Richard Vranch

Richard Vranch

Richard Vranch improvises comedy in Paul Merton's Impro Chums, the Comedy Store Players and Steve Frost's Impro Allstars.

In the 1980s Richard wrote and performed a double-act with Tony Slattery on the London comedy circuit, and he was the male member of the feminist cabaret group The Milles. He took his first one-man show Mexicoto the Edinburgh Fringe in 1999.

He was most famously the musical accompanist on Channel 4's Whose Line Is It Anyway? but his CV includes radio panel shows, including Radio 4's Just A Minute and The Infinite Monkey Cage, plus TV appearances and writing credits on The Paul Merton Show, The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball, Jackanory and Celebrity Weakest Link.

He had his own eight-part Channel 4 science series, Beat That Einstein, and his voice can be heard on TV documentaries and adverts. He played Gilmanuk in the Dr Who audio adventure Theatre of War.

He has also had cartoons published in Punch, The Spectator and Maxim.

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Richard Vranch live comedy dates

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 15 Jun 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £22 (£17 concs)
Improv with Lee Simpson, Neil Mullarkey, Josie Lawrence, Ruth Bratt, Richard Vranch and Steve Edis
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 22 Jun 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £22 (£17 concs)
Improv with Lee Simpson, Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, Lauren Shearing, Richard Vranch and Kirsty Newton
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 6 Jul 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £10 to £22
Improv with Lee Simpson, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, Ruth Bratt, Rachel Parris and Steve Edis
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 13 Jul 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £10 to £22
With Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, Ruth Bratt, Miles Jupp and Kirsty Newton
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 20 Jul 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £10 to £22
With Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson, Julian Clary and Kirsty Newton
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 3 Aug 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £10 to £22
With Josie Lawrence, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson, Rachel Parris, Niall Ashdown and Kirsty Newton
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 10 Aug 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £10 to £22
With Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson, Marcus Brigstocke and Yshani Perinpanayagam
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 17 Aug 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £10 to £22
With Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, Ruth Bratt, and Steve Edis
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

The Comedy Store Players

Date: Sun 24 Aug 2025
Venue: Comedy Store
Price: £10 to £22
With Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Richard Vranch, Ruth Bratt, Lee Simpson and Steve Edis
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)

Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2003

Stephen Frost\'s Impro All Stars


Edinburgh Fringe 2004

Dogman

Paul Merton\'s Impro Chums


Edinburgh Fringe 2005

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

YarnBards


Edinburgh Fringe 2006

Paul Merton's Impro Chums


Edinburgh Fringe 2007

Yarnbards [ 2007]


Edinburgh Fringe 2008

Paul Merton's Impro Chums [2008]


Edinburgh Fringe 2011

Paul Merton's Impro Chums [2011]


Edinburgh Fringe 2012

Paul Merton's Impro Chums [2012]


Edinburgh Fringe 2013

Paul Merton's Impro Chums [2013]


Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Paul Merton's Impro Chums


Agent

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