Lighthouse is delighted to announce Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Improve Show will grace our Theatre stage on Friday 17 October.

Following critically acclaimed seasons in London and Edinburgh, Paul Merton and Suki Webster, two of the UK’s leading improvisers, present an evening of wonderfully unscripted cutting-edge comedy.

Expect an evening of wonderfully unscripted cutting-edge comedy in a show full of fast, fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laugh out loud surrealism as these two masters of comedy improvisation join forces with their old friend, improv virtuoso Mike McShane, and many other very special guests to create cascades of laughter and joyful silliness.

Paul Merton is a resident guest on BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute and is an established face on TV shows such as the hugely popular Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (BBC4/2), Paul Merton’s Birth of Hollywood (BBC 2) and his travel series for Channel Five, Paul Merton’s Adventures which covered his travels in India, China and Europe. His autobiography, Only When I Laugh reached the Sunday Times bestseller Top 10 and he has co-starred with Suki in Motorhoming with Paul Merton and Suki Webster for two series on Channel 5

Suki Webster is a founder member of Paul Merton's Impro Chums and has toured the world with them. She has also appeared in a West End run of One Word Improv with Eddie (Suzy) Izzard. In 2021 and 2023 Suki co-starred in two series of Motorhoming with Paul Merton and Suki Webster on Channel 5. My Obsession, a comedy drama series, which she wrote and starred in was aired on Radio 4 in June 2019. Other TV work includes Giles Wemmbley Hogg (BBC 2) and Ross Noble’s directorial debut The Catchment (Sky.) She has also written five documentaries for BBC TV. 

Mike McShane has been lucky enough to live by improvising with friends and making friends by improvising live. He has appeared at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Little Shop of Horrors and Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, as well as Broadway with their production of La Cage Aux Folles. TV includes Doctor Who, Bluestone 42 (BBC), Seinfeld, Frasier, NCIS LA (CBS) and Wayward Pines (FOX). Currently he can be seen in the webisode western, Red Bird, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. 

What they say…

“Some of the most experienced improvisers around… always impressive.” «««« British Theatre Guide

“Amongst the best in the business for years… class, nonsense, inventiveness and a whole barrel load of laughs.” ««««« One4Review

“This show absolutely delivers the big laughs… hilariously absurd.” «««« Broadway Baby

“Paul Merton and Suki Webster have established themselves as two of the UK’s best… this show is improv comedy at its strongest.” «««« The Scots Reviewer

PAUL MERTON & SUKI WEBSTER’S IMPROV SHOW

FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER - 7.45pm (THEATRE)
Age guidance: 14+

Tickets and information 01202 280000 

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