KIELL SMITH-BYNOE & FRIENDS: KOOL STORY BRO the live tour

Peter Anderson
April 9, 2025

Berk’s Nest are thrilled to announce that star of Taskmaster, Ghosts and The Great British Sewing Bee, Kiell Smith-Bynoe is heading out on tour with his smash hit improvised comedy show – Kool Story Bro. With an all–star cast of comedians and some very special guests joining him, the show will see the cast taking stories from the audience and turning them into completely improvised comedy scenes.

Fresh from sold-out shows in Edinburgh, London and Brighton, Kool Story Bro is the unmissable improv show that spins unscripted sketches out of the audience’s weirdest and wildest anecdotes. Together with a surprise celebrity co-host, these “world-class improvisers” (Corr Blimey) are about to create a totally unique and utterly ridiculous show from scratch.

Kiell said about the upcoming tour: “I’ve been trying to push the slogan Make Improv Kool Again but apparently that “doesn’t have a ring to it”. I’m very excited to take Kool Story Bro on tour around the country and bring the audience’s stories to life, joined by the best improvisers on the world (it is on, think about it) and some huge special guest hosts from the world of TV. I’m also just really looking forward to sleeping in different Premier Inn’s. Lenny Henry makes it look proper comfortable.”

Kiell Smith-Bynoe is an actor and writer most known for his brilliant comedy work in BBC One’s Ghosts, Channel 4’s BAFTA winning Stath Lets Flats and BBC’s Three’sMan Like Mobeen. Ghosts, for which he played the lead, had had four successful series and two Christmas specials. Kiell’s other television roles include those in Merman comedy Dreamland opposite Lily Allen, BBC Three’s hilarious Enterprice, BBC’s hugely popular Horrible Histories, Ellie & Natasia sketch show and Channel 4’s much loved Friday Night Dinner. As of last year, Kiell hosted The Great British Sewing Bee after previously appearing as a contestant on the Celebrity special series in 2021. Kiell has appeared on popular TV shows such as Taskmaster,Would I Lie To You andCelebrity Catchphrase. Kiell’s Channel 4 blap, Red Flag, in which he co-wrote and starred in, aired in 2022 to huge critical acclaim.

Heading out across the UK Kiell will be joined by members of Kool Story Bro’s rotating cast of improvisers. This includes Starstruck favourites Lola-Rose Maxwell and Nic Sampson, Afterlife andAustentatious’s Graham Dickson, Big Boys’ Robert Gilbert, Mock The Week’s Emily Lloyd-Saini, Shadow and Bone’s Anna Leong Brophy Taskmaster’s Emma Sidi, with more to be announced. Previous special guest hosts have included Lily Allen, Jamie Demetriou, Mo Gilligan, Charlotte Ritchie, Mathew Baynton, Rose Matafeo, Julie Adenuga, Guz Khan, and Munya Chawawa.