The Leicester Comedy Festival is Britain’s longest running comedy festival and one of the top five comedy festivals in the world.  In February 2019 the festival will host over 800 different events in 70 venues across the city, including the UK Pun Championship.

Here’s your guide to the 30+ improv shows at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2019.  Each quote gives a flavour of what to expect.  If you want to know more click the quote to find the full-length review it came from.

Thurs 7th February

• Ben Van der Velde – “Has talent in spades; he had me laughing the whole way through”

Friday 8th February

• Bright Sparks Comedy Asylum – “Explore different areas of [the performers] lives through the power of comedy”
• Rhymes Against Humanity – “Characters, songs, music and dance that delight”
• Ben Van der Velde – “Pace, quality of material, energy, call it what you will, Ben van der Velde displays it in bucketloads”
• Conversation Garden on Love Island – “There’s a daffy likeability to this very casual, very silly combination of talk show and sketch show”
• Stealing The Show – “Easily one of the best comedy performances I’ve seen”

Saturday 9th February

• Improv Provocateur – “This was such good fun”
• Oxford Imps – “Lighthearted and hilarious comedy which you won’t want to end”
• The Same Faces – “Comedy goodness…a strong team of performers”
• Crime Scene Improvisation – “Top tier entertainment”
• Stealing The Show – “Incredible comic finesse…I would recommend this show to anyone”
• Daniel Nicholas: Millennnial Generation Game – “Displays a sharp, obtuse wit across all his disjointed one-liners”

Sunday 10th February

• Richard Wheatley – “Funny, clever, clean and enjoyable”
• The Just Us League – “A side-splitting experience”

Monday 11th February

• The Improlectuals – “Each performer had several great moments in this show”
• Punel Show – “A masterclass in fast paced puns”

Tuesday 12th February

• Daniel Nicholas: Lessons In Nostalgia – “A very talented man who can craft a story with ease and grace”

Wednesday 13th February

• The Same Faces – “The talent on stage keeps the evening firmly in the hit department”

Thursday 14th February

• Star Trek v Star Wars – “Funny and charming”

Friday 15th February

• Hell To Play – “Entertaining throughout…comedy meeting rock and roll”

Saturday 16th February

• Knightmare Live – “Wonderful moments of improvisation…A great joy”
• Hell To Play – “The first show I’ve been in that felt like it was an event”

Sunday 17th February

• Board Game Smackdown – “We laughed the whole way through, can definitely recommend”
• The Dark Room – “Trust me, it’s fantastic”
• How To Win A Pub Quiz – “A brilliantly fun show packed full of running gags and ad-libs”
• John Robertson’s Sweaty Sexy Party Party – “Filthy, frenetic and fantastically funny”

Wednesday 20th February

• An Improvised Funeral – “Successfully pulled off the majority of the scenes judging by the audience’s consistent laughter”

Thursday 21st February

• Showstopper! – “More talent here than in any show I’ve seen”
• The Same Faces – “An endless feast of brilliant improv”

Friday 22nd February

• Improv with Nicholas Holt –  “The master of combining comedy with anything”

Sunday 24th February

• Crop’s Circle – “An absolute joy”
• Improv Smackdown – “A fantastically funny night out”