MATES: The Improvised ’90s Sitcom

It's New York City. It's the ‘90s.
And this is the world's craziest sitcom.

A parody of classic TV such as Seinfeld, Frasier and Friends and completely improvised from your suggestions, could this show BE any funnier?

Awarded best improv show at Edinburgh Fringe 2022 by Theatre Weekly. From some of the multi-award-winning minds behind CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation, Stürike Comedy, Stealing The Show and Lying Together.



Two men and a woman on a park bench, holding red, blue and yellow umbrellas
★★★★
“Extremely quick and funny.
You'll wish this was a real sitcom.” Theatre Weekly

Tour Dates

2024

Aug 19–25
12:30pm
Edinburgh
Three Sisters
May 4/5
6:00pm
Brighton
Brighton Spiegeltent
Feb 17
8:00pm
Bristol
Bristol Improv Theatre

2023

Oct 14
7:30pm
Halifax
Copper Auditorium, Square Chapel
Aug 4
4:30pm
Edinburgh Fringe
Surgeon's Hall @theSpaceUK
Jul 8
8:00pm
Sheffield
Theatre Deli
Jun 17
6:00pm
Ludlow Fringe
Oscars, Ludlow Assembly Rooms
May 28
4:15pm
Brighton Fringe
Komedia
sold out!
May 27
4:45pm
Brighton Fringe
Komedia
sold out!
Mar 4
7:45pm
Doncaster
Second Space, CAST
sold out!
Feb 24
7:30pm
Leicester Comedy Festival
Brewdog
Jan 29
9:15pm
Vault Festival
Network Theatre
sold out!
Jan 28
9:45pm
Vault Festival
Network Theatre
sold out!
★★★★
“A masterful handle of comedy.
Wonderful to behold.”A Younger Theatre

Meet the cast

Alex Keen

A white man with brown hair in a blue shirt and striped tie

Alex created Lying Together , (The Phoenix Remix Act of the Year 2019), co-created Stürike Comedy , co-founded the Sheffield Improv Jam , and is a welfare officer and teacher at The British Improv Project . He teaches longform improvisation in Sheffield and nationwide. Alex also created the award-winning improvised relationship drama Sex, Lies & Improvisation, improvised romcom Scriptless In Seattle (nominated Best Improv Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2017) and Teen High: An Improvised Teen Movie, and has performed with The Shrimps, The Cambridge Impronauts, The Same Faces and Tiny Stories.

www.alexrkeen.com

Rachel E. Thorn

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Rachel E. Thorn created Lying Together , which was The Phoenix Remix Act Of The Year 2019. She co-created the five-star sell-out show CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation . She has performed with Cambridge Impronauts, Upstairs Downton and The Shrimps.

Rachel's scripted work has been longlisted by the Kenneth Branagh Award, the Female Pilot Club, the Painkiller Prize and Pentabus. She has written for Dead Ringers, The Now Show, DMs Are Open, Newsjack and Breaking The News. Her sketch comedy has been heard on BBC Radio and she's collaborated with impressionists Alistair McGowan, Charlie Hopkinson and Darren Altman. She trained at Drama Studio London.

www.rachelethorn.com

Hugh Clark

A white man with long brown hair in a tweed blazer

Hugh co-founded Stealing The Show: The Improvised Heist Comedy and has performed to sell-out crowds at Brighton Fringe Festival, Belfast Improv Festival, Birmingham Comedy Festival, Leicester Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Hugh launched from Artistic Director of The Shrimps to co-create Scriptless In Seattle, which was nominated for Best Improv Show at Leicester Comedy Festival. Since then he's appeared as a competitor in the Leicester Comedy Festival's Improv Smackdown, taught workshops at The British Improv Project, and produced shows like Cambridge's monthly improv comedy night, Stealing The Show Presents.

When not touring with MATES, you can find Hugh as a cast member of Cambridge Improv Factory's Murder Most Unexpected and Space Base Mars podcast.

★★★★
“A tight structure, cracking pace
and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.
Well worth tuning in to.” THE PHOENIX REMIX

Contact us

Email contact(delete this)@matesimprov.com for show bookings or press inquiries.

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