Nominated – Chortle Best Music or Variety Act 2011
Winner – Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit Of The Fringe Award 2009
Nominee – Best Production – MTM Awards 2009
Nominee – Judges’ Discretionary Award – MTM Awards 2009

Reviews in the press and online

Five Star Reviews

Time Out, The Independent On Sunday, Mail on Sunday, WhatsOnStage.com, The Scotsman, British Theatre Guide, The Huffington Post, Edinburgh Evening News, Three Weeks, Fringe Review, FringeGuru.com, SoSoGay, The Good Review

Four Stars Reviews

The Financial Times, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, Metro, One4Review, Pink Paper

Quotes

‘Don’t miss the sublimely talented Showstoppers’  improvised musical’
(Stephen Fry)

‘An ingenious and engaging mix of improvisation and musical theatre. If you admired the Comedy Store Players for their ability to think on their feet, this bunch do it with the same verve and flair, but set to music. I was left open-mouthed. I can honestly say that I’d opt for this show’s wild, inventive energy over The Sound of Music any day.’
(Lyn Gardner – The Guardian)

‘Jaw-dropping. glorious moments of spontaneous creation. All the big-hit mega-musicals inspire an audience to want to see them more than once. And I’d see Showstopper! again tomorrow.’
(The Times)

‘Makes your jaw drop in amazement and your ribs ache with laughter. Cameron Mackintosh should sign them up immediately.’
(Mail On Sunday)

‘They truly are the masters of longform improvisation. These guys have to be seen to be believed! More talent on stage than you can shake a stick at!’
(Critic’s Choice – TimeOut)

‘These hideously talented regulars are pushing improv in new directions. Go marvel.’
(The Telegraph)

‘Astonishing. Showstopper! has everything you could want from a blockbuster musical. It just happens to be made up on the spot.’
(Metro)

‘I’m just gobsmacked! … A group of fearsomely able improvisers.’
(FT)

‘A joyous, uproarious collaboration propelled by the quickwittedness of the multi-talented cast and their mischievous onlookers. For sheer madcappery, refreshingly wholesome, good-natured musical slapstick, this musical high-wire act is hard to beat.’
(Independent On Sunday)

‘An awesomely talented cast. Don’t miss seeing Showstopper! You really mustn’t.’
(Kate Copstick – The Scotsman)

‘Fantastically refreshing, uncynical seat-of-their-pants fun.’
(Evening Standard)

‘The most glorious of small shows. An amazing band of actors and a band – sax, clarinet and piano – each night creates a completely new musical, led by suggestions from the audience. Showstopper! simply shouldn’t stop.’
(The Observer)

‘If this is what improv can do you wonder why anyone bothers writing anything down.’
(The Times)

‘It’s like watching a child chasing a helium balloon across a rubbish tip.’ (Five stars, of course)
(Alan Cox)