Every night is opening night as this talented cast compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions! That's right; the story, songs, characters and "choreography" are all made up on the spot. Musical mayhem and laughter are guaranteed in a show that has been selling out at festivals across the country and picking up rave reviews!

PREVIOUS SHOW TITLES INCLUDE:

The Town Where Everyone is Called Jeffrey, Lawnmowers: The Musical!, The First Primark in Space, Four Weddings and A Fist Fight, The Book of More Men, Miserable Les, Sweeney Toddlers and My Grandma Is A Parasite.

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NOMINATED - BEST VARIETY SHOW - LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL 2024

"It’s a fun, carefree, and memorable night out that guarantees hilarity, absurdity, fantastic vocals, and catchy songs that you won’t hear anywhere else." ★★★★½ Frankly My Dear UK

"If you like absurd silliness and musicals, the revolving cast of players is sure to bring the same joy every night." ★★★★ Corr Blimey

"An inventive and riotously funny whirlwind of spontaneous storytelling, songs, and surreal humour." ★★★★ North West End

"This Totally Improvised Musical certainly entertained and satisfied its audience and showed every sign of being able to do it again, and again, and again, and…" Graham Jowett, Buxton Festival Fringe 2023

June 6, 2025    North West End

THE TOTALLY IMPROVISED MUSICAL

Performed without a script and built entirely on audience suggestion, Totally Improvised Musical at the King’s Arms in Salford delivered an inventive and riotously funny 45-minute whirlwind of spontaneous storytelling, songs, and surreal humour.

The night’s improvised show—brilliantly titled Greggs: The Great Takedown—centred around a dystopian northern England where the beloved high street bakery chain had collapsed, leaving the nation starved of sausage rolls, steak bakes, and purpose. What unfolded was a musical odyssey of longing, resistance, and puff pastry politics.

Original numbers like the haunting The North Is Barren and the stirring anthem The Heart of England showcased the cast’s quick wit and vocal chops. Each song, conjured on the spot, was surprisingly tuneful, cleverly rhymed (sometimes), and underscored by confident live accompaniment that added real musical depth to the madness.


The performers fully committed to their characters and scenes, letting them breathe just long enough before pivoting to the next ridiculous twist. One or two scenes did feel like they’d run their course a little too long – the scene about potatoes springs to mind. While I appreciate no improv is going to be perfect, knowing when to cut scenes when they’ve run out of steam is critical.

The cast’s energy and trust in one another were palpable, and even when a scene teetered on the edge of collapse—as improvised theatre often does—they somehow steered it into laughter.

The Totally Improvised Musical was a delightfully daft reminder that theatre doesn’t need sets, scripts, or sausage rolls to satisfy. All it takes is imagination, courage, and the willingness to sing your heart out about a world without pasties. Click Here For Review