Improbable:

It was 1996 when Improbable sort of muddled into being as Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, Lee Simpson and producer Nick Sweeting.

Phelim, Julian and Lee had been working in theatre separately and together in various combinations for some years, and had successfully resisted the urge to formalise their relationship into a "theatre company". In the autumn of 1996 we gave in and formed Improbable.

Since then, the eleven shows we have made as Improbable, 70 HILL LANE, ANIMO, LIFEGAME, CINDERELLA, COMA, SPIRIT, STICKY, THE HANGING MAN, THEATRE OF BLOOD, STARS ARE OUT TONIGHT and THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS have established an international reputation for innovative, exciting, accessible theatre.

Our work has been seen in the UK, Egypt, Malaysia, Australia, Belgium, Germany, the USA, Greece, Canada, Lebanon, Ireland, Syria, New Zealand, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland and Holland. 70 HILL LANE has won several major awards including an OBIE for Outstanding Achievement in Off Broadway Theatre, the 1997 Time Out Award for Best Off West End Production, Best Performance at The Cairo International Theatre for Experimental Theatre and The Manchester Evening News Award for Best Fringe Production.

Our shows have grown out of a way of working that means being prepared to create work by the seat of your pants and the skin of your teeth, stepping onstage before you are ready and allowing the audience to have an integral part in the creation of a show. We still believe that one day a big red faced man brandishing a stick will appear at the back of the theatre and shout, "Oi you bloody kids! Get out of it! Go on, clear off!" and we will be found out and have to run away.

Improbable is funded by Arts Council England, London.