The Nursery together with Freestival is bringing an improv only venue to Edinburgh - a Fringe first! Every night for three weeks, the Holyrood Suite at the Thistle Hotel will transform in The Nursery in Edinburgh, where a variety of amazing acts make up comedy, cabaret, musical, Shakespeare, sci-fi and more. And it's free.
Acts include:
The Maydays & Friends: Unplugged
The award-winning Maydays take you on a tour of improv shows from the past, present... and future. Different formats, different national and international guests (TBA) and different stories, but the same inimitable Maydays improv magic.
***** FringeGuru **** FringeReview
Ten Thousand Million Love Stories:
A two person, multi-character improvised play based on audience stories about love, what it means and how we succeed and fail in it.
'A masterclass - could this be future of comedy?' Fringe Guru
Project2:
Improvised science-fiction which may or may not contain robots starring Katy Schutte (The Maydays, Katy & Rach) and Jonathan Monkhouse (Marcus Brigstockes Unavailable for Comment). Well. It will probably contain robots
'I could watch them for hours' Susan Messing
Impromptu Shakespeare:
Bursting with comedy, love, poetry, tragedy, power struggles, the supernatural, mistaken identity and everything Shakespearean. Impromptu Shakespeare have their tongues firmly in their cheeks and their feet planted in the works of The Bard.
'Outstanding' **** Broadway Baby 'An impressive display of improv' **** Three Weeks
Jinni Lyons Is An Only Child:
As an Only Child, Jinni was used to making up imaginary people to play with. She is now able to talk to 'real' people too, so come and have a cosy chat with her and watch childhood imagination in a grown-up body tell you a story...
'Exemplary' Mike McShane
Anne and Frank want you to see this:
Anne & Frank work with some of the best minds that are up and coming on the UKs comedy scene and are bringing their weekly showcase of improv, sketch and character comedy to Edinburgh. Each show will be a different style of comedy with a variety of guests uniting for a unique one-of-a-kind show.
***** Remote Goat
Peablossom Cabaret:
Mr Pea and Miss Blossom perform a brand new set of toe-tapping cabaret numbers at every show. Be their guests as they improvise lyrics on the spot about your hobbies, your grandma, your cat... anything at all!
'Uproarious laughter' EdFringe Review
The Science of Living Things:
Improv group specialising in snappy scenes, fantastic characters and surreal experiments. A single suggestion starts a chain reaction and thenBrains collide! Universes are created! There may be bees! Anything can happen. Its science, but without the rules
**** Remote Goat
The Nursery presents. . . :
A special slot for some very special performances. The Nursery asks improvisers, comedians and stand-ups who are performing elsewhere at the Fringe to join them daily from 9.30-10.15 to blow your minds with improvised brilliance. Guests TBA.
The Guest Speaker:
A new and exciting improvised comedy show where some of the finest improvisers will perform solo! High-risk comedy as our performers stand-alone and spontaneously make-up a speech based on a topic suggested by you the audience. Cast: Mike McShane, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson & Suki Webster.
The Nursery will also provide daily pay-what-you-like improvisation workshops, 1.30pm-2.30pm at Arch 4, New Waverley Arches, Market Street (not Mondays)
