With improvisation, you can always get a hit and miss show. The good thing, each show will change in a daily basis, due to its very own nature. The bad thing is that if the problem lies on the acting skills of the performers, and not the material or suggestions they are given that day, then there is no saving the show, whichever day you decide to go.
The Oxford Imps are a mixed bag. Not exceptionally talented, but very fast ad libbers, they all just about hold themseves on stage, never letting any of their colleagues down, but never really standing out either. They can relay on each other to move the improvisations forward, and there are no uncomfortable silences, or mix-ups. They are also consistent on the characters they create and the situations they are given by the audience.
The Oxford Imps divide their act in four parts. They first perform a song with some words the public shouts, then they make a dvd (features and all), which turns out to be the show’s highlight, and they move to some more singing in a compromising space the audience has been asked to provide. Their weaker acts, maybe due to their principle, are the joke segment (where each has to invent an on the spot joke revolving around an object), and their final story, which drags no end.
If The Oxford Imps refined their act a bit, got rid of their last segment, and played a bit more with their audience, their hour routine would be highly amusing. As it stands, you chuckle just enough as to not fall asleep.
3/5 
Adrian G. Velazquez
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