EdFringe Talk: Tartan Tabletop in a Dungeons & Dragons Comedy: The Never-Ending Quest (Ends Aug 27th)

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“The show is different every night, meaning that I, as the Dungeon Master, essentially have to write 25 shows rather than just one.”

WHO: Josh Aitken

WHAT: “A quest that began on the free Fringe last year, makes it’s full Fringe debut – the popular Dungeons & Dragons podcast team lands at Gilded Balloon with the Never-Ending Quest – improvised comedy at the roll of a dice, expect teamwork, nerdy jokes and guest star comedians playing Noblin the Goblin. Don’t worry about the plot, we don’t! Expect laughs, adventure and random acts of sorcery from the Tartan Tabletop gang of misfit adventurers – produced by Off Fest-nominated Future Artists.”

WHERE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose – Nip (Venue 117) 

WHEN: 17:40 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

As most of our cast are recovering theatre kids and drama students, we’ve all been to the festival before – however this show is something we’re bringing ourselves, rather than our high school production of ‘Grease’.

All of our cast are Scottish, and some conveniently from Edinburgh… One of them, Alex, as a younger man thought that the festival was comprised of Jugglers only, and couldn’t understand the mass popularity. He’s since been informed he is not required to juggle in our show.

What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?

So the show is different every night, meaning that I, as the Dungeon Master, essentially have to write 25 shows rather than just one. A steep learning curve for me was remembering not to write the show the morning of… wether this has absorbed or not we are yet to see.

Alex has also asked me to let you know he has learned to juggle, I will reiterate however that this isn’t necessary for our show.

Tell us about your show.

The show is a group of friends sat around a table playing Dungeons and Dragons and we want you to feel like a part of that! That’s literally how the show started, we were a group of friends who would meet every Friday night to escape our mundane everyday responsibilities by rolling dice and speaking in funny voices… and then we decided to monetise our hobby.

As the Dungeon Master I write the entire show other than the characters played by my fellow cast members – those are completely improvised and developed personally by the actors. They get to be the heroes and I get to be the trees, rats and slimy goblins. Its a thankless and some might say humiliating job, but thats showbiz baby!

The show is being produced by Future Artists and we are incredibly thankful to them for the opportunity. As for the future, well it depends how many of you lot come and see us.

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

A friend of the show has wrote a play called ‘The Rejects’, which is on at TheSpace on the mile, We caught there preview and its hilarious! You should definitely check it out.

For something more Dungeons and Dragons-esque there’s an improv comedy show called ‘Mistakes Where Made’ on at CC Blooms, we’re planning to go see that, it looks right up our street.

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