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The Suggestibles is a British improv comedy group, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the UK Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities.
Formed in 2003 at Live Theatre they went on to find a following at their home venue, The Cumberland Arms in the Ouseburn Valley, playing there every month and, since 2011, also monthly at The Stand Comedy Club. The group have also played regular residencies at The Hyena, Black Swan and The Mixer in Jesmond.
Live Theatre formerly Live Theatre Company is a theatre and company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
The Ouseburn Valley is the name of the valley of the Ouseburn, a small tributary of the River Tyne, running southwards through the east of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The name refers particularly to the urbanised lower valley, spanned by three impressive bridges, which is nowadays a cultural and social oasis close to the centre of Newcastle.
The Stand Comedy Club are three stand-up comedy venues in the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Newcastle upon Tyne.
The group has a core team of players (in 2018 this is currently Bev Fox, Ian McLaughlin, Carl Kennedy, Tom Walton and Rachel Glover) and are usually accompanied by Alex Ross, an improvising musician, and often a special guest from other UK improv companies. Previous core members of the team have included Gary Kitching and Chris Price. Guest players have included Niall Ashdown, Victoria Elliott, Stephen Frost, Paula Penman, Lee Simpson, Andy Smart, Steve Steen, Richard Vranch, Stella Duffy, Suki Webster and Tony Slattery.
Niall Ashdown is a comedian, actor, improvisor and writer.
Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost is an English actor and comedian.
Lee Simpson is a British actor and comedian best known as a member of the improvisational group The Comedy Store Players.
Their regular show usually consists of two 45 minute sets, with improv games and short forms in the first half, and "Aspects" - a long form (or narrative) improvised musical [1] in the second.
Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created collaboratively by the players as the improvisation unfolds in present time, without use of an already prepared, written script.
The group's roots can be traced to 1992, when founder members Bev Fox and Ian McLaughlin created 'The Impro Panto' with a mini London tour (sponsored by Cadbury's) at the Arts Theatre, BAC, Gate and Banana. The group present their "Impro Pantso" [2] , an improvised pantomime, every Christmas at both Northern Stage and the Cumberland Arms. [3] which now also tours additional venues including Gala Theatre in Durham, Seaton Deleval Arts Centre, Hexham Queens Hall, Washington Arts Centre and Alnwick Playhouse.
Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company wholly owned by Mondelez International since 2010. It is the second-largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Uxbridge, West London, and operates in more than 50 countries worldwide. It is known for its Dairy Milk chocolate, the Creme Egg and Roses selection box, and many other confectionery products. One of the best-known British brands, in 2013 The Daily Telegraph named Cadbury among Britain's most successful exports.
Northern Stage is a theatre and producing theatre company based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is surrounded by Newcastle University's city centre campus on King's Walk, opposite the students' union building. It hosts various local, national and international productions in addition to those produced by the Northern Stage company. Until the 2006 reopening the theatre was known as the Newcastle Playhouse and is a registered charity.
The Alnwick Playhouse is an arts centre, theatre and cinema in the town of Alnwick in Northumberland, England. It is also the headquarters of the NTC Touring Theatre Company.
On 23 April 2005 The Suggestibles were the winning team at London's Globe Theatre in Ken Campbell's Shakespearean improv tournament: Shall We Shog? beating teams from London and Liverpool. They have also performed at Bristol Jam, an annual improv festival held at the Bristol Old Vic, since its inception in 2009.
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed by an Ordinance issued on 6 September 1642.
Kenneth Victor Campbell was an English writer, actor, director and comedian known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre."
Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a financially independent organisation in the 1990s. Bristol Old Vic runs a Young Company for those aged 7–25.
Away from the stage, the Suggestibles have an online following for their videos and live improv clips. They won a Royal Television Society Award in 2008[ citation needed ] for Pour Quoi (a skit on Parkour) which was an [ citation needed ] overnight [ citation needed ] YouTube hit with over 800,000 views there. The team also presented a live radio show on NE1FM for six months in 2008.
Two founder members of the group, Bev Fox and Ian McLaughlin, also teach improv skills for personal and business development, as Suggestibles' School of Improv.
