Birmingham Improv

Box of Frogs Improv Comedy
2025-12-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-10 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, Birmingham, B1 3HE
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premiere Improv Group, bring you a night of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
Expect the unexpected as quick-witted players conjure up hilarious spontaneous songs, sketches and scenes on the spur of the moment.
Upstairs at 1000 Trades Pub in the Jewellery Quarter.
Doors open 7.15. Show starts at 7.30. Come earlier if you fancy a drink first.
Free Entry (recommended donation, £5)
Free Entry (bucket collection – recommended donation £5)

Position Play - With Brian James O'Connell
2025-11-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Zellig, Zellig Building, Gibb St, Deritend, Birmingham, B9 4AA, United Kingdom
Position Play
Saturday November 15th, 10.00 am to 5.00pm, Zellig Building, Digbeth. £50. Booking below.
Brian James O’Connell teaches you the skills you need to find your “position” in the scene and then play it to the hilt. If you are able to understand the few tools & techniques needed to play these individual scenes, every other choice you make on stage will be from a place of renewed confidence and successful fun!
Topics include: “Thing. Concept. Idea.”, “The Five Scenes Everyone Tells You *NOT* To Do But Darn It They Come Up On Stage Anyway”, “Playing Archetypes”, “Mapping Characters” and many, many more.
This workshop is dedicated to giving you practical applications of improv and providing replicable good habits/behavior on stage. The goal is to be able to take this workshop during the day and be able to execute the practice immediately on stage that night!
Brian James O’Connell
is a working actor, writer, director, filmmaker and teacher in Los Angeles. BOC (as his friends call him) is part of the improv powerhouse & comedy collective Dr. God. Brian travels the world teaching his expertise in The Deconstruction as part of his ALL IMPROV courses and as a founding board member of Camp Improv Utopia. A main stage performer, beloved bar manager, coach & teacher until the very end at iOWest (RIP), O’Connell is also proud to be a Co-Founder of The Pack Theater, LA Weekly’s BEST OF LA Pick for “Best Theater Company” two years in a row.
Saturday November 15th, 10.00 am to 5.00pm, Zellig Building, Digbeth. £50.

Equinox Improv
2025-03-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Crescent Theatre, Sheepcote St, Birmingham, B16 8AE
An evening of improvised comedy – teams of talented performers from Birmingham and beyond, will create scenes and stories all completely made up on the spot from audience suggestions in this fully accessible venue.
We’ve got The Sisters Karazmatik, Doing The Dishes and other acts will be confirmed
Who knows what will happen; it’s all completely improvised! But it certainly will never happen again – so be there and experience the joyful fun of improv.
If you’re a fan of improv, this night is for you. If you’ve never seen improv before, this night is for you.
Tickets available at https://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk.
£5/£3.50
