A solo improvised comedy show by David Elms, acclaimed by critics and fellow comedians.
David Elms brings Describes A Room to Theatre@41 in York on Sunday 21 March. It's a solo improvised hour, which is exactly what the title suggests: one person on stage making it up as they go.
If you're not familiar with the show, the premise is simple. Elms takes a room — any room — and spends the hour describing it. Because it's improvised, the details don't come from a script; they're built in the moment, and the comedy comes from how he works through the space. It's the kind of thing that sounds like a small idea until you see it actually happen.
It's earned a fair bit of attention from the people who do this for a living. Critics and fellow comedians have been vocal about it, with one describing it as 'a lesson in the transcendent power of the improvised hour'. That's high praise coming from within the comedy circuit, and it gives you a sense of what the show is aiming for — not just a few quick jokes, but a full hour built from nothing.
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It's a solo show, so it's just Elms up there. If you've seen improv before, you know it's a different beast from a stand-up set; there's a specific kind of tension when you know the performer is figuring it out in front of you. Describes A Room leans into that, taking a single, focused task and stretching it across the whole hour. It's a good one to keep in mind for a Sunday evening in York.
