2026
March
Shakespeare North SCRATCH on Tuesday 24th March 7pm.
Aunt Batty Knows… performed at the wonderful Shakespeare North crowd in Prescot, previewing their show Tales From the Armchair.
Photo credit: Tabitha Jussa
Tales from the Armchair is an improvised show drawing inspiration from 1970s and 1980s TV such as Play For Today, Tales of the Unexpected, Hammer House of Horror and Armchair Thriller.
Created by four women, the piece explores the strangeness of the ordinary — where relatable characters and situations meet eerie surrealism. Aunt Batty Knows… ask whether the uncanny lives inside the mind, outside it, or somewhere in between.
Performers: Karen Hughes, Gemma Hurst, Su Jackson, Rosie Šošić
www.shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk
May
Liverpool Improvisation Festival 2026 Thursday 7th May 6pm
Photo credit: Tabitha Jussa
What a complete joy for Aunt Batty Knows… who opened the 2026 Liverpool Improvisation Festival, otherwise know as LIF, with the official world premier of our show Tales From the Armchair. Home soil to embed the roots of this strange and beautiful piece of work.
www.liverpoolimprovfestival.com
Video of Aunty Batty Knows… LIF performance.
Photos from LIF
Still taken from the video
Photo Credit: Andrew AB Photography
Photo credit: Andrew AB Photography
September
Belfast Improvisation Festival 2026 Friday 25th September 8.45pm
Our first international performance! What a wonderful experience in a welcoming and strong improv community. A joy to watch and perform.
www.belfastimprovfestival.co.uk
Photo credit: Claire Nugent
Photo credit: Kind audience member (name to follow)
Photo credit: Kind audience member (name to follow)
Photo credit: Kind audience member (name to follow)
October
Manchester Improv Wednesdays Wednesday 14th October at 8pm
It’s a thriving improv community in Manchester and so a lovely group of people to watch and perform with.
www.absoluteonionsimprov.com/improvwednesdays
Photo Credit: Manchester Improv Wednesdays
Photo Credit: Manchester Improv Wednesdays
Photo Credit: Manchester Improv Wednesdays