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IN REAL LIFE – Intro to Improv – Performance Course – CPD Accredited. About this event Level 2 of The Maydays short form improvised comedy courses. This 6 week, level 2 course will go more deeply into the techniques that make improvisation games fly! Character, object work, wordplay, physical comedy. Learn more about the kind of games...

‘IN REAL LIFE’ Level 1 of The Maydays shortform improvised comedy courses – CPD Accredited. About this Event Unleash your creative potential and increase your confidence with improvised comedy IN REAL LIFE! Great for all levels and abilities, improv uses no scripts or prepared material. Comedy is created in the moment: a playful and liberating...

Online Corporate Improv Comedy Drop-in The Maydays online business improv drop-in is an OPEN group programme, allowing you to book a place as an individual, without needing to form a group in your own company.   1st Wednesday every month, 3.30-5 pm UK Time, Online Zoom Room. Level: Open – A class for anyone, regardless of...

‘IN REAL LIFE’ Level 1 of The Maydays shortform improvised comedy courses – CPD Accredited. About this Event Unleash your creative potential and increase your confidence with improvised comedy IN REAL LIFE! Great for all levels and abilities, improv uses no scripts or prepared material. Comedy is created in the moment: a playful and liberating...

IN REAL LIFE – Intro to Improv – Performance Course – CPD Accredited. About this event Level 2 of The Maydays short form improvised comedy courses. This 6 week, level 2 course will go more deeply into the techniques that make improvisation games fly! Character, object work, wordplay, physical comedy. Learn more about the kind of games...

‘IN REAL LIFE’ Organic Harold Course   About this event An ‘IN REAL LIFE’ 12-week course in the Harold, split into 6-week part one and part two. Including an introduction to the form, a deep dive into all of its moving parts, and plenty of opportunities to practice, this course aims to demystify the Harold...

Intro to Musical Improv – Beginners Course. CPD Accredited. A 6-week crash course in musical improv covering a vast range of singing styles, song structures, exercises and games.  Really useful for those who want to give it a go but need a safe environment to let their musical hair down. What can I expect? Musical...

Taking the Brighton Fringe brochure as their inspiration, The Maydays create an entirely new show every night. Each evening, the audience are asked to choose performances and events from the fringe guide. Tours, workshops, comedy, cabaret, theatre or circus – The Maydays will take any offer from the hat and give it their own special...

An Improvised Gothic Musical Tale The Maydays have been quietly gathering an army of fans around the world with their exceptional talent for creating skin-prickling theatre from nothing. Now they are dazzling audiences with their hugely popular and deliciously dark musical show, Happily Never After. Created from a single audience suggestion, The Maydays weave a...

Inspired by newspaper articles cut out by the audience just minutes before curtain time. This is improv without tricks, gimmicks or games, just a live comedic exploration, through scenes and songs, of the secret heart of your city. It is the world only hinted at by your local paper but finally revealed by the comedic...

The Maydays present: Confessions & guest improv superstars Confessions takes audience stories and secrets written down before the show starts and turns them into songs, sketches and beguiling stories. Expect, secrets, lies and guilt. Our first Confessions show back since the pandemic hit will be an absolute cracker, do join us! When: Friday 4th March...

The Maydays combine a shortform improv montage in the first half with a longform finale that conflates earlier games and ideas together into a satisfying whole. “I like to be in at the beginning of something, maybe it’s the Svengali in me – I prefer to see the Arctic Monkeys at The Freebutt, not Wembley...

Ideas are pitched live and in the moment every night, for a brand new improvised show inspired by your suggestions. All you have to do is pick your favourite then sit back and watch The Maydays deliver the enticing never before seen show they promised, using their unique blend of improvised comedy, music and theatre....

The Maydays dissect the last decade, using audience recollections from the last 10 years to fuel their critically acclaimed improvised theatre. Expect laughter, sadness, joy, nostalgia…and above all the unexpected. I would definitely recommend seeing The Maydays. You’re absolutely guaranteed a laugh and with a Brighton audience there’s never a dull moment. **** Broadway Baby

The Seagull has Landed asks the audience for their experiences of Brighton.  Seagulls, beaches, complementary therapies and alternative lifestyles make up Brighton’s eclectic seaside community.  Whether you’re Brighton born and bred, just visiting or came for a holiday and never left, celebrate and explore this crazy city with The Maydays.

Theorising that new episodes are possible within their own lifetime, the Maydays step into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanish. Paying homage to the classic sci-fi series and based entirely on audience suggestions, the Maydays jump through time to put right what once went wrong. Enjoy a brand new episode every day with some super...

Guest Who invites a special guest to tell stories from their life based on one word from the audience.  These monologues inspire improvised sketches and musical numbers.  Previous guests include Jim Bowen (Bullseye), Rob Rouse (Dave’s One Night Stand, 8 Out Of 10 Cats), Keith Farnan (Michael McIntyre’s BBC Comedy Roadshow), Carl Donnelly (Mock The...

‘IN REAL LIFE’ Improv Book Club For Advanced Improvisers Don’t have time for your improv AND your book club? Why not combine the two? What can I expect? A mini-book club in which we discuss our set text Games and warm-ups tailored to the source material Scenes and longer sets based in the world of...

Online Corporate Improv Comedy Drop-in The Maydays online business improv drop-in is an OPEN group programme, allowing you to book a place as an individual, without needing to form a group in your own company.   1st Wednesday every month, 3.30-5 pm UK Time, Online Zoom Room. Level: Open – A class for anyone, regardless of...

Your Sunday Musical joy ride is here! Two hours of Musical improv fun – no experience necessary! About this event Two hours of improvising musical numbers with some of the most experienced teachers on the improv scene. You will have an opportunity to connect with people around the world and share community and laughter through...

‘IN REAL LIFE’ Monthly Musical Improv Comedy Drop-In – Brighton PLEASE NOTE: We have paused our In Real Life musical improv drop-in throughout January 2022, but will be back from Sunday 6th February, see you in there! About this event Your Sunday ‘In Real Life’ Musical joy ride is BACK! Two hours of improvising musicals...

‘IN REAL LIFE’ Weekly Improv Comedy Drop-In – Brighton PLEASE NOTE: We have paused our In Real Life improv drop-in throughout January 2022, but will be back from Thursday 3rd February, see you in there! About this Event Our ‘IN REAL LIFE’ weekly drop-in is a wide ability class, so everyone is welcome! It is...