Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv

LiF 04 - ImprompTwo - Sinners Table - Muprov Musings 098

Hal Munger interviews Kathy and Joe Rinaldi from ImprompTwo & Co who will be performing from the show ‘The Sinners Table’. Kathy and Joe discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. The Sinner’s Table! It’s where the wedding leftovers are seated — the loud uncle with the booming laugh, the aunt who refills her wine before the toast is over, and the singles who've left a trail of stories and broken hearts behind them. It's where truths are nudged, jokes go too far, and sparks sometimes fly out of nowhere. It’s unpredictable, unfiltered, and just a little bit unholy. It’s the table where everyone secretly wishes they were sitting. Who: ImprompTwo & Co What: The Sinners Table Where: Unity 1 When: 8:30pm - Friday the 8th of May

LiF 03 - Mike and Fergus - Gricers - Muprov Musings 097

Hal Munger interviews Mike Burton and Fergus Wynne who will be performing from the show Gricers. Mike and Fergus discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Gricers is a new, spontaneous theatre show created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern passenger railway. Inspired by Francis Bourgeois’s book The Trainspotters Notebook and Tom Quinn’s Railways' Strangest Journeys, this show is a bittersweet and profound reflection on male friendship and quiet obsession. Meet Mike and Mark. Their quest isn’t for fame or fortune. It’s for the 4:32 from Manchester Piccadilly, the 11:05 to Carlisle, the one last engine number that will make their collection complete. They are ‘Gricers’, standing trackside in rain and shine, a passionate, uniquely British tribe. The real journey isn’t on the rails. It’s in the waiting. In the shared flasks of tea, the silences, the decades of friendship. This is the story of what happens in between the arrivals and departures, a tale of two men driven by a passion to complete a collection and the hope that they can finally finish. Performed by Mike Burton (Stupid, Atom Improv), Mark Smith (HOOF!, The Fly, A Wake and Taxi Tales) and Fergus Wynne this spontaneous theatre event is like no other. The show features compelling storytelling, a cavalcade of characters and live DJ'ing. Who: Wing It Impro What: Gricers Where: Unity 1 When: 8:30pm - Thursday 7th of May

LiF 02 - Stephen Longstaffe - Shakespeare on the Spot - Muprov Musings 096

Hal Munger interviews Stephen Longstaffe a solo improviser who will be performing Shakespeare on the spot. Stephen and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. The world clearly hasn’t enough Shakespeare, so this solo show improvises some more from audience suggestions. Your host (former university Shakespeare lecturer and current idiot) will transform whatever the Liverpool muses bring into new iambic speeches and dialogues by some of the bard's most famous characters. It could get silly. No asps, daggers, or skulls are permitted in the venue, but feel free to bring another hitherto unknown Shakespeare prop along! Who: Stephen Longstaffe What: Shakespeare on the Spot Where: Unity 1 When: 6:00pm - Thursday 7th of May

LiF 01 - Emily Rose - Play It Again - Muprov Musings 095

Hal Munger interviews Emily Rose part of the duo who make up the music improv shows 'Play it Again'. Emily and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch this show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. They are immortal lounge performers, cursed to provide light entertainment forever! ​Give them your sultry suggestions, they’ll give you beautiful ballads and mesmerising musical pieces. Laugh and sing along as these eternal entertainers play it again, and again, and again… "A jazzy little minx of an improv set" - Remix Improv Festival What: Play it Again Where: Unity 1 When: 8:15pm - Friday the 8th of May Age range: 16+ Performed by: Sam Marshall & Emily Rose

Animatia 05 - Terrarium - Muprov Musings - 094

Cheetah T John and Mantis Make their way through the Wilkerson estate... This one has an epic battle at the end. This episode wraps up the first batch of Animatia episodes! We will be back with more in March, but in the meantime, check out the Liverpool improvisation Festival interviews that we will be posting throughout February!!!

Animatia 04 - The Jungle - Muprov Musings 093

This episode has the craziest ending.... After last time we had the idea to do a bottle episode that followed Beatrice through the nightclub. We had no idea how out-of-hand things would get :). 

Animatia 03 - Welcome to Wilkerson - Muprov Musings 092

Topher gains some valuable information, Beatrice gets involved with some bad actors, and we see where the lake portal leads. We promise that the audie quality issue will be fixed on the next episode, sorry about it cutting off!

Animatia 02 - The Vanishing of George Strider - Muprov Musings 091

The plot thickens in the second episode of Animatia... If you want this to make sense... go back and listen to the first one! 
 
Suggestions for this episode were Water Strider and Rhino. 

Animatia 01 - Pilot - Muprov Musings 90

The first episode of our improvised television series. The only thing we decided in advance was that all the characters would be animals and that the show would begin with a car chase. 
For this show we received the suggestions: 
Cheetah, Gopher, Canada Goose, and Peacock.

Serialized Improv - Muprov Musings 089

We discuss our plans for our next format on the podcast, a serialized improvised audio show!