2014 Edinburgh Fringe

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Folie à Deux is a darkly elegant début comedy show from two of Britain's most inventive improvisers.

Riffing on a single word from the audience, the cast of two - both stars of Chortle Award-winning smash hit, Austentatious - dive headlong into an hour of wit, chemistry and masterful wordplay.

Combining character monologues and lightning-quick repartee with loaded silences, Folie à Deux is an entirely unscripted caper into the unknown. As a different story unfurls every night, prepare for razor-sharp comic timing, gut-wrenching poignancy and sophisticated idiocy.

About the Cast

Charlotte Gittins and Andrew Hunter Murray are two of the UK's most accomplished improvisers. They have acted at home & abroad with Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel, and performed with such comedy luminaries as Marcus Brigstocke, Mike McShane and Ross Noble.

Andrew Hunter Murray writes comedy for BBC Two's QI and for Private Eye magazine, and, as well as Austentatious this year, will also appear in John Lloyd's Museum of Curiosity Live at the Underbelly. He also stars in the acclaimed QI podcast No Such Thing As A Fish.

Charlotte Gittins starred in last year's Farce Noir ('comic performers on top form' - The List) and, as well as Austentatious, is part of the cast of popular late-night impro show Monkey Toast and London's annual 50-hour improvathons. Off-stage, she has acted on BBC Two and BBC Three, voiced characters for TV, radio and video games, and, behind-the-scenes, makes BBC arts and history documentaries.