Improv-powered training for business that transforms your people’s human skills.

✔ Trusted by Google, Amazon, Unilever – over 20+ years’ experience with more than 1000 teams.
✔ Tailored programmes for leaders, graduates and whole-company events. 
✔ Improv skills and mindsets for serious business challenges – not roleplay cringe

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  • Evening Standard
  • Marketing Week
  • Management Today
  • GQ
  • Financial Times
  • The Sunday Times
  • The Guardian
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IMPROV IS THE ULTIMATE PEOPLE SKILLS TRAINING

Human skills are more important than ever. Our experiential learning programmes are proven to build them. Improv training offers a lab that replicates real-world interactions. Your people can practice high stakes skills in a low stakes environment and improve:

  • Emotional Intelligence.

  • Resilience.

  • Adaptability.

  • Communication Skills.

  • Teamwork.

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The old plans don’t work anymore.
You’ve got to improvise.

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WE ARE THE UK’S FIRST IMPROV THEATRE AND SCHOOL

For more than 20 years we have delivered professional development programmes for some of the world’s biggest brands. Our learning experiences engage, involve and inspire. But it’s not just giggles and games: we have built a structured curriculum that builds business critical skills.

Working with a global pharmaceutical giant as part of a cultural change programme centred on psychological safety. Onboarding every single graduate at one of the world’s biggest professional services firms with essential communication skills. Helping the entire sales team at a software giant become better storytellers.
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Why Improv for Your Business?

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Words from Raving Clients

  • Headshot of Andrew Valencia Yan, META

    ‘We walked away with techniques that will stick with us for a lifetime.’

    Andrew Valencia Yan, META

  • Headshot of Robert Sturrock, Google

    ‘The best training I’ve attended since joining Google.’

    Robert Sturrock, Google

  • Headshot of Thea Tomison, KPMG

    ‘You’re brilliant at your job.’

    Thea Tomison, KPMG

  • Headshot of Kath Newby-Grant, P&G

    ‘It was applicable in every single part of what we do. I thought it was fantastic.’

    Kath Newby-Grant, P&G

  • Headshot of Rachel Knight, PWC

    ‘Thank you for the incredible job you did on the Responsive Leadership session for us.’

    Rachel Knight, PWC

  • Headshot of Wendy Maitland, Thomson Reuters

    ‘The skills you taught our sales team will give them a real competitive edge in the marketplace.’

    Wendy Maitland, Thomson Reuters

  • Headshot of Sara Ouardi, Salesforce

    ‘The team loved it.’

    Sara Ouardi, Salesforce

  • Headshot of Nick White, Fujitsu

    ‘You did a superb job. You really set the tone and brought our growth mindset to life.’

    Nick White, Fujitsu

  • Headshot of Sarah Ellis, Amazing If

    ‘I can see how useful it is as part of any team or leader trying to build more trust and safety in the environment they work in.’

    Sarah Ellis, Amazing If

  • Headshot of Katie Chung, The Gates Foundation

    ‘You really set the stage for our off-site. We continued to quote sayings and the memories for the next 2 days.’

    Katie Chung, The Gates Foundation

  • Headshot of Ryan Martin, Tik Tok

    ‘The highest rated session of the day. So much to take away that will be valuable going forward.’

    Ryan Martin, Tik Tok

  • Headshot of John Townsend, Unicef

    ‘It went down very well with all our colleagues. You are absolute pros.’

    John Townsend, Unicef

Improv for Business People

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Conferences and Events

We can inject energy, laughter, and connection into your next meeting – and have your audience involved at every step.

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Employee Engagement

We can help you bring your most important messages to life, so they don’t get lost in the noise.

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Professional Development

We take the skills of improv off-stage to help your people communicate effectively, be more agile, and tell better stories.

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Drop us a quick note, and we’ll get a chat scheduled.

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Explore what’s possible

We’ll understand more about you and bring to life how we could help. We don’t do ‘off the shelf’: we start with your strategy - not our products.

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Make change happen

We’ll work with you to co-create and deliver an intervention that gets you to your goal.

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We literally wrote the book.

Yes, this is a book about improvisation. And, it’s a book about business. Specifically, it’s a book about how to build confidence, be more creative, and face anything.

  • A Financial Times top business book of the year

  • Finalist, Business Book of the Year Awards

  • Audie Awards finalist

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No one wants to come into the office.
People here couldn’t tell you our values.
We could be a lot better at storytelling.
People don’t know each other like they used to.
The organisation is quite siloed.
We are a bit tired and uninspired.
We could do with having some more fun.
We are diverse, but not always inclusive.
Ideas always come from the same voices.

If this sounds like you…

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... then we can help.

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