The Comedy Store Players are Lee Simpson, Josie Lawrence, Richard Vranch and Ruth Bratt.
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Improvised music is provided by Steve Edis, Kirsty Newton, Yshani Perinpanyagam, Chris Ash, Richard Baker and Alex Ross.
The Comedy Store Players have been performing improvised comedy shows at the London Comedy Store every Sunday since 1985. They ask the audience for suggestions of locations, objects, styles and characters, and turn those suggestions into hilarious improvised scenes, stories, sketches and songs. No two performances are the same. They also perform at theatres, festivals and events around the UK.
The shows feature excellent guests, including Mike McShane, Marcus Brigstocke, Greg Proops, Monica Gaga, Lauren Shearing, Rachel Parris, Steve Steen, Ian Coppinger, Pippa Evans, Niall Ashdown, Stephen Frost, Phelim McDermott, Cariad Lloyd, David Reed, Eddie Izzard...
Performer line-ups are subject to change.
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In 2025 the Players received the Legend of Comedy Award from the Leicester Comedy Festival in partnership with De Montford University, at a ceremony held in Leicester Cathedral.
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Guinness World Records officially confirmed in 2010 that The Comedy Store Players is the world's longest-running comedy show with the same cast. Read more on Chortle.
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Andy Smart 1959 - 2023
