Improbable
@improbable1.bsky.social
World-renowned company of pioneering improvisers, makers & conversation facilitators. We make remarkable theatre.
Next: My Neighbour Totoro West End (from 8 March)
https://www.improbable.co.uk
D&D20 tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/devotedanddisgruntled
Next: My Neighbour Totoro West End (from 8 March)
https://www.improbable.co.uk
D&D20 tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/devotedanddisgruntled
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Improbable
@improbable1.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Hello! We are Improbable.
Pioneering improvisers, theatre makers and conversation facilitators.
Improbable occupies a vital space in the landscape of UK theatre. At the heart of our artistic practice is improvisation.
Improbable began in 1996 (or at least that is what we've decided for now...)
Pioneering improvisers, theatre makers and conversation facilitators.
Improbable occupies a vital space in the landscape of UK theatre. At the heart of our artistic practice is improvisation.
Improbable began in 1996 (or at least that is what we've decided for now...)
🎟 Così fan tutte returns 🎟
London Coliseum | 6–21 Feb 2026
Mozart’s comic masterpiece, directed by Phelim McDermott.
🎟 Book now:
buff.ly/9HYAgR2
🎥 An insight from Phelim on the production:
buff.ly/3YjlNyM
London Coliseum | 6–21 Feb 2026
Mozart’s comic masterpiece, directed by Phelim McDermott.
🎟 Book now:
buff.ly/9HYAgR2
🎥 An insight from Phelim on the production:
buff.ly/3YjlNyM
Così fan tutte | Buy Opera Tickets for 2026 | ENO
Experience the charm of Mozart's Così fan tutte. Book your opera tickets now for a night of captivating music at ENO’s London Coliseum in 2026.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🎟 Così fan tutte returns 🎟
London Coliseum | 6–21 Feb 2026
Mozart’s comic masterpiece, directed by Phelim McDermott.
🎟 Book now:
buff.ly/9HYAgR2
🎥 An insight from Phelim on the production:
buff.ly/3YjlNyM
London Coliseum | 6–21 Feb 2026
Mozart’s comic masterpiece, directed by Phelim McDermott.
🎟 Book now:
buff.ly/9HYAgR2
🎥 An insight from Phelim on the production:
buff.ly/3YjlNyM
🎟 Tickets on sale now 🎟
Perfect Show For Rachel
📍 Queens Theatre Hornchurch
🗓 5–7 Feb 2026
Relaxed performances as standard, with captions & integrated BSL.
👉 Book now: buff.ly/uLc6wpB
(And please RT if you’ve loved the show!)
Perfect Show For Rachel
📍 Queens Theatre Hornchurch
🗓 5–7 Feb 2026
Relaxed performances as standard, with captions & integrated BSL.
👉 Book now: buff.ly/uLc6wpB
(And please RT if you’ve loved the show!)
Perfect Show For Rachel - Queens Theatre
★★★★★ “Why can’t more theatre be like this? Open, relaxed, fun and full of love” – The Guardian Rachel is a theatre-loving, enigmatic, learning-disabled 35 year-old who loves Kylie, heckling her…
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January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
🎟 Tickets on sale now 🎟
Perfect Show For Rachel
📍 Queens Theatre Hornchurch
🗓 5–7 Feb 2026
Relaxed performances as standard, with captions & integrated BSL.
👉 Book now: buff.ly/uLc6wpB
(And please RT if you’ve loved the show!)
Perfect Show For Rachel
📍 Queens Theatre Hornchurch
🗓 5–7 Feb 2026
Relaxed performances as standard, with captions & integrated BSL.
👉 Book now: buff.ly/uLc6wpB
(And please RT if you’ve loved the show!)
IT'S CHRISTMAS!
The Improbable office will close tomorrow, 19th December for a well-earned winter break and will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026.
Thank you all for supporting us this year, keep your eyes peeled for some exciting announcements coming your way in 2026 👀
Love,
Team Improbable
The Improbable office will close tomorrow, 19th December for a well-earned winter break and will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026.
Thank you all for supporting us this year, keep your eyes peeled for some exciting announcements coming your way in 2026 👀
Love,
Team Improbable
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
IT'S CHRISTMAS!
The Improbable office will close tomorrow, 19th December for a well-earned winter break and will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026.
Thank you all for supporting us this year, keep your eyes peeled for some exciting announcements coming your way in 2026 👀
Love,
Team Improbable
The Improbable office will close tomorrow, 19th December for a well-earned winter break and will reopen on Monday 5th January 2026.
Thank you all for supporting us this year, keep your eyes peeled for some exciting announcements coming your way in 2026 👀
Love,
Team Improbable
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Dress done, first show at @contactmcr.bsky.social in a couple of hours #perfectshowforrachel @zooco.bsky.social @improbable1.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dress done, first show at @contactmcr.bsky.social in a couple of hours #perfectshowforrachel @zooco.bsky.social @improbable1.bsky.social
A festive treat from Improbable
We’ve shared exclusive video hints of our 2026 programme with our Community Supporters — and we’d love you to be part of it.
Get supporter-only content, early insights & behind-the-scenes updates:
👉 www.improbable.co.uk/support-us
Happy holidays !
We’ve shared exclusive video hints of our 2026 programme with our Community Supporters — and we’d love you to be part of it.
Get supporter-only content, early insights & behind-the-scenes updates:
👉 www.improbable.co.uk/support-us
Happy holidays !
December 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A festive treat from Improbable
We’ve shared exclusive video hints of our 2026 programme with our Community Supporters — and we’d love you to be part of it.
Get supporter-only content, early insights & behind-the-scenes updates:
👉 www.improbable.co.uk/support-us
Happy holidays !
We’ve shared exclusive video hints of our 2026 programme with our Community Supporters — and we’d love you to be part of it.
Get supporter-only content, early insights & behind-the-scenes updates:
👉 www.improbable.co.uk/support-us
Happy holidays !
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Matilda Leyser has been appointed co-artistic director of theatre company Improbable, forming a leadership trio alongside Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Improbable names Matilda Leyser as its first female artistic director
www.thestage.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Matilda Leyser has been appointed co-artistic director of theatre company Improbable, forming a leadership trio alongside Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
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Improbable names first-ever woman to head up company www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces
Improbable names first-ever woman to head up company - Arts Professional
The theatre company behind collaborations including My Neighbour Totoro has appointed former circus aerialist and writer, MATILDA LEYSER, as a joint creative
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Improbable names first-ever woman to head up company www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces
The first session is tonight!
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The first session is tonight!
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
Come and join our wonderful new Co-Artistic Director at Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/improbable/t...
🎭 Big Improbable news: Matilda Leyser is now Co-Artistic Director!
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🎭 Big Improbable news: Matilda Leyser is now Co-Artistic Director!
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
After years as Associate Director, performer, writer & Open Space champion — she joins Phelim & Lee in leading the company.
“It may still be weird, or wild, but it won’t be lonely.”
Read her beautiful reflection 👉 buff.ly/2kzlE9X
📅 Thursdays from 13 November -18 December
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email office@improbable.co.uk
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email office@improbable.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📅 Thursdays from 13 November -18 December
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email office@improbable.co.uk
🕚 5-6pm
📍 Bat and Ball Centre, Sevenoaks
🎟️ Tickets start at £7.50*
For more information: buff.ly/DsX0I7v
*If costs are a barrier but you would still like to attend the sessions, please email office@improbable.co.uk
This will be an intergenerational class, celebrating each stage of life, and the dancing that is possible within it. It will be taught in a flexible and open way that accommodates different kinds of minds as well as different kinds of bodies. Neurodivergent learning styles are welcome.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This will be an intergenerational class, celebrating each stage of life, and the dancing that is possible within it. It will be taught in a flexible and open way that accommodates different kinds of minds as well as different kinds of bodies. Neurodivergent learning styles are welcome.
Introducing Improbable Moves! A playful, accessible movement class, open to all ages- from seven to seventy and beyond – and suitable for all levels of experience, from the nervous and new, to the seasoned and confident dancer.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Introducing Improbable Moves! A playful, accessible movement class, open to all ages- from seven to seventy and beyond – and suitable for all levels of experience, from the nervous and new, to the seasoned and confident dancer.
The news is out!
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The news is out!
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
My Neighbour Totoro is extending in the West End until 30 August 2026!
We can't wait to welcome you to the neighbourhood 💚
📸 Manuel Harlan © RSC
totoroshow.com/news/
Deaf since the age of 7, Jenny has been the Artistic Director of Graeae since 1997. Since then, she has pioneered a new theatrical language and aesthetics of artistic access experimenting with bilingual BSL and English, pre-recorded BSL, creative captioning, and in ear/live audio description methods
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Deaf since the age of 7, Jenny has been the Artistic Director of Graeae since 1997. Since then, she has pioneered a new theatrical language and aesthetics of artistic access experimenting with bilingual BSL and English, pre-recorded BSL, creative captioning, and in ear/live audio description methods
FACILITATOR ANNOUNCEMENT
We are excited to announce that the next M/Others Who Make workshop, Making a Manifesto for Deaf M/Others will be hosted by Jenny Sealey!
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕚 6-8pm
📍 online
🎟️ buff.ly/pS0Alyc
We are excited to announce that the next M/Others Who Make workshop, Making a Manifesto for Deaf M/Others will be hosted by Jenny Sealey!
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕚 6-8pm
📍 online
🎟️ buff.ly/pS0Alyc
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
FACILITATOR ANNOUNCEMENT
We are excited to announce that the next M/Others Who Make workshop, Making a Manifesto for Deaf M/Others will be hosted by Jenny Sealey!
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕚 6-8pm
📍 online
🎟️ buff.ly/pS0Alyc
We are excited to announce that the next M/Others Who Make workshop, Making a Manifesto for Deaf M/Others will be hosted by Jenny Sealey!
📅 Monday 3rd November
🕚 6-8pm
📍 online
🎟️ buff.ly/pS0Alyc
We are delighted to share images from last week's Antepiano rehearsal of Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat !
Akhnaten will be performed at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona from 16 October - 3 November 2025.
📸 © Sergi Panizo – Gran Teatre del Liceu
Akhnaten will be performed at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona from 16 October - 3 November 2025.
📸 © Sergi Panizo – Gran Teatre del Liceu
October 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are delighted to share images from last week's Antepiano rehearsal of Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat !
Akhnaten will be performed at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona from 16 October - 3 November 2025.
📸 © Sergi Panizo – Gran Teatre del Liceu
Akhnaten will be performed at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona from 16 October - 3 November 2025.
📸 © Sergi Panizo – Gran Teatre del Liceu
Rehearsals for Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat are underway!
Check out some of these shots from the rehearsal room last week.
Check out some of these shots from the rehearsal room last week.
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rehearsals for Akhnaten @liceubarcelona.cat are underway!
Check out some of these shots from the rehearsal room last week.
Check out some of these shots from the rehearsal room last week.
Our next D&D Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together? An invitation for Execs, Artistic Directors & Trustees with @theatre503 is this Thursday, 2nd October.
🕚 Doors open at 10:30am
🎟️ Pay What You Choose, minimum suggested price £10.
To find out more and to get your tickets: buff.ly/HwB2bw2
🕚 Doors open at 10:30am
🎟️ Pay What You Choose, minimum suggested price £10.
To find out more and to get your tickets: buff.ly/HwB2bw2
September 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our next D&D Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together? An invitation for Execs, Artistic Directors & Trustees with @theatre503 is this Thursday, 2nd October.
🕚 Doors open at 10:30am
🎟️ Pay What You Choose, minimum suggested price £10.
To find out more and to get your tickets: buff.ly/HwB2bw2
🕚 Doors open at 10:30am
🎟️ Pay What You Choose, minimum suggested price £10.
To find out more and to get your tickets: buff.ly/HwB2bw2
APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW
Are you an arts leader who wants to, or is finding they need to, work differently? Are you facing challenges? Do you need space to think, reset and reconnect? Then, Improbable’s Arts Leaders Winter Residency could be for you.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Are you an arts leader who wants to, or is finding they need to, work differently? Are you facing challenges? Do you need space to think, reset and reconnect? Then, Improbable’s Arts Leaders Winter Residency could be for you.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW
Are you an arts leader who wants to, or is finding they need to, work differently? Are you facing challenges? Do you need space to think, reset and reconnect? Then, Improbable’s Arts Leaders Winter Residency could be for you.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Are you an arts leader who wants to, or is finding they need to, work differently? Are you facing challenges? Do you need space to think, reset and reconnect? Then, Improbable’s Arts Leaders Winter Residency could be for you.
Find out more and apply: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Applications for our Winter Arts Leaders Residency close this Wednesday!
Arts leaders are not often afforded the time and space for connection, reflection and action. Our unique approach will use Improbable’s acclaimed practice to enable you to take a pause from the day to day.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Arts leaders are not often afforded the time and space for connection, reflection and action. Our unique approach will use Improbable’s acclaimed practice to enable you to take a pause from the day to day.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Applications for our Winter Arts Leaders Residency close this Wednesday!
Arts leaders are not often afforded the time and space for connection, reflection and action. Our unique approach will use Improbable’s acclaimed practice to enable you to take a pause from the day to day.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Arts leaders are not often afforded the time and space for connection, reflection and action. Our unique approach will use Improbable’s acclaimed practice to enable you to take a pause from the day to day.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
ICYMI: There are 2 x bursary places available on our Winter Arts Leaders Residency 2025!
Applications close on 1st October, find out more on our website: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Applications close on 1st October, find out more on our website: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
September 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
ICYMI: There are 2 x bursary places available on our Winter Arts Leaders Residency 2025!
Applications close on 1st October, find out more on our website: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Applications close on 1st October, find out more on our website: buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Join us for the week and become part of a transformative journey that will shape the future of the arts sector, one inspired leader at a time
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Join us for the week and become part of a transformative journey that will shape the future of the arts sector, one inspired leader at a time
Applications for our 2025 Winter Arts Leaders Residency are now open!
The Residency is for everyone who considers themselves a leader – anyone who has an idea, a spark, a need to do or to dream.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
The Residency is for everyone who considers themselves a leader – anyone who has an idea, a spark, a need to do or to dream.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Applications for our 2025 Winter Arts Leaders Residency are now open!
The Residency is for everyone who considers themselves a leader – anyone who has an idea, a spark, a need to do or to dream.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
The Residency is for everyone who considers themselves a leader – anyone who has an idea, a spark, a need to do or to dream.
buff.ly/pGrtxLV
Devoted & Disgruntled Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together?
Silos won’t save us. Execs, ADs, Trustees & leaders — let’s come together.
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 📍The 503Studio
🎟️ Pay What You Choose → buff.ly/OEh4ieb
#DDSatellite #ArtsLeadership #Improbable #Theatre503
Silos won’t save us. Execs, ADs, Trustees & leaders — let’s come together.
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 📍The 503Studio
🎟️ Pay What You Choose → buff.ly/OEh4ieb
#DDSatellite #ArtsLeadership #Improbable #Theatre503
September 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Devoted & Disgruntled Satellite: How Do We Lead Well Together?
Silos won’t save us. Execs, ADs, Trustees & leaders — let’s come together.
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 📍The 503Studio
🎟️ Pay What You Choose → buff.ly/OEh4ieb
#DDSatellite #ArtsLeadership #Improbable #Theatre503
Silos won’t save us. Execs, ADs, Trustees & leaders — let’s come together.
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 📍The 503Studio
🎟️ Pay What You Choose → buff.ly/OEh4ieb
#DDSatellite #ArtsLeadership #Improbable #Theatre503
📍 The 503Studio, Battersea
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 10:30–4
🎟️ Pay What You Choose
Photo: Rulin Ma
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 10:30–4
🎟️ Pay What You Choose
Photo: Rulin Ma
August 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📍 The 503Studio, Battersea
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 10:30–4
🎟️ Pay What You Choose
Photo: Rulin Ma
📅 Thu 2 Oct | 10:30–4
🎟️ Pay What You Choose
Photo: Rulin Ma