
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.

