2026

Check out all the fun we had at the London improv festival 2026!!

Take a peek at the crowd sourced pictures of the 2026 festival on this drive. (Please add your pics too!!!)

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THE FULL 2026 PROGRAM

2026 festival headliners

2026 the London improv festival ensemble

2026 shows

yes, also Live Podcast recording with Suzi Barrett and her guest Lelda Kapsis
CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS
the London improv festival headliners play with Sundae
Ooh La La (Portland)
The Bloopers (London)
Derek's MoJo (London)
Hard Pass (LA and Boston)
headline show featuring Suzi and Ryan (LA)
Plinky Plonk (London) with Achilles Stamatelaky
The Kingdom Kids (Vermont)
At Home (Sheffield and Liverpool)
The Show That Goes Backwards (London)
Smoke Break (Berlin)
Burn the Script (London)
Dough Dough (LA)
Lobster Tango (London)
headline show featuring Achilles Stamatelaky and Connor Ratliff (NYC)
Loo-Prov! (London) with Suzi Barrett
Fünfdollar (Berlin) with Ryan Gaul
Egg Squish It - Improvised Nordic Noir (Oslo)
IMPEERIUM (Tallinn)
Somewhat Theatre (London and Cambridge)
Bear Milk (Berlin)
Couch (Glasgow)
the London improv festival ensemble
Slumber Party (London)
finale show with guest monologist Britt Pay

2026 adjudication panel

2026 workshops

2026 free events

panel: setting up and running an indie team

Adrian (Burn the Script) and Yoshina (Ooh La La) chat about their experiences setting up and running super successful, award winning Indie Improv Teams.

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panel: developing new improv shows

Karolina (Stella) and Kim (A Curious Demise) discuss the ways they’ve developed new improv shows - what worked, what didn’t, what was fun and what drove them bonkers!!

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panel: improv and social media

Liberty (Pretty Little Improvisers) and Paul are both improvisers and highly recognised Social Media creators. They discussing the ways they create content, how they use social media with their improv and how improv helps their social media.

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coaches skills share

A chance for all improv coaches (new and experienced) to share exercises, chat about challenges and discuss ways we can all improve our improv coaching.
late night jam

An ‘everyone is welcome, we all get the chance to play’ jam that happens after all the shows.
afternoon tea and matinee jam

The most relaxed and British Jam possible- served with scones and cream.
Bandwagon (The Improv Experiment)

What is an improviser without a single thought? When do you run out of ideas? At Bandwagon we are trying to answer those questions. Audience members watch the last 30 minutes of a 6 hour set.
treasure hunt

The London part of The London Improv Festival. With so many visiting artists, we want to make sure they have the opportunity to see some of the sights London has to offer… and being improvisers we need to gather in teams and turn sight seeing into a game!!
finale pizza party

A Blanche event is not complete without a pizza party!
brunch

A very relaxed gathering of some fairly exhausted improvisers, chatting about the fun times we all had at the festival over a coffee and croissant.
festival bingo

What was on your festival bingo card?