Paul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv Show is coming to the Wyvern Theatre in spring 2026.
Following critically acclaimed seasons in London and Edinburgh, Paul Merton and Suki Webster, two of the UK’s leading improvisers, are delighted to announce that they will be taking their new show to Swindon next spring as part of their UK tour starting in autumn.
The audience is promised an evening of wonderfully unscripted cutting-edge comedy in a show full of fast, fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laugh-out-loud surrealism as these two masters of comedy improvisation join forces with their old friend, improv virtuoso Mike McShane, and many other very special guests to create cascades of laughter and joyful silliness.
Paul Merton is a resident guest on BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute and is an established face on TV shows such as the hugely popular Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (BBC4/2), Paul Merton’s Birth of Hollywood (BBC 2) and his travel series for Channel Five, Paul Merton’s Adventures which covered his travels in India, China and Europe. His Autobiography, Only When I Laugh reached the Sunday Times bestseller Top 10.
He has co-starred with Suki in Motorhoming with Paul Merton and Suki Webster for 2 series on Channel 5.
Suki Webster is a founder member of Paul Merton's Impro Chums and has toured the world with them. She has also appeared in a West End run of One Word Improv with Suzy (Eddie) Izzard.
In 2021 and 2023, Suki co-starred in 2 series of Motorhoming with Paul Merton and Suki Webster on Channel 5. My Obsession, a comedy drama series, which she wrote and starred in was aired on Radio 4 in June 2019.
Other TV work includes Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (BBC 2) and Ross Noble’s directorial debut The Catchment (Sky.) She has also written 5 documentaries for the BBC.
Mike McShane has been lucky enough to live by improvising with friends and also make friends by improvising live. He has appeared at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Little Shop of Horrors and Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, as well as Broadway with their production of La Cage Aux Folles.
TV includes Doctor Who, Bluestone 42 (BBC), Seinfeld, Frasier, NCIS LA (CBS) and Wayward Pines (FOX). Currently he can be seen in the webisode western, Red Bird, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.
The Scots Reviewer said of the show: “As improvised comedy goes, Paul Merton and Suki Webster have established themselves as two of the UK's best…this show is improv comedy at its strongest.”
One4Review said: “Paul Merton and Suki Webster have been amongst the best in business for years... class, nonsense, inventiveness and a whole barrel load of laughs.”
The British Theatre Guide said: “Some of the most experienced improvisers around... always impressive.”
Broadway Baby said: “This show absolutely delivers the big laughs... hilariously absurd.”
Paul Merton and Suki Webster's improv show comes to the Wyvern Theatre on Thursday 26 March 2026 at 8:00pm.
The Box Office number is: 0343 310 0040. To buy tickets for the show online, go to: https://trafalgartickets.com/wyvern-theatre-swindon/en-GB
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