The odds are you have never heard of the star of "Lifegame," the piquant, oddly touching new offering from the ever-resourceful Improbable Theater.

Semi-improvisational theater from an accomplished British troupe, the Improbable Theater; each performance is based on the life story of an audience member.

A production of the Improbable Theater, which here earns its right to its name, this evocation of things that go bump so bewilderingly is rendered by only three actors: Mr. McDermott, Guy Dartnell and Steve Tiplady.

Improbable Theater presented by Performance Space 122.

Such is "The Hanging Man," a wry rumination on death and the purpose of art by the British troupe Improbable Theater.

A production of the Improbable Theater from London, this evocation of things that go bump so bewilderingly is rendered by only three actors: Mr. McDermott, Guy Dartnell and Steve Tiplady.

I look forward to the Improbable Theater, to Susan Rethorst - an American choreographer living in Amsterdam - plus Tere O'Connor and the Needcompany from Belgium.

When asked to describe "Lifegame," the newest import from the Improbable Theater in London, the show's creators tend to use words like unfinished, imperfect and, most commonly, scary.

That "Lifegame" comes from the Improbable Theater is not a complete surprise, considering the company's history of spooky and ecclectic work, including "70 Hill Lane," a 1998 play that dealt with a pesky poltergeist.

The Improbable Theater, the inventive young British troupe that turned Scotch tape into ectoplasm in the haunted-house play "70 Hill Lane," is now turning instant biography into instant, multiform theater.