Leicester Comedy Festival This Weekend!

Europe’s biggest comedy festival kicks off this week with ComedySportz and The Totally Improvised Musical for more quick-witted fun and games this Sunday, 9th February. Once again we will be performing at the fantastic Peter Pizzeria FOR ONE DAY ONLY! (Pizza and comedy? What's not to love?)

ComedySportz sees two teams go for gold with quick-witted gags and games so don’t miss the festival’s funniest family friendly fixture! Who wins? YOU decide! The fun kicks off at 4pm. Get your tickets here.

Speaking of winners, The Totally Improvised Musical picked up an award nomination* at last years festival with a musical called Vampires From Hull. Will we win something this year? Come and give us an award-winning title and we’ll compose a brand-new comedy musical on the spot! Curtains up at 7pm for the opening and closing night of your very own show. Get your tickets here.

Europe's biggest and longest-running comedy festival, Leicester Comedy Festival is celebrating its 32nd year in 2025 with its biggest year to date. This years festival features 720 shows across 72 venues from big name acts to the rising stars of UK comedy.

Celebrating its seventh year in 2025, The UK Kids Comedy Festival features over 64 events in 29 venues. The UK Kids' Comedy Festival's key focus is to engage children in creative and social contact with others and provide shows for all the family to enjoy.

OTHER SHOWS THIS MONTH:

Can't make it to the Leicester Comedy Festival? On the 15th February, The Totally Improvised Musical returns to Chorley Theatre for two more brand-new comedy musicals. These shows often sell out so be sure to book your tickets soon!

Then to finish off the month we have a ComedySportz double header weekend with shows at Waterside Arts, Sale and Hot Water Comedy Club, Liverpool on the 22nd and 23rd February respectively. This will be our last ComedySportz match at Waterside until June so don’t miss it!

And for a sneak peak into March, The Totally Improvised Musical returns to The Peer Hat in Manchester for a new run of monthly shows starting on 4th March then back to Blackburn Empire Theatre! Tickets for these shows and plenty more are on sale now.

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*Nominated Best Variety Show - Leicester Comedy Festival 2024

Totally Buxton Fringe 2024!

The Totally Improvised Musical returns to Buxton Fringe in July for two more days of musical mayhem and tickets have just gone on sale! Each show composed on the spot from a title given by the audience. A total sell-out at Buxton Fringe 2023, the show has been garnering rave reviews and award-nominations ever since. So book now whilst you still can... link below!

The shows are hosted by Underground Venues, who have long been known for their exciting programme of events by Buxton festival attendees. This year Underground are moving into Buxton's Spring Gardens, converting an old retail unit into a fully fledged theatre. It's an exciting new chapter for Underground, and their 19th season at the festival. Don't miss their fantastic line-up of comedy, theatre and spoken word shows. Buxton Fringe runs 3rd-21st July 2024.

Tickets on sale now!

Not seen one of our shows before? Every night is opening night with The Totally Improvised Musical. The story, songs and "choreography" are made up on the spot by the cast. Nominated for Best Variety Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February and has been receiving glowing reviews from audiences and critics alike. What will your show be about? The only way to find out is to book a ticket:

The Totally Improvised Musical | July 6th-7th 2024 | Underground Venues @ Spring Gardens, Buxton | 4.15pm | TICKETS

Stay up to date with the latest on all of our upcoming shows and events. Sign up to our mailing list today. Check out the Totally Improvised Musical page for more upcoming dates including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.

We've been nominated!

The Totally Improvised Musical has been nominated for an award at the 2024 Leicester Comedy Festival. The show is nominated for Best Variety Show. Winners will be announced in just a couple of weeks.

Our Leicester Comedy Festival show was titled Vampires From Hull and was a frightfully funny tale set in a besieged Wetherspoons. It's not often a comedy musical has almost everyone die at the end, but maybe the unexpected pathos got us the nomination!

See what all the fuss is about and catch one of our shows! We are back at Fierce Bar, Manchester on Wednesday 6th March. You'll see the opening and closing night of two brand new comedy musicals there on the first Wednesday of every month. You can also catch us at Waterside Arts in Sale on Friday 19th April. We'll be back at Chorley Theatre on Saturday 1st June. Our last Chorley show sold out so book early!

The show has received an incredible response so far. The first show was planned for March 2020 and... well, you know what happened. Then, after waiting over a year before our debut show could take place, the show has really grown. We have had sold out shows, rave reviews from critics and audiences and now an award nomination from Europe's largest dedicated comedy festival.

We've created musicals about evil grannies, singing tube drivers, mermaids, snowmen, hobbits, zombies, gardeners, vampires, lawnmowers, mobsters on holiday and more. What will your show be about...? Book your tickets now to find out!

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Upcoming Shows!

Thanks to everyone who came to our Leicester Comedy Festival shows and sold-out Totally Improvised Musical at Chorley Theatre this month! Missed out? Don't worry because we have plenty more shows coming up in the next couple of months...

ComedySportz is back at Waterside Arts on Saturday 24th February for more all action, all improvised and award-winning competitive comedy fun! And don't miss our March Mayhem Match on Saturday 30th March. We'll be putting the power in the audiences hands as you pick the teams, the games and the winners. We'll also be choosing two audience members at random to act as coaches to the players and get some sweet swag for their efforts!

The Totally Improvised Musical moves to the first Wednesday of every month at Fierce Bar, Manchester starting Wednesday 6th March. Your very own comedy musical composed on the fly by our players - if we use your title you also get a free pin badge. If that's not worth the price of admission, we don't know what is! We'll also be bringing the musical fun to Waterside Arts on Friday 19th April - tickets are on sale now.

Want to try your hand at improv? Sign up to our one day Improv Crash Course on Saturday 4th May! Get regular updates on all of our upcoming shows and workshops and sign up to our mailing list. Alternatively, you can follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram and Tik Tok. Got a question about our upcoming courses? Drop us an email today!

Leicester Comedy Festival

We are delighted to announce that both ComedySportz and The Totally Improvised Musical will be returning to the UK's longest running comedy festival next February! With the official programme launching today and all tickets now on sale, we're excited to be back at The Leicester Comedy Festival in 2024.

ComedySportz sees two teams go for gold with quick-witted gags and games. Join us for an afternoon of fast-paced, feelgood fun on Sunday 11th February. With points determined by audience laughter, it is up to you to decide which team will be leaving Leicester victorious or in defeat. Either way, we promise that the real winners will be you, the audience! Tickets for ComedySportz are available here.

“ComedySportz is a show that is fun for kids and adults alike,” says Sean. “From shouting out suggestions to joining us on the pitch this a show that everyone can get involved in.” 

Then, later that evening, The Totally Improvised Musical returns for the opening night of another brand new comedy musical based on a title given by the audience. Scenes, songs and stories are made up on the spot and there may even be some dancing. “The person whose title is picked gets a free pin badge. If that’s not enough to tempt you in, I don’t know what is,” adds Bron. “It’s a really nice pin badge.” 

Previous show titles have included Frankenstein Joins an Acapella Group, Lawnmowers: The Musical, My Grandma Is a Parasite, Thomas the Tank Engine in Hell and Penguins Don’t Eat Cheese. “Some nights you end up singing a really touching love song and sometimes you end up doing a dance about ham,” adds Sean. “Every night is totally different which makes the show special for the audience that watched it. It’s not to be missed!” 

Tickets for The Totally Improvised Musical are available here.

About Leicester Comedy Festival

Leicester Comedy Festival is the longest running comedy festival in the UK, having taken place every February since 1994, and now regularly attracts over 120,000 people to venues across Leicester and Leicestershire throughout the 19 days.  Following sold out shows at the Buxton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals earlier this year, we hope you'll join us for some award-winning improv comedy next February!

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