Sean McCann

  • Comedian and actor

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Just say yes

Improv is one of the more curious sub-genres of comedy.

Short Com, 2nd August 2017

#EdFringe17 Comedy Q&A: Sean McCann from Rhapsodes

Rhapsodes is billed as a ground-breaking, unique improvised Shakespeare show, inspired by the bardic competitions of the ancient Athenian festivals. We fired a Q&A off to its co-star and co-creator of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Sean McCann.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 27th July 2017

Showstopper! and Mark Gatiss win Olivier Awards

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has won the Best Entertainment and Family Show at the Olivier Awards tonight. Mark Gatiss won Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2016

One always needs a dose of originality after a large helping of nostalgia and that was certainly provided by Showstopper, a new comedy show during which a cast improvises a musical using suggestions from the studio audience. Curtain up on the first offering, and Dylan Emery was asking the ensemble for an opening number for a musical called The God Sister set in mafia gangland. Not surprisingly, the plot was nonsensical at times, or as Emery put it, "contextually unlikely", but on the whole the performers - including Pippa Evans, Ruth Bratt, Lucy Trodd, Sean McCann and Oliver Senton - produced one of the most entertaining half hour's radio I've heard in a long time.

Lisa Martland, The Stage, 21st January 2011

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