Technical Requirements

You may need to provide staging depending on your venue, which we can advise you on. However the show is extremely versatile and can be performed almost anywhere.

Our basic requirements are as follows:

  • We need to be positioned at the optimum audience viewing point

  • We require a minimum performance space of around 3m x 2m (12′ x 4′ approx)

  • We need to hang our back-drop banner – which is approx 2m x 2m (6′ x 6′)

  • We require 2 x power-points for musician keyboard and amplifier

  • We need an armless chair for the musician

  • The show needs to be well lit – for theatre venue shows we require a “general wash” lighting state. However for village hall shows we can make do with whatever your venue has available.

  • We require a technician to operate our lights. In many cases this just involves switching them on and is not a complicated or involved job

About the show

Fresh and inventive, each show throws up new nuggets of hilarity crafted by a company of the highest calibre. It's a pick-me-up tonic with unexpected twists and a dash of sauce.

There'll be sketches, songs and general silliness - and all of it based around audience suggestions. And if you're too shy to shout anything out? Well don't worry, you'll have the chance to write things down in the interval. We're the ones who'll look daft, not you!

Many people have seen improvised comedy on the t.v. - but remember, this is not recorded and edited, but totally live, making it trickier for the actors but more exciting for the audience. So, if you like your comedy fast-paced and with a slightly unusual edge, this is definately for you.

We're proud to use some of the best local talent, with our performers regularly appearing at the Tobacco Factory, Theatre Royal Bath and Bristol Old Vic.

For some large scale corporate shows we may need 3 hands-free lapel radio microphones plus a standard microphone for the musician. We would also require a technician to set up the equipment, check sound levels and operate the sound during the show.

INSTANT WIT will provide you with a contact person for each show.

We perform the show with 3 or 4 actors and a musician.

Our ‘get-in’ time, which includes our warm-up, is usually one and a half hours before the performance.

Show times (approximately) are as follows:

  • First half – 55 minutes

  • Interval – 20 minutes

  • Second half – 45 minutes