Kick off the Royal Improv Festival with a night of bold, hilarious, and unforgettable improv comedy featuring some of the North Carolina's most exciting teams. From grounded relationship-driven scenes to fast-paced absurdity, this lineup brings a wide range of comedic styles together for one high-energy showcase.

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Featuring: Drama Queens • Pineapple Shaped Lamps • Snobs Anonymous • AWOOGA!

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.​

The Royal Improv Festival continues with a night of inventive, character-driven, & emotionally rich improv comedy. From playful ensemble work to theatrical storytelling and bold comedic perspectives, this lineup delivers a dynamic evening packed with originality, connection, & unforgettable moments on stage.

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Featuring: 704 Play • Prayer Circle Jerks • On Hallowed Ground • The Delight Department

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

The Royal Improv Festival heads Uptown for a night of fearless comedy, unexpected twists, and crowd-favorite performances. With high-energy ensemble work, playful experimentation, and wildly different comedic voices sharing the stage, this showcase promises an evening full of surprises and big laughs. Check out some of Charlotte's premiere ensembles.

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Featuring: The A-Team • AOS Tour Company • Improv Game Night • Hoover

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

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The Royal Improv Festival lands at one of Charlotte’s most unique creative spaces for an evening of imaginative, offbeat, and inspired improv comedy. Featuring talent from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Arizona, Alabama, and North Carolina, this showcase blends tarot-inspired storytelling, playful ensemble work, and quirky character-driven scenes into one unforgettable night.

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Featuring: Whatever Fate Decides • Dad’s Company Improv • Power Sauce • Get a Room

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

The Royal Improv Festival brings together music, dynamic perspectives, and bold theatrical storytelling for a vibrant night of improv comedy. Featuring spontaneous musical moments, diverse comedic voices, and an improvised medical drama full of tension, humor, and heart, this showcase delivers a wide-ranging evening of unforgettable performances.

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Featuring: Swell Music Improv • Play Cousinz Improv • Pillow Talk

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

The Royal Improv Festival continues with a late-night showcase featuring improv talent from Miami, Raleigh, and Charlotte. With bold characters, genre-inspired storytelling, and inventive theatrical comedy, this lineup delivers an unforgettable night of dynamic performances — including our headliner and teaching artist Diane Jorge in Solovela - An Improvised Telenovela!

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Featuring: Solovela • Rat People • The Brownstones • Sunday Supper

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

The Royal Improv Festival continues with a showcase featuring acts from Baltimore, Richmond, and Raleigh alongside bold local talent from Charlotte. With strong female representation, playful chemistry, narrative-driven storytelling, and just the right amount of afternoon delight energy, this lineup delivers a fun, fast-moving evening full of personality and surprises.

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Featuring: The Complaint Department • Babeprov • Festival Favorites • Plot Holes

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

The Royal Improv Festival continues the fun on Saturday night with some of the best improv teams from around North Carolina, including standout performers from Charlotte and Wilmington. Featuring bold ensemble work, playful spontaneity, and deeply connected storytelling, this showcase highlights the creativity and range of the Carolina improv scene.

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Featuring: Mom’s Adhesive • Knievel • Queen City Comedy's Own Team Now Are the Foxes

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

The Royal Improv Festival closes out Saturday night with a showcase featuring teams from Charlotte, Asheville, SC alongside our Royal Mixer Team directed by Diane Jorge, bringing together players from around the country. Featuring improv inspired by music, grounded storytelling, playful chaos, and big ensemble energy, this lineup celebrates the spirit of collaboration and community at the heart of improv.

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Featuring: Royal Mixer Team • Joe & The Ether • Local Legends • Shameless Improv

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy, celebrating local and national improv talent across Charlotte.

The Royal Improv performances close with an unforgettable night of world-class improvisation as legendary duo TJ & Dave bring their award-winning show to Charlotte. Known for creating a completely improvised one-hour play every performance, TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi deliver a masterclass in spontaneity, storytelling, and comedic brilliance unlike anything else in improv. Opening the evening is our own Improv Charlotte, celebrating 20 years of improv.

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Featuring: Improv Charlotte • Headliners on their National Tour - TJ & Dave

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Part of the week-long Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy.