The Improvisator

Burnistoun from youtube - but any further?

There are alot of good youtube videos that I have seen in the last years, and I have a clear list of favourates. The kitchen diary sketch by the beardy man was the best bit of music, I loved transformer owl that came from Japan, and the fosters advert is easily my favourate commercial. But there have been a few that have made it to TV, this is one that I think should go even further however. When will Burnistoun take its deserved place in national primetime TV? How strange it is that the BBC has at last produced a sketch show that could, with a little time, reach the heights of The Fast Show and even Harry and Paul, but consigns it to a little known corner of the iPlayer, other than for viewers in Scotland.

Starring Iain Connell and Robert Florence who have the ability for getting the most out of some terrifically funny More

Nick Helm: Keep Hold of the Gold. Review

Nick Helm has been performing stand up since 2007 and his latest full length show Keep Hold of the Gold is certain to put him well and truly on the map as a startlingly original comedian that we are bound to see much more of in the future.

A favourite of comedians and hardcore comedy fans Helm is brave, different and complicated and his hour long show reflects that to the point where some members of the audience were perhaps More

The Rupert Pupkin Collective

“The Rupert Pupkin Collective” are stalwarts of the impro scene and are made up of Stephen Frost, Andy Smart, Ian Coppingger, Dave Johns and Steve Steen. They have been working and improvising together for the past 30 years so I was really excited to see this group of professionals at the Gilded Balloon doing what they do best. The format was what you’d expect and was made up of various well known impro games for which the audience shouted out More