Mission Improvisation

Having developed their own little cult following over the last eight years by performing every Monday night at the Comedy Cellar, the Dublin Comedy Improv team have now got themselves a second residency: from next Tuesday they'll be playing at the Sugar Club, Leeson Street, on a weekly basis.

You should know the score by now: the audience members dictate the content of each and every show by shouting up suggestions (location, characters, plot etc;) to the team, who then try to fashion something comic of the raw material. It can be a very hit-and-miss affair - at its best improv can be exhilarating, at its worsts it reeks of an inane Victorian parlour game.

The improv team - Ian Coppinger, Michelle Read, Brendan Dempsey, Joe Rooney, Paul Tylak and Tara Flynn - are a mix of stand-ups and actors/actresses. Go along and try to outwit them at the Sugar Club, you soon get into the swing of things and learn how to participate properly.