Live Improv Comedy
The FA is the place to see the best live improv comedy in town. Our monthly programme is a mix of seasoned pros, new and experimental shows, and up-and-coming talent from our community.

Live Shows

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“I felt almost high. I even wrote a f***ing tweet about it!” - Vice
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"a superb masterclass in the art of improvisational comedy" London Theatre
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"The FA Know how to find the funny and what to do with it!” - The Guardian
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"The FA Know What They Are Doing” - Chortle
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"This is what proper improv looks like” - Fest
★ “I felt almost high. I even wrote a f***ing tweet about it!” - Vice ★ "a superb masterclass in the art of improvisational comedy" London Theatre ★ "The FA Know how to find the funny and what to do with it!” - The Guardian ★ "The FA Know What They Are Doing” - Chortle ★ "This is what proper improv looks like” - Fest
Be part of history as The Free Association throws open the doors of its brand-new theatre in Southwark!
START: 7.30PM TICKETS: £10 + Booking Fee
Be part of history as The Free Association throws open the doors of its brand-new theatre in Southwark!
START: 9.00PM TICKETS: £10 + Booking Fee
Join HEATWAVE, best friends and even better players that improvise scenes and sketches inspired by YOUR favourite songs.
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
The flagship show from The Free Association, bringing together an all-star team of improvisers and mega-watt guests for a night of scintillating, salacious improv.
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
Sing-a-long as star FA Players perform karaoke classics as the popstar, character or celebrity you’ve always wished would crash the party.
START: 10.00PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
Fabled is an entirely improvised fantasy adventure tale featuring a hilarious cast of improvisers with live musical accompaniment.
START: 6.30PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
Inspired by all of your favourite medical dramas – from Grey's Anatomy to House to ER – and a few words from our audience, the daring cast will improvise a brand-new episode of your new favourite show: 'St. Doctor's Hospital'.
START: 8.00PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
Legendary FA Harold Team NANA return with their new show: NANA’s Kitchen.
START: 9.30PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
A Complimentary Welcome Jam! A one off mega-jam, led by FA players, for a show where the audience are the performers.
START: 5.30PM TICKETS: FREE
Every other Sunday, two Harold teams will show you the good stuff.
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
Every other Sunday, our brand new house Narrative Team brings you a tale never that will always be remembered, but never be repeated.
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £8 + Booking Fee
Three of the UK’s best improvisers will create a unique and hilarious theatrical comedy experience, improvised entirely in the moment.
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £12.50 + Booking Fee
PIGPEN is an improv show featuring the best comedy talent in London!
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Together with his audience, veteran improviser Elms “builds a comedy mind palace before your very eyes. And you’ll want to move in for good!” - Phil Wang
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Improvisation meets improvisation as hilarious UK improv comedians and virtuoso jazz musicians inspire each other in real time into leaps of comedy and creativity.
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
The show creates a rich community of characters in a location chosen by the audience, then brings them together in ways that will surprise even the cast!
START: 10.00PM TICKETS: £10 + Booking Fee
Ithamar Enriquez (The Second City, WandaVision, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Miracle Workers, A Series Of Unfortunate Events) performs a one-man sketch show without saying a single word.
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Ithamar and Amie Enriquez (The Second City, The Jim Henson Company) unleash their puppets for a wild 20-minute improv set full of felt, fun and unexpected chaos. Then, the humans take over with an Armando set featuring special invited guests.
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Every other Sunday, two Harold teams will show you the good stuff. Harold Night features our two house Harold teams - Sweetheart and Hotbed!
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £10 + Booking Fee
Groundhog is an improv comedy group made up of four veteran improvisers from The Free Association Theatre who have been performing since it opened its doors in 2014.
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Orange Tuxedo (Los Angeles, CA) is a 2-person improv show featuring Craig and Carla Cackowski, a husband and wife team.
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Grab your garlic and your giggles - Halloween just got chaotic. Hosting our night of spooky improv is the one and only Andrew Doherty: Brighton Fringe Comedy Award winner, creator of smash-hit shows Gay Witch Sex Cult and Sad Gay AIDS Play, and a sell-out sensation at Soho Theatre, Pleasance and VAULT.
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
IMPROVISED SPOOKY STORIES FROM THE DEVILISH MINDS OF COMEDIANS
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
This Halloween, the monsters are off the silver screen and onto the improv stage. Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, Wolf Man, and even the Invisible Man have all been taking improv classes and now they’re finally ready to “yes, and” their way into your hearts.
START: 10.00PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Every other Sunday, our brand new house Narrative Team brings you a tale never that will always be remembered, but never be repeated.
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £10 + Booking Fee
Orange Tuxedo (Los Angeles, CA) is a 2-person improv show featuring Craig and Carla Cackowski, a husband and wife team.
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £12 + Booking Fee
Every other Sunday, two Harold teams will show you the good stuff. Harold Night features our two house Harold teams - Sweetheart and Hotbed!
START: 7.00PM TICKETS: £10 + Booking Fee
Fresh from their sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, improv legends Graham Dickson (Austentatious) and Steen Raskopoulos (The Bear Pack), are back baby!
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £14 + Booking Fee
Fresh from their sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, improv legends Graham Dickson (Austentatious) and Steen Raskopoulos (The Bear Pack), are back baby!
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £14 + Booking Fee
Fresh from their sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, improv legends Graham Dickson (Austentatious) and Steen Raskopoulos (The Bear Pack), are back baby!
START: 8.30PM TICKETS: £14 + Booking Fee