Press clippings
Latitude Festival 2024 review
I've done flying visits to Latitude before but never quite as flying as this.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th July 2024A Comedy Tribute To Andy Smart review
Without him around, the world of comedy is a lot quieter, too.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th June 2024Ruth Bratt joins The Comedy Store Players
Improv group The Comedy Store Players are to be joined by a new core member for the first time in almost thirty years. Ruth Bratt will start performing at the weekly show from March.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd February 2024Comedy Store Players announce improv tour
Four of the original Comedy Store Players improv troupe will perform a number of tour dates early next year.
British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2023Richard Vranch's Edinburgh Fringe binge, cringe and whinge...
"This isn't a comedy festival..."
Chortle, 9th August 2023Fringe gets Andy Smart tribute show
Raising money for the charity Crisis, a special performance will take place this weekend at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in memory of and tribute to late comedian Andy Smart.
British Comedy Guide, 8th August 2023UK tour for Paul Merton's Impro Chums
Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Suki Webster, Mike McShane and accompanist Kirsty Newton are back on the road in 2022 to visit some of their favourite parts of the UK with another evening of mind-blowing improvisation.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd June 2021Comedy Store Players improvised show to stream online
The Comedy Store Players, the UK's longest-running improvisation team, will be putting a show online for the very first time since they started in 1985.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2020New Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale
A new batch of Fringe shows at the Pleasance, including Dane Baptiste, Paul Merton, NewsRevue and Wizard Presents, are now on sale.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2020Interview: The Comedy Store Players
I sat down with Richard Vranch to talk about everything improv.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 6th January 2020