X-Files Improv with Dean Haglund

Available for UK touring in 2009

Dean Haglund played computer geek Langly for nine seasons of cult sci-fi series The X-Files. In this new show premiered to great acclaim at the Edinburgh festival 2007, Haglund improvises a new X-Files episode at each performance, using audience suggestions.

The resulting mayhem will delight fans of the long-running series and those who've never seen a single episode alike. Haglund's improvisational skills were honed alongside stars of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and his ability to spin hilarious scenarios from the simplest of ideas never fails to entertain.

In 2008, the show has been seen in a sell-out West End season, a month-long UK tour, and a return visit to the Edinburgh fringe.

'Radiating warmth and gung-ho charm, Haglund can coax material from even the most reticent. He skips nimbly with whatever we give him and finds gags scuttling between every stone of the grotto-like venue. An experienced stand-up as well as – somewhat ironically given his geek status – the inventor of a specialised ice pack for laptops, Haglund's improv skills are consistently excellent. Often with palm-smackingly funny results, he leads us in a series of Whose Line Is It Anyway?-style improv games, each based around scenes from a typical X-Files episode from autopsy to government cover-up. Amid all the raucous, knock-about fun, we somehow managed to piece together an episode about accountant-slaying hedgehogs from Pluto. Frankly, our faces hurt too much to care. Trust this one; the laughs are out there.' **** Metro

'Stupidly funny. Haglund's amiable quick wit making this a must for fans and good clean fun for everybody else.' **** The List

'Haglund works with the audience to delicious advantage, with tremendous speed and goodwill.' **** The Scotsman

'Irresistibly ridiculous' The Guardian

'A happy, inclusive affair that is not just for those who know their Smoking Man from their, er – can anyone actually remember anything else about The X-Files other than the Smoking Man?' The Times

'It might be nearly six years since Mulder and Scully were last in action but the sci-fi phenomenon that was The X-Files will not die. A new movie is due for release this summer, and for fans who cannot wait - and have a sense of humour - this live, improvised solo comic version starring cast member Dean Haglund plugs the gap. Last night - and probably every night in different ways - the emphasis was on pure silliness. A giraffe-badger-monkey mutant was on a killing spree and had to be tracked down. Haglund enlisted the help of various fans to play his supporting cast and provide sound effects. Anyone who remembers Channel 4's pioneering Whose Line Is It Anyway? will immediately recognise the beautiful unpredictability of the format. The experienced star's slick professionalism held things together throughout, keeping spirits up with a combination of high-energy humour and gung-ho enthusiasm. Haglund left everyone wanting more.' Evening Standard

Read a Scotsman feature about Haglund viewing the new X-Files film here.