Improverts
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Founded in Edinburgh in 1989 by Canadian-born Toph Marshall, the Improverts is the longest-running improvisational comedy show in Scotland.[citation needed] Since the show's inception it has kept the Bedlam Theatre as its primary performance space, running weekly during Edinburgh University's term time and then at the Edinburgh Fringe. Carrying on the teachings of Keith Johnstone, the show's format has twisted and changed over time, but stayed within the short-form sketch mould made famous by TV's Whose Line is it Anyway?.
Recruiting largely, although not exclusively, from the student population the show has been a starting point for many comedians, spawning other shows such as The Stand Players and The Penny Dreadfuls and providing a starting block for others including Kevin McKidd, Mitch Benn, Jenny Colgan, Maria Bamford, Ewen Macintosh and Miles Jupp.
