Improbable have announced the full cast and creative team for An Improbable Musical, which opens at the Exeter Northcott on 27 September before a limited London run at Hackney Empire from 21 October and a tour in Spring 2023.

Clarke Joseph-Edwards (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) will join Aya Nakamura (Famous Puppet Death Scenes) who directs puppetry and performs, bringing to life an array of objects, puppets, and Improbable’s trademark materials like paper, and sticky tape. The show is directed by Improbable Co-Artistic Director Lee Simpson who also performs in this production alongside a group of highly experienced improvisers includes Josie Lawrence (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Good Omens, Amazon/BBC), Ruth Bratt (Showstopper! The Improvised Musical), and Niall Ashdown (Tristan and Yseult, Kneehigh).

An Improbable Musical seeks to expand the vocabulary of what we think improvisation can do by incorporating puppetry and material animation, movement and music in a fully improvised show. It could be hilarious or heart-breaking, anarchic or eerily atmospheric, but it is definitely essential viewing for anyone who likes their theatre as live as it gets.

Lee Simpson said: “An Improbable Musical is different from most improv shows because it’s not an improv version of a well-known genre. This show starts from nowhere, could end up anywhere and has no idea how it is going to get there. That means each show is truly made by the people on stage and how they respond moment to moment. Even by improv standards this is a high wire act with no safety net.”

The musical devisor and director is Christopher Ash (Showstopper! The Improvised Musical) who also performs with versatile musicians Max Gittings on flute, Joley Cragg on percussion and Juliet Colyer on cello.

The show is designed by E Mallin Parry, with lighting by Colin Grenfell, sound by Oscar Thompson and Will Thompson, and movement direction by Pauline Mayers.

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