Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

I'm continually amazed by the ingenuity of the Showstopper! team. As I remarked, what a party trick - to be able to sing, on demand, a song about anything, in any specified musical style. Not to mention, for this show, putting it all together in some sort of coherent story! I more or less remembered the format - the mc takes suggestions for a setting from the crowd, writes down about six, then the audience gets to vote on them, by cheering. Tonight's winner.. a botox clinic! When asked to choose a title, someone in the front stalls piped up "Frozen"! Ah well now, you couldn't beat that - no argument, that person got a souvenir mug. Then we had to suggest famous musicals in the style of which the show was to be performed - a varied set indeed, of which the mc picked four - and I have to say, my favourite of the styles was "Hamilton".. just a shame it's almost impossible to get tickets for. The performances are excellent, but as I say, their main talent lies in the ability to come up with lyrics on the spot - likely the tunes stay much the same from night to night. The mc sits over the side, hurling orders for style changes. Costumes are cobbled together as appropriate, props can be used for - whatever. As we came to the interval, we were asked to tweet ideas for the second half, for an opening number, and for plot twists. And in the second half, we got Phantom of the Opera (unilaterally agreed to be the best bit), Swan Lake, Disneyland, and Tom Cruise, in a near-perpetual state of jogging. Oh, and a great running gag about a cryogenic machine that immediately freezes anyone passing through it.. Always recommended, check this show out.

Another excellent show from The Showstoppers Team! This is fast becoming one of my favourite improvised shows as their skill, wit and wisdom always shines through. We were treated to excerpts from Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Waitress and Hamilton with some very absurd and funny audience suggestions. A real treat!

Wasn't sure of what to expect but this show was HILARIOUS! The musical our audience came up with was "Tindertanic", which focused on passengers on a singles cruise and had featured songs based on Hamilton, Cabaret, Chicago, Blood Brothers, Dirty Dancing, and many many others. Would definitely recommend thinking of suggestions of settings/themes before attending and during the interval, you're given the chance to tweet them more ideas so try to be prepared! The cast were amazing, about 10 members seen on stage the whole time. Every little detail about this show is improvised and it's even funnier because of it. I will be going back to see this fantastic show again!

I've heard so many good things about Showstoppers and I'm thrilled to have finally seen it, it's incredible what this troupe can do! I'd highly recommend seeing this show for a seriously fun Monday night!

4th time seeing this show, and it gets better every time. This time we had a musical set in Chernobyl with the title of ‘Boom!’ . Can’t wait to see what they do next!

I really wasn't sure how they were going to do this, but it really, really worked. We had such a fun evening - face aches from laughing so much! Tonight we had a musical entitled 'Schindler's Lisp' set in a speech therapists office with songs in the style of The Lion King, Half a Sixpence, Chicago, Cats and loads more. The suggestion I tweeted during the interval was used as the basis of the first scene in the second act, which made it even more enjoyable! I Will definitely be going back again as obviously each show will be totally different to the last.

Second time seeing Showstopper! I could see it over and over again - my face aches from laughing so much! Tonight we had a musical set at the Oscars with the title 'And The Winner Isn't'. Everyone on that stage is so talented at what they do. I'll definitely be going back at least once more before it finishes this run (as obviously every time you go it's totally different)

Showstoppers have done it again! Another fantastic, fast paced, hilarious show made up completely on the spot based on audience suggestions. Tonight's show was set in Imperial Russia and was called 'Crimea River', featuring the styles of Calamity Jane, The Lion King, Grey Gardens and Murder Ballad. This is the fourth time I have seen this show and it never disappoints!

Third time seeing these guys - I could see it over and over again. I always leave the theatre with aching cheeks from laughing so much! This time we had a musical set on a sugar plantation in Ireland entitled 'Sweet Potatoes'. Will definitely try and go at least one more before the end of the year!