Based on a true and haunting childhood experience

Aida must choose between the man she loves and the homeland she longs for. Betrayal is the only option.

Philip Glass's mesmerising opera about the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh and forms the last of Philip Glass’s trilogy of ‘portrait’ operas

The bastard child of puppetry and improvisation

An operatic adventure for 6 to 18 month olds.

A very adult fairy-tale

A child lived in the ashes...

Stories from the edge of life

Mozart's final comic masterpiece set in a Coney Island fairground

A global gathering of improvisers, artists, educators, scholars and activists promoting the evolution and advancement of improvisation. Co-hosted by the iii! and Middlesex University.

St John's Wood Library and Improbable present a double bill performance

This workshop is for performers who are curious about live improvisation, whether you're interested in doing improvisation as part of a theatre practice or using these skills in other areas of performance.

Part chat show, part impro show

Imagine older actors in their 70s and 80s, actors who have spent their lives bringing life to other people's words. Imagine they were on stage with nothing but themselves and no words but their own.

Two women. One show. No ideas

A rollercoaster ride through ten fascinating psychological experiments Book now

Love. Sex. Panic

What would a female-grown improvisational culture look like?

Improbable's landmark opera production of Philip Glass's portrait of Mahatma Gandhi

Philip Glass' Satyagraha (Sanskrit for “truth force”) is inspired by Gandhi’s early years in South Africa - a powerful meditation on the lasting effects of human goodness. Limited 6 performance run at LA Opera.

Three performers struggling to tell the story of three brothers

A trip into space, created in collaboration with AMICI Dance Theatre Company

An outdoor extravaganza of fireworks and sticky tape

Sometimes no matter how hard we try, we still have absolutely no idea.

The story of an everyday murder and a mythic bear

A tragic comedy of manslaughter and love

What is the role of the Elder in the 21st century?

The story of an architect who hangs himself in the skeleton of his unfinished cathedral

A new production of avantgarde composer Helmut Lachenmann's extraordinary opera

What do we do when fascism comes to town? In a paper world of light and shadow, violence and dance, five performers work together on what sets them apart.

The final years of Walt Disney's life, set against the wonderful music of Philip Glass

Stories of swashbuckling female pirates of the past combined with intimate moments of personal piracy today

What happens when practitioners from outside theatre meet with Improbable improvisers onstage?

A magical production of Shakespeare's play

If the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over

A stage adaptation of the stylish 70s horror movie about an actor who takes bloody revenge for a lifetime of bad reviews

The Winter Mentoring Fete is a fantastic opportunity to pick the brains of companies who have been there, done that, got it wrong, (sometimes) got it right, and learned a lot along the way.

The Winter Mentoring Fête is a fantastic opportunity to pick the brains of theatre companies who have been there, done that, got it wrong, (sometimes) got it right, and learned a lot along the way.

In this five-day workshop, Co-Artistic Director Lee Simpson looks at how Improbable brings the philosophy and practice of improvisation to performance improv, devised theatre, plays, operas and social activism.