2023 Edinburgh Fringe
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
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Venue
33: Pleasance Courtyard
Room: The Grand
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The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this multi award-winning show. Audience suggestions are transformed on the spot into an all-singing, all-dancing show with hilarious results. A Fringe favourite and sell-out phenomenon; your Edinburgh festival experience is simply incomplete without it! 'The top musical improvisers in the business... Compulsory Fringe viewing... Just book in time' ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Achingly funny... Worth seeing again and again' ***** (Time Out). 'Had me weeping with laughter' ***** (Mail on Sunday).
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Notes
Due to the improvised nature of this show, performances may contain strong language.
Reviews
- The Student Newspaper
- Mumble Theatre
- West End Best Friend
- Broadway World
- Lisa In The Theatre
- One4Review
- The Scots Reviewer
- WhyNow
- Entertainment Now
- Playbill
Press articles
Best-reviewed Edinburgh Fringe shows 2023
Ed Byrne was the best-reviewed stand-up comic performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023, analysis conducted by British Comedy Guide has found.
British Comedy Guide, 4th September 2023Interview with Lauren Shearing, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical cast member
"The strangest and most wonderful things normally come from brilliant mistakes and misunderstandings in an improv show; you can come on as a background cleaner, but another cast member might think you're their long-lost twin, and suddenly you're an integral part of the scene and the wider story."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 26th July 2023Edinburgh 2023: pick of the programme - returning favourites
Some Fringe favourites are returning for 2023!
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 14th June 2023Performances
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 3rd Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 4th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 5th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 6th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 7th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 8th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 9th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 10th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 11th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 12th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 13th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 14th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 16th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 17th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 18th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 19th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 20th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 21st Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 22nd Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 23rd Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 24th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 25th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 26th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |
| 27th Aug 2023 | 21:10 | Pleasance Courtyard (The Grand) |