Al and Cy bring their Improvised show to the Edinburgh Fringe 2025.

What’s your show called for Edinburgh Fringe 2025?

Cy: The Electric Head
AL: A humble name for a humble show – in which we try every night to solve the meaning of life
through the audience’s collective subconscious and the art of improvised comedy.

How long have you been doing the Edinburgh Fringe?

Cy: I first performed on the Fringe 25 Years ago and did my first full-run 24 Years ago.
AL: It’s a first for me, and I am lucky to be going with a veteran.

How do you cope with the overwhelming chaos that the Fringe brings?Cy: I thrive on chaos and I love the insanity and absurdity of the Fringe, I remember staggering out of The Penny Black to the sound of bag-pipes and bumping into someone dressed as a giant chicken. To me, that is pure joy.
AL: I generate boatloads of – but ultimately fear chaos – and suspect I will loathe the insanity and absurdity of the Fringe.
I was once dressed as a giant chicken, desperately trying to escape the sound of bagpipes when I bumped into some idiot staggering out of the Penny Black with a joyous grin on their face. To me, that is true horror.

What sort of shows will see if you have time?

AL: In all honesty, Fringe prep has been so all-consuming I haven’t had a chance to consider what I’ll see at the Fringe, but I look forward to getting there and going with the flow. Many friends and contemporaries are taking shows this year, so I will do my best to catch as many of them as I can.

Cy: I would love to see Ozzy Algar’s Speed Queen – we saw her performing the character early on at the Leicester Square Theatre Sketch-off competition – plus I am working on a Launderette-based comedy horror script – so it will be extremely interesting to see what hers is like! I would also love to see Lil Wenker’s BangTail – we also saw her performing the character and it was awesome.

Have you performed at any other Fringe Festivals? If so which has been your favourite so far?

Cy: Both Camden Fringe & Manchester Fringe were great. Our first live show was in Camden almost 20 years ago, so that holds a special place in my heart. Particularly the audience member who said ‘I loved it, but I didn’t understand any of it.’ Manchester was just really friendly and we had a
good time having a pint or two with the punters afterwards!

AL: Greater Manchester Fringe was a lot of fun, and we are performing a preview at Watford Fringe on July 13th at the Pump House. Watford is where most of our live shows have originated over the last few years, and we have such a lovely and loyal audience there, that I always look forward to those shows.

Any advice to newbies about flyering?

Cy: Wear comfortable shoes and enjoy yourself. See it as a day out in the sunshine, well, or the
pouring rain, after all, this is Edinburgh! Use the local Tardis’ you see around the streets as they
will allow you double the time and if you give yourself flyers in the past they will become
macroscopic Djinns, spontaneously coming into existence, which saves on printing costs.

Al: I am a newbie to flyering. I do not own comfortable shoes. Hoping for rain as it is where I feel most at home, and as a Scotsman, if it is sunny I will only be able to flyer in three minute bursts.

What are your plans for the show after the Edinburgh Fringe?

Cy: We will be taking the long-form Impro back to London and performing it regularly whilst we work on our scripted version of Dante’s Commedia!

Al: We already have a busy year lined up post-Edinburgh. Our Comedy Playhouse script the Cracks Are Showing is on the horizon, and I hope to tour the improv show if possible, as it would be great to take it to some new cities.

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Al: This show is an improv show like no other – the trust we have developed over the 15+ years of performing together means we have no fear. We truly do dive utterly into a world the audience has created on the night and watch it play out along with them. It feels like a true act of spontaneous creativity, and I can’t wait to find out What Worlds Await in Edinburgh!

Cy: Expect the unexpected! We don’t know what’s going to happen and each show really is 100% improvised on the spot! Don’t expect ‘Whose Line’ style Impro – this is a full-on, stream of consciousness character comedy adventure along the lines of Vivian Stanshall or Peter Cook – it could be Horror, it could be Romance, and whatever you do, try to come and see it twice as no two
shows will ever be the same.

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