The improv scene in Edinburgh is really hotting up (unlike the Scottish weather at the moment) and The TBC Improv Theatre is at the centre of the action.
With a mix of exciting up and coming acts and established favourites, it's fast becoming the place to be on Sunday nights.
Check out the fantastic line up we have for you this month...
First Sunday of the Month 7th May
Absolute Improv! - 7:30pm
*** Featuring To Be Continued... ***
The 5-star, four-time Edinburgh Fringe sell-out improv comedy show! Edinburgh's improv theatre company presents a fast-paced, hilarious improv show that will have you coming back for more. Scottish and international improvisers create fun and witty improv sketches based on your suggestions (à la Whose Line is it Anyway?). Be sure to arrive ready to shout out odd and wonderful ideas, and together we'll make some comedy gold!
An Edinburgh Fringe sell-out 2013/2014/2015/2016.
★★★★★ (Cream of the Fringe, Prague.tv)
★★★★ (ThreeWeeks,BroadwayBaby.com, FringeReview.co.uk, Latest7 Magazine).
Join Edinburgh's all female improv troupe for scenes, stories and banter, with the spotlight on everyone's "favourite" subjects: relationships and dating. *Contains predictably unpredictable fun
Mark likes X-Men comics, watching TV and rolling dice. Kirsty likes spooky ghosts, hunky warlords and EGGS. Come see us answers questions that no one else can! Or.. would ever want to! But please, bear in mind... We Are (Not) Experts.
Second Sunday of the Month 14th May
Smoky Monkeys - 7:30pm
Smoky Monkeys present: Smoklahoma, their debut monkey musical, full of made up (on the spot) melodies and madness. Don't miss this hotly anticipated brand new show.. It'll send you home humming a brand new tune.
Me Plus One - 8:45pm
Mark Craig (TBC Improv) and a different special guest improviser, create an entirely new and unique two-person comedy show based off one word from you – our wonderful audience!
Second-Last Sunday of the Month 21st May
Open Improv Night - 7:30pm
Open Improv Night is an informal, fun, safe, open night of improv. Anyone can sign up for a slot to perform anything with anyone! The only criteria is it must be completely (or mostly) improvised.
Open Improv JAM - 8:45pm
Have you seen improv comedy and want to give it a shot? Pop your name inside of Box - BOX! - and, when it gets called, come on up to the stage for improv fun. Open to everyone and all welcomed, from veterans to novices alike!
Last Sunday of the Month 28th May
The Cutting Room - 7:30pm
Audience suggestions inspire rapidly unfolding scenes and as if by magic, players draw a story out of the chaos. Captivating side-scene or part of the main plot? Like comedy origami, the right cuts and folds make the play take shape. With time and place no obstacle, this improvised comedy is guaranteed to go where it has never gone before.
At the end of all To Be Continued… improv workshop course, we offer the participants the opportunity to front their own show with Absolute Improv Graduates!.
And to finish the month, we'll be welcoming an exciting mystery guest act...
We're located downstairs at Monkey Barrel Comedy (look for the big fluorescent yellow arrow to find us!). Doors open at 7pm and we're there with a different show every Sunday night - plus there's a well priced bar and retro computer games, so bring some friends and join us for a great value, great fun evening out.