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The most fun & friendly place to learn improv in the UK.
Our improv classes and courses are open to everyone, no previous experience of impro, acting or comedy needed. Complete beginners are welcome. Improv is for everyone.
We have the most experienced teachers in the UK who create a warm & supportive atmosphere where you are free to play and be yourself.
Hoopla have been running for over 14 years and are the UK’s biggest improvisation training school, teaching 1000s of people every year.
Hoopla are the founders of the UK’s 1st improv comedy club. Recommended by Time Out, The Evening Standard, The Metro and The Daily Telegraph.
Our theatre has shows 7 nights a week featuring people who have trained with Hoopla, and a warm welcoming community for you to join and support you with ongoing performance opportunities.
Hoopla also provide fun and engaging corporate training for clients including Google, Facebook, Apple, ITV, Accenture, PWC, Imperial College, World Economic Forum, AMV BBDO, Linked In, NBC Universal, London Business School & Comedy Central.
The capital’s best improv. The UK’s first improv comedy club.
The BEST course I have ever done in London - learned some amazing new skills that can be applied in both personal and professional lives and the funniest 2.5 hours a week I can remember!
In one class, I laughed so hard that I cried, full-on shaking with laughter, as tears streamed down my face.
Great place to go and watch amazing improv. The best comedy venue to watch improvised comedy in London.
The supportive atmosphere ensures that even complete beginners will have the confidence to grow their skills.
Hoopla's workshops are supportive and collaborative.
Epic epic epic place. Crazy fun. Took an improv course with Hoopla, it was the best ever. Don't hesitate to go there, just go!!!
I felt empowered and energised. So much so that I took the next course level and did my first public performance.
If improvisation floats your boat you should head to Hoopla. There’s fewer better ways to see what spur-of-the-moment comedy London has to offer.
Improv does not find a better home, than at Hoopla in London.
The finest off-the-cuff troupes on the circuit.
Signing up for improv classes helped my shyness to melt away.
Sign up! It's the most fun you can have as an adult without being medicated
Everywhere you look, huge grins suggest an enthusiasm and an attentiveness that is rarely seen in a course.
Thanks for the workshop. All the feedback has been extremely positive! The team loved it!
Hoopla always puts on the best nights and is an amazing supportive place to learn! Have nothing but great things to say about them.... Get involved EVERYONE!!!
My anxiety evaporated in that room. My stage fright transformed into excitement, and I became dynamic, more spontaneous. Happier.
This introduction to improvisation will teach the skills you'll need to master scenes, stories and sketches in a relaxed environment.
The workshop really helps you internalise important skills like really listening, not dismissing others’ ideas out of hand and allowing yourself to speak up.
I now regularly try to make room for improv and play time in my life. The three hours of laughter do wonders for my stress levels, and afterwards I sleep without a care.
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Level 1: Beginners improv course
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Level 2: Performance improv course
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Level 3: Scenes improv course
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Level 4: Long-form course
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Level 5: Advanced improv courses
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Ongoing performing opportunities
Hoopla also do drop-in workshops, taster days, stand up courses and sketch courses.
Already done some improv or acting training and not sure where to start? Go to our FAQ to find out!
October
- Sat 26th OctWorkshop: beginners/Back to basics>
- Mon 28th OctCourse starts: beginners>
- Wed 30th OctCourse starts: stand up>
November
- Sat 2nd NovWorkshop: Scenes scenes scenes>
- Mon 4th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Tue 5th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Wed 6th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Thu 7th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Thu 7th NovCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Sat 9th NovCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Sat 9th NovCourse starts: STAGECRAFT INTENSIVE>
- Mon 11th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Mon 11th NovCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Mon 11th NovCourse starts: Level 4 Long-form>
- Tue 12th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Tue 12th NovCourse Starts: Level 3 Scenes>
- Tue 12th NovCourse Starts: Stand Up>
- Wed 13th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Wed 13th NovCourse Starts: Level 3 Scenes>
- Wed 13th NovCourse starts: Level 4 Long-form>
- Wed 13th NovCourse starts: Clown>
- Thu 14th NovCourse starts: beginners>
- Thu 14th NovCourse starts: Level 4 Long-form>
- Sat 16th NovWorkshop: beginners/back to basics>
- Mon 18th NovCourse Starts: Level 3 Scenes>
- Wed 20th NovCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Sat 23rd NovWorkshop: emotional honesty>
- Sat 30th NovWorkshop: Character>
December
- Sat 7th DecWorkshop: Beginners/back to basics>
- Sat 14th DecWorkshop: Beginners/back to basics>
January
- Mon 13th JanCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Tue 14th JanCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Wed 15th JanCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Thu 16th JanCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Sat 18th JanCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Mon 20th JanCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Wed 22nd JanCourse starts: Level 2 Performance>
- Mon 27th JanCourse Starts: Level 3 Scenes>
- Tue 28th JanCOURSE starts: Level 4 Long-form>
- Tue 28th JanCourse starts: Stand up>
February
- Thu 6th FebCourse Starts: Level 3 Scenes>
- Mon 10th FebCOURSE starts: Level 4 Long-form>
- Tue 11th FebCourse Starts: Level 3 Scenes>
- Wed 12th FebCourse Starts: Level 3 Scenes>
London improv classes & courses
Our classes are incredibly fun and enjoyable. Hoopla create a really safe, trusting, supportive and playful atmosphere and there is a lot of laughter in the room!
Our teachers inspire people to try all of the different styles of improvisation including short-
We teach through play and aim to help you discover the joy of improvising.
We support and encourage all styles of improvised comedy and theatre and have built up a vibrant, welcoming, open to all community of improvisers. Even after our courses we continue to work with our improvisers to help them be part of the UK’s rapidly growing community.
Our Level 1: Beginners Improv Course is an 8 week course for beginners to learn the core skills of improvisation in a fun, friendly and supportive environment. You don’t need any drama, acting, comedy or impro experience whatsoever.
Our Level 2: Performance Improv Course is an 8 week course to gently introduce you into performing on stage for the first time, with a showcase performance of short-
Our Level 3: Scenes Improv Course is our ultimate scenes course to make you awesome at improvising character and relationship driven scenes in a fun, playful and spontaneous Hoopla style! With a show at the end.
Our Level 4: Long Form Improv Course is an 8 week course exploring longer scenes in greater depth, and how to have fun connecting scenes together with tags and edits. With a showcase performance at the end.
Our Level 5: Advanced Long-Form Courses offer the chance to learn and perform a variety of different styles including improvised narrative, improvised movies, improvised theatre, character, harolds, clown, and musicals.
People from Hoopla courses receive amazing ongoing performing opportunities with the chance to perform on a weekly basis in one of the Hoopla House Teams at Hoopla’s Theatre.