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The Improv Scotland Podcast is – quite simply – a podcast to promote improv in Scotland. Every fortnight, Mark Craig will gather a few talented Scotland-based improvisers and play silly games and perform made-up scenes in the vicinity of a microphone. These will then be presented to you for your listening pleasure!

Friday 1 August 2014

Improv at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014

The podcast will be taking a short break during August because the Edinburgh Fringe has descended and most Scottish improvisers are out performing or watching international improvisers all month! To that end I have compiled a list of every improv show I could find and present it to you below!

If your show or a show you love is missing, please do get in touch. I will likely have missed some. Same goes for any mistakes I will definitely have made. Shows featuring people heard on the Improv Scotland Podcast will be marked with a *.



-1100-

1145-1245 - Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised! - 30-25
        Pleasance Courtyard (33) - 6.00-9.00


-1200-

1230-1330 - Playback Impro - 31-24 (not 4, 11, 18)
        Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde (259) - FREE   


-1300-

*1305-1350 - The Improveteers! - 12-16
        theSpace on the Mile (39) - 3.00

1310-1410 - This Slate Is Intentionally Left Blank - 2-23 (not 12, 19)
        Chiquito (294) - FREE

1335-1435 - Baron Sternlook's Big Naughty Improvised Musical - 31-25 (not 18)
        Spotlites @ The Merchant's Hall (278) - 5.00-6.50

1340-1440 - Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel - 30-25 (not 12)
        Pleasance Dome (23) - 8.00-11.00


-1400-

1400-1500 - All Made Up: This Time It's Social - 2-23 (not 13)
        Chalky's (219) - FREE

1400-1500 - The Improlympians - 11-22 (not 16, 17)
        Electric Circus (98) - FREE

*1400-1500 - The Improvised Improv Show - 31-24
        Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde (259) - FREE

1400-1450 - Shellshock! Improv Live! - 30-25 (not 11)
        C Venues C Nova (145) - 5.50-9.50

1415-1515 - Good Morning, Campers - 2-15
        Laughing horse @ Bar 50 (151) - FREE

1415-1505 - Waiting for the Call: The Improvised Musical - 2-9
        C Venues C (34) - 8.50-11.50

1430-1530 - Heartbreak Motel - 2-24 (not 13)
        Liquid Room (276) - FREE

1430-1530 - Oh Boy! The Quantum Leap Show - 1-24 (not 4, 11, 18)
        Cowgatehead (32) - FREE

1430-1530 - Upstairs Downton: The Improvised Episode (1-24)
        Laughing Horse @ The Counting House (170) - FREE

1435-1535 - Baby Wants Candy present The Improv All Star Explosion - 31-25 (not 13)
        Underbelly Bristo Square (300) - 10.00-12.00

1440-1540 - Play-Giarism - 13-23
        George Next Door (430) - FREE


-1500-

1500-1600 - Bristol Improv Steals The Show - 4-23 (not 5, 12, 20)
        Whynot? (327) - FREE

*1500-1600 - Impro FX: Men With Coconuts - 2-24
        Sportsters Bar (90) - FREE

1500-1610 - Showstopper! The Improvised Musical - 6 and 13
        Gilded Balloon (14) - 12.00-14.00

1540-1640 - Comedians' Cinema Club - 31-23 (not 12)
        Just the Tonic at The Tron (51) - 6.00-7.00

1545-1645 - The Oxford Imps: Pun and Games - 30-25
        The Gilded Balloon (14) - 6.00-10.00


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1600-1700 - Mysteries of the Unknown - 4-10
        Sweet Grassmarket (18) - 7.00

1600-1700 - Paul Merton's Impro Chums - 7-16
        Pleasance Courtyard (33) - 11.00-14.50

1600-1700 - Peablossom Cabaret - 2-23
        Dario's Restaurant (429) - FREE


-1700-

1700-1800 - ComedySportz UK - 17-24
        Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters (272) - FREE

1745-1845 - Shhh: An Improvised Silent Movie - 4-23 (not 10, 17)
        Gryphon@WestEnd (109) - 9.00-10.00


-1800-

1800-1900 - Folie à Deux - 30-24 (not 9, 12, 19)
        Pleasance Courtyard (33) - 7.00-9.00

*1805-1855 - Absolute Improv! - 1-23 (not 3, 17)
        theSpace on the Mile (39) - 8.00-10.00

1810-1910 - Murder, She Didn't Write - 31-16 (not 6, 13)
        Sweet Grassmarket (18) - 8.00

1815-1915 - The Discount Comedy Checkout - 8-9
        Cowgatehead (32) - FREE       

1815-1915 - Hollywood Film Fest - 30-25 (not 11)
        C Venues C Nova (145) - 5.50-9.50

1815-1915 - The Improv Musical -30-25 (not 12)
        C Venues C (34) - 3.50-9.50

1830-1930 - Captains of Industry! An Improvised Miscellany - 17-23
        Laughing horse @ The counting House (170) - FREE

1830-1930 - No Strings! An Improvised Comedy Musical...with Puppets! - 1-16
        Laughing Horse @ The Counting House (170) - FREE


-1900-

1930-2030 - Outrageous Courageous Highly Contagious: Israeli Style Improv - 1-24 (not 5, 12, 19)
        Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix - FREE

1930-2040 - Showstopper! The Improvised Musical - 22
        Gilded Balloon (14) - 14.00-15.00

1930-2030 - Time Smash - 10-16
        Wee Red Bar (113) - FREE


-2000-

*2000-2100 - Impro FX: The Improvised Panto - 2-24
        Sportsers Bar (90) - FREE

2000-2100 - Life Deconstructed - 17-24
        Laughing Horse @ The Counting House (170) - FREE

2005-2055 - Improvabunga: Scared Scriptless - 2-23 (not 3, 10)
        theSpace on the Mile (39) - 6.00-7.00

2010-2110 - Cariad & Paul: A Two Player Adventure - 18-23
        Pleasance Dome (23) - 8.00-10.00

2015-2105 - Stuck - 13-25
        C Venues C Nova (145) - 5.50-9.50

2030-2130 - Lights! Camera! Improvise!: The Improvised Movie - 30-25 (not 12)
        Pleasance Courtyard (33) - 8.50-12.50

2045-2145 - Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical - 30-25 (not 13)
        Assembly Roxy (139) - 13.00-15.00

*2050-2140 - Improv Games - 2-23
        Chalky's (25) - FREE



-2100-

2100-2200 - What does The Title Matter Anyway? - 6-19
        Underbelly Bristo Square -

2110-2210 - Abandoman: Hot Desk - 30-25 (not 11, 18)
        Underbelly Bristo Square (300) - 13.50-15.00


-2200-

2200-2300 - BattleActs! - 2-24 (not 4, 11, 18)
        Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters (272) - FREE

2200-2300 - Comedy Unplugged by CSz Manchester - 17-24
        Laughing Horse @ Ryrie's (136) - FREE

2200-2300 - Joystick! Impro Present Cinesmash - 13-24 (not 18)
        Wee Red Bar (113) - FREE

2205-2305 - Blind Mirth - 11-23 (not 17)
        theSpace on the Mile (39) - 6.00

2205-2300 - The Shambles - 1-23 (not 3)
        theSpace @ Surgeon's Hall (53) - 6.00-8.00

*2210-2310 - Pint and a Half - 13-23
        George Next Door (430) - FREE

2230-2340 - Showstopper! The Improvised Musical - 30-24 (not 21, 22)
        Gilded Balloon (14) - 12.00-15.00

2250-2350 - The Noise Next Door's Comedy Lock-In - 30-24 (not 12)
        Pleasance Courtyard (33) - 8.50-13.00


-2300-

*2315-0005 - A to Z Improv Comedy - 2-23 (not 5, 12, 19)
        Kilderkin (227) - FREE

2315-0015 - The Discount Comedy Checkout - 8-9
        Cowgatehead (32) - FREE       


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0010-0210 - The Watch This Improv Troupe's Improvabunga-Bunga Party - 2, 9, 16 and 23
        Banshee Labyrinth (156) - FREE

0030-0130 - The Improverts: 25th Anniversary - 2-23
        Bedlam Theatre (49) - 6.50-7.50

0045-0145 - Improv From The Crypt - 15-24
        Laughing Horse @ The Counting House (170) - FREE



There are also children's improv shows:
  Once Upon A...
  *Absolute Improv Stories
  The Oxford Imps Present: The Curious Case of the Improvised Musical

Shows featuring comics in situations where they have to improvise:
  Set List
  Voices In Your Head
  Prompter
  This Is Your Trial

A show I like the sound of that from what I gather feautures deliberately terrible improv:
   Learn to Laugh with Keep Calm and Improv

And finally, a show about the science of improv and what it does to our brain:
   Off The Top


Hope to see you at many/all of these shows!

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