Recruitment at Hoopla About Hoopla Hoopla are the UK’s biggest improv school and the founders of the UK’s first ever improv theatre with a fun variety shows every night of the week featuring people who have trained with Hoopla plus guests. We support all styles of improv and have a variety of shows each night[…]
This is a free event for improvisers, improv groups, people who run improv nights, writers, sketch groups, comedians, actors and more to meet each other, share what they are up to and see if they could work & play together. A chance to work together on the future of London’s rapidly growing improv scene. These[…]
Here’s a list of improv friendly rehearsal spaces in London that don’t cost too much: The Rag Factory, off Brick Lane. The Miller, London Bridge. Calder Bookshop Theatre, Waterloo. Theatre Delicatessen, Liverpool Street. The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone. The New Diorama Studios, King’s Cross. Sitting Rooms: If you have understanding neighbours, or no neighbours, you can always[…]
We run a couple of improv festivals every year including our UK and Ireland Improv Festival in April and our big Hoopla Improv Marathon in September. We’re also going to be taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe and Vault Festival each year where we showcase the best groups to have come out of Hoopla.[…]
The Dead Poet’s Society of improv. After our main shows on Fridays and Saturdays at our Improv Comedy Club we occasionally have free bonus late night shows. The Night Tube features improvisers from across the London improv scene converging on The Miller in the dead of night after their main shows to try out wild, experimental, never[…]
The following courses have an end of course show at our improv comedy club: >> Level 2, Performance Improv Course >> Level 3, Long-Form Improv Course >> Level 4, Advanced Long-Form Courses >> Stand Up Comedy Course >> Sketch Comedy Course All end of course shows are free and open to anyone to come along and[…]
Jams An open to everyone improv jam with a playful mix of games, scenes and long-form. Open to anyone to sign up in advance and then come along and perform, like a mix between a workshop and a show. We start with a warm up to help everyone get to know each other and then[…]
An action-packed improv knockout tournament where 6 teams plus special guests battle it out for improv supremacy. Want to play? We take *literally* anyone. And you don’t need 5 players. Or to play football. Please email [email protected] if you’d like to take part in Improv 5- a- side. In addition to the pre- booked teams[…]
A fun and friendly night featuring various new groups, new shows and new formats. Featuring new improvisers as well as experienced improvisers trying out new stuff. This is the place for improvisers to experiment, try out new stuff, get more stage time, get some more experience and have some fun in one big night of[…]
Other nights booking improv groups Hoopla: See performing opportunities at Hoopla. The Miller: All of Hoopla’s shows are based at The Miller and the pub also sometimes has other spots available outside of Hoopla. The Nursery: This is a great theatre who we also work closely with. They are also great at developing new improv shows, sometimes[…]
Where to form a group Extending a house team run Our house teams have a set run with a Hoopla director. After that many of them put the effort to keep going as an independent group. In fact many of our main weekend groups started out like that including Michelle, The Descendents, Gamez and more.[…]
Welcome to the Hoopla Improv Podcast! The podcast all about the who, what and where of improv. Each week, I’ll be chatting to some of the best improvisers from the Hoopla faculty and beyond as we explore their favourite improv exercises, top tips, behind the scenes gossip and who they would want at their dream[…]