Animal Understudy Description Two people play a scene based on a suggestion from the audience. Whenever the host shouts “understudy” two other actors rush in to be their understudies, but the understudies are animals instead of humans. The animals carry on in the scene for a bit, and when the host shouts “actors” the original[…]
Props Description Two people are playing a scene and they keep mentioning and using various props/objects/vehicles that are played by the rest of the cast. Example Player A: They’re getting away, we’ve got to get after them! Jump in the speedboat! The players jump into a speedboat made up of some other players. Player B:[…]
Meanwhile Description Two actors start a scene, everyone else is on the side of the stage. The host every now and again shouts “meanwhile…” and then gives the cast a suggestion for a scene inspired by the current scene. For instance “meanwhile back in the bat cave”. Two different cast members then come on and[…]
The Hoopla Improv Marathon The Hoopla Improv Marathon is BACK Friday 22nd to Saturday 23rd September 2023! Once a year in September we run shows almost NON-STOP back to back from 7pm Friday until midnight Saturday. Shows run through the evening, late night, through the small hours of the morning, through the daytime, through the[…]
Hoopla UK & Ireland Improv Festival We will be gathering the best groups in the UK & Ireland in one place, Hoopla Impro! From Friday 26th – Saturday 27th April 2019. The weekend will be a mix of headline acts and new groups from around the UK & Ireland who are looking to perform to[…]
Women in Improv Hoopla are constantly working to increase the numbers of women in improv and comedy: Over half of our teacher team are women. Over half of our regular performers are women. Over half of our management team are women. All of our shows are booked and promoted by a female Producer. Over half[…]
LGBT+ Hoopla are constantly working to improve the numbers of LGBT+ people in improv and comedy, following our diversity and accessibility policy: We always have at least 3 LGBT+ people in our core teaching team. We have multiple LGBT+ people in our core show teams and house teams. Our shows are regularly hosted by LGBT+[…]
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Hoopla Fresh A weekly FREE stand up show every Monday at Hoopla featuring new acts and people who have recently finished Hoopla’s stand up courses and sketch comedy courses PLUS special guests performing new material. Dates: Every Monday (except if we have an end of course show on). Times: Doors open 7:30pm, show 8pm –[…]
Hoopla Main Stage Every Friday AND Every Saturday, 8pm – 10pm, Hoopla at The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London Bridge, SE1 3SS. This is the best in improv featuring our most experienced Hoopla House Teams, Hoopla teachers, professional groups featuring people who trained with Hoopla, and special guests from the UK improv scene. At our[…]
Hoopla Pre-Party Saturdays, 6pm – 7:30pm, FREE, Hoopla at The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London Bridge, SE1 3SS. This is a great place for your show to start. This is a fun free show of up and coming new Hoopla House Teams, new groups formed at Hoopla courses, and guest groups developing new formats. This[…]
Hoopla Clubhouse Every Thursday, 8pm – 10pm, Hoopla at The Miller, 96 Snowsfields Road, London Bridge, SE1 3SS. A weekly night of improv featuring our Hoopla House Teams plus special guests. This is where people on our established house teams get to perform every week and build up a huge amount of stage experience before[…]