2015 Edinburgh Fringe
Impromptu Shakespeare
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Returning after a successful premiere in 2013. Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, soliloquies, power struggles, mistaken identity and the supernatural, Impromptu Shakespeare creates an entirely new and unique play, in the style of Shakespeare, and based entirely on suggestions literally thrown at them (on ping pong balls) by the audience.
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Impromptu Shakespeare answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions
The team behind Impromptu Shakespeare explain how ping pong balls are involved in their show.
British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2015More details
Join some of the UK's most exciting improvisers for 40 minutes of riotous fun in an ingenious family friendly show (12+) that will delight Shakespeare aficionados and rookies alike. The Impromptu Shakespeare team have their tongues firmly in their cheeks and their feet planted in the works of The Bard.
Impromptu Shakespeare have been working together since their critically acclaimed 2013 Edinburgh Fringe debut. The show features a rolling cast of leading comic and theatrical improvisers and actors:
Sylvia Bishop (Peablossom Cabaret), Lucy Fennel (Upstairs Downton, SmART Attack), Rosy Fordham (Upstairs Downton, Secret Cinema), Rebecca MacMillan (The Maydays), Tom Wilkinson (The Oxford Imps) and Jen Rowe (The Maydays, Merry Wives of Windsor @ BOAT). They are directed by Rob Wilson (Get Lost & Found).
Rob Wilson studied Shakespearean acting at Guildhall, and Improvisation in Chicago (Second City and iO). He founded the Impromptu Shakespeare Company in 2013. Rob also runs Get Lost & Found: a multi-disciplinary arts organisation. Current projects include Roald Dahl & the Imagination Seekers, 'The Commune' a new area at Bestival Festival, Camp Bestival's Bluecoats, Pirate School, and various corporate events.
Performances
| Date | Time | Venue |
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| 7th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 8th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 9th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 10th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 11th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 12th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 13th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 14th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 15th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 16th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |
| 17th Aug 2015 | 17:00 | Thistle King James Hotel |