Tour For Kiell Smith-Bynoe's improvised Show Kool Story Bro

Kiell Smith-Bynoe, star of Ghosts, Taskmaster and Stath Lets Flats, is set to take his hit improvised comedy show Kool Story Bro on a UK tour in 2026. Featuring some of the best improvisers in the country and a slew of celebrity guests, the show will play at some of its largest venues yet in May and October, including York’s Royal Opera House, Brighton’s Theatre Royal,  Birmingham's Town Hall. Having previously sold out two performances at the venue, the show will also return to London’s Soho Theatre Walthamstow.

Fans can sign up to the pre-sale at koolstorybro.co.uk to be the first to book tickets on Wednesday 3rd December, before general sale begins on Friday 5th December. 

Since its inception in 2023, Kiell Smith-Bynoe’s brilliantly interactive show has quickly become one of the most exciting nights out for comedy fans in the UK. Using stories from the audience, Kiell and his castmates create wildly unpredictable, relentlessly funny and intricately interconnected longform scenes. Now, following multiple sold-out runs in Edinburgh and London and a tour in early 2025, even bigger audiences across the country will have a chance to share their ridiculous and embarrassing anecdotes and inspire completely unscripted shenanigans from a cast featuring some of the most in-demand comedians and actors working today, including Emma Sidi,  Lola-Rose Maxwell, Graham Dickson, and many more.

At each show, Kiell and his cast will be joined by a top-secret celebrity guest  to help grill the crowd, and even participate in a bit of story-sharing themselves. Previous special guests have included the likes of Lily Allen, Amelia Dimoldenburg, Adam Buxton, Guz Khan, Mo Gilligan, Charlotte Ritchie, Frankie Boyle, Mathew Baynton, Joe Wilkinson, Rose Matafeo, Katy Wix, and Jessica Knappett. An equally starry set of  favourites from the world of film, TV and music will join the gang in 2026, for a run of shows that promise to be as brilliantly bizarre and unexpected as ever.

Kiell says: “At every show I say "make some noise if you've never seen improv before" and it's usually about 40% of the audience, which means the concept is still new to so many people. On our biggest tour yet I'm hoping to change that town by town, not only introducing people to improv but letting them know it can be kool.”

 

   

Friday 1 May 2026

Machynlleth

Machynlleth Comedy Festival

Saturday 2 May 2026

Coventry

Warwick Arts Centre

Sunday 3 May 2026

Fareham

Fareham Live

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Watford

Palace Theatre

Thursday 7 May 2026

York

York Opera House

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Crewe

Crewe Lyceum

Wednesday 13 May 2026

Manchester

HOME mcr

Thursday 14 May 2026

Cardiff

Glee Club

Friday 15 May 2026

Swindon

Wyvern Theatre

Sunday 17 May 2026

Southend

Palace Theatre

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Leeds

Leeds City Varieties

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Birmingham

Town Hall

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Nottingham

Nottingham Playhouse

Saturday, October 10, 2026

London

Soho Theatre Walthamstow

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Chelmsford

Chelmsford Theatre

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Newcastle

Northern Stage

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Hull

Asylum

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Brighton

Theatre Royal

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Liverpool

Epstein Theatre

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Sheffield

City Hall

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Hertford

BEAM

Friday, November 20 2026

Bristol

Bristol Old Vic

Picture by Corinne Cumming.

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