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05 Feb
2019

How many musicals have you committed to memory: plot, songs, choreography, musical style? For the Showstoppers, they've got a library in their improv brains of more than 300. Watch Faves founder Terri Paddock's post-show Q&A with co-founders Adam Meggido and Dylan Emery and the company after the premiere of that night's brand-new musical 'One Block Away'...

31 Jan
2019

How many types of improv laughs are there? How do the pros ‘listen, accept and commit’ in an improvised musical? In our last of our three-part SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical interview series, co-founder DylanEmery shares his faves and secrets after 11 years leading the way. (Have you entered our competition yet?)

29 Jan
2019

In the first of our three-part SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical interview series, co-founder Dylan Emery told us about he and Adam Meggido brought The Showstoppers to life, with influences from the likes of Ken Campbell and Alan Marriott. What happened next? We talk to Dylan about some highlights since from Edinburgh Fringe to the Olivier Awards... (Have you entered our competition yet?)

27 Jan
2019

How did the late British maverick theatremaker Ken Campbell, leading Canadian improv teacher Alan Marriott and the four Elizabethan humours contribute to the birth of SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical? In the first of a three-part series, founder Dylan Emery recalls the rollercoaster ride that he and Adam Meggido went on when setting up the troupe more than 11 years ago... (Have you entered our competition yet?)

Guaranteed: when you see SHOWSTOPPER!, you'll see a new musical that you have never seen before. Join Faves founder Terri Paddock for the performance at The Other Palace on Wednesday 30 January 2019, and you'll also be able to quiz the company's improv legends about how on earth they do what they do...

30 Nov
2018

There really is no stopping The Showstoppers. The Olivier Award-winning improv masters will celebrate 1000 performances in the new year by moving into The Other Palace for eight weeks of premiering a new musical every single night (and twice on Fridays and Saturdays)... while also continuing their monthly Monday forays on Shaftesbury Avenue.

31 Jul
2018

With Club Tropicana the musical soon to tour the UK, and an ex-Dreamgirls cast member Samira Mighty starring on the ITV2 show, it seems that Love Island and the theatre world are being inescapably drawn together.

31 Jul
2018

The Edinburgh Fringe is fast approaching and a firm staple has to be the Olivier Award-winning SHOWSTOPPER: THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL which also enjoys a residency in London's West End. This talented lot improvise a whole new musical every day! Don't believe us? Give these videos a watch...

20 Jul
2018

The UK musical theatre scene is truly leading the pack at the moment. We have a thriving West End, wonderful UK tours, heightened interest in community and inclusive theatre, and now… a musical theatre cruise. Yes, you did hear that right. Later this year, Floating Festivals are premiering Stages At Sea, a 4 night immersive cruise experience with musical theatre appreciation at its’ core. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.

13 Jul
2018

Sure, Musicals can be tough, but making one up on the spot..? Surely that's impossible! Well no, because Pippa Evans and her buds at SHOWSTOPPER: THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL do it all the time! Pippa is an improv Queen, but she also has a solo comedy career, and she stopped by the London Palladium to show us some of her more scripted work...

02 Nov
2017

They're the Kings and Queens of British Improv. SHOWSTOPPER, the Olivier Award-winning, fully-improvised musical, have announced a new set of dates for 2018, marking their fourth year in London's West End...

30 Jun
2017

Ever fancied setting sail in a big ship surrounded by fellow musical theatre fans and a bunch of your favourite West-End stars? Well, if that's your oddly specific fantasy, 2018 could literally herald the realisation of all your dreams! A new musical theatre cruise "Stages" has been announced aboard the Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas cruise ship. Michael Ball, Beverley Knight, Lee Mead, Sophie Evans, John Owen-Jones and musical theatre group Collabro will appear and we've gotta say, it sounds like a hell of a party...

23 Nov
2016

In addition to our limited-edition festive "All I Want for Christmas" range, #StageFaves is delighted to unveil our brand-new, specially commissioned design celebrating musical theatre (meeting social media!) in the 21st century, which has now been rolled out across all 2200+ performers featured on the site...

28 Jul
2016

The stars of 38 shows across Theatreland - including 20 #StageFaves musicals - joined in the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's campaign to declare to the world that #LondonIsOpen - to business, to creativity, to talent, following last month's EU Referendum. See all the musical cast photos here...

12 Jul
2016

A dozen #StageFaves musicals will be contesting the second annual WEST END BAKE OFF, judged by Michael Ball, Barbara Windsor and Christopher Biggins. We've set up a special Event page and will be there live-tweeting on the day...

26 Jun
2016

In this fifth and final in Perry O'Bree's WEST END LIVE vlog series for #StageFaves, from Sunday of the two-day festival, we see improv masters The Showstoppers in action plus star turns – and more Perry interviews – with Pixie Lott, Nathan Amzi, Stephen Rahman Hughes, Ramin Karimloo and Dean John Wilson. Ending on a high!

26 May
2016

Samantha Barks and Tom Chambers back in the West End, Beverley Knight and Matt Cardle reuniting post-Memphis, sneak-peeks of new shows including Murder Ballad and The Secret Garden, plus TONS of other #StageFaves shows (25!) and performers (too many to count?!) will take part in this year's WEST END LIVE...

09 May
2016

WEST END LIVE celebrates its 12th year this summer when the extravaganza returns to Trafalgar Square for two days of free performances on the weekend of 18-19 June 2016. Watch this video of highlights from last year's scintillating event to get you in the mood!

We've rounded up backstage pics of your musical #StageFaves winners at the 2016 #OlivierAwards. Plus, watch the video of winners' reactions on the night.

Our founder Terri Paddock was on heading mission control for @StageFaves live-tweeting of the 2016 #OlivierAwards - while also juggling awards coverage of additional non-musical categories for her other sites @MyTheatreMates and @TerriPaddock. Here she rounds up the key tweets as they happened across the three accounts plus the official @OlivierAwards Twitter feed.