chaos, comedy, and questionable life choices live onstage. It’s bold, brilliant, and not rehearsed — just the way improv (and life) should be!

Saturday 6th September

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    ImprompTwo

    18:00 (£12 / £8)

    ImprompTwo Presents: From Dawn To Dusk:
    The 1960s, a time of antiwar protests, countercultural movements, and the "generation gap." ImprompTwo returns to its roots with their deep dive into the gritty, American style of improvised theatre. Set in the midwest, where hard work is futile and dreams have gone by the wayside, From Dawn to Dusk explores 12 hours in the lives of people who keep going when everything is changing and nowhere feels right.

  • Spontaneous Potter

    19:00 (£18 / £16)


    Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office! A very magical improv show awaits...

    Spontaneous Potter is an entirely improvised wizarding comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fanfiction title. An entirely new Potter adventure is magically improvised on the spot - with live musical accompaniment! Accio tickets for this award-winning adult Potter parody.
    The Spontaneous Players is a trans-inclusive cast and company, and donates 10% of its annual profits to Gendered Intelligence.

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    The Comediasians / The Book Club

    20:15 (£9 / £6)

    The Comedeasians are the UK's premier pan-Asian improv group, and they're on a mission to bring laughs from the diasporASIA to the UK comedy scene.

    The Book Club like books -especially ones they haven’t actually read. Based on just the title of a non-existent masterpiece suggested by you, they delve into its plot, characters and themes with downright daft results.

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    The Bazaar

    21:30 (£12 / £8)

    The Bazaar is Europe’s first Middle Eastern, North African, and West Asian (SWANA) improv troupe.

    ''Arabian Nights Live!" is an interactive variety show with Music, Poetry, and dance- and with Improv at it's core.

    Audience suggestions blend with the epic myths of ‘The Arabian Nights’ and ‘The Shahnama’, celebrating the warmth, humour and quirks of the diaspora.

Sunday 7th September

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    Old Haunts

    18:00 (£12 / £9)

    Old Haunts: Every location possesses a unique history that resonates through the events, relationships, and emotions of the present. The "Spirits of the Space" illuminate the current scene, recount stories of the past, and navigate us through the unfolding narrative. *We aim to make this show accessible for visually impaired audiences by integrating audio description into the improvisation

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    HELIX / Herring & Chopsticks

    19:00 (£9 / £6)

    Helix is a show that takes you on a journey through different worlds that appear out of nowhere or last forever. All of this from just one single word.

    Herring & Chopsticks is an Asian duo in Scandinavia: Aree Witoelar & Yuehan Liu. Their show highlights the cultural differences in the world.

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    From The Other Side / Here's One We Didn't Make Earlier

    20:15 (£9 / £6)

    Here's One We Didn't Make Earlier:
    Improv set behind the scenes of your favourite childhood nautical-themed British TV show that’s named after a colour and a man.

    From The Other Side: Some strangers awaken in the afterlife, unraveling sins, secrets, and choices that shaped their lives.

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    Date Night / The Every-Timers

    21:30 (£9 / £6)
    Date Night use “encyclopaedic” knowledge of the past to bring history to, entirely made up on the spot. Featuring two Best Improv Show nominees and a selection of anachronistic hats.

    The Every-Timers:
    This unique group of performers — made up of people who have been to every RHIIF so far — will deliver something fun, silly, and completely singular to this special festival.