“It’s a wonderful thing to be a part of or to visit, and we can’t wait to welcome audiences aboard our fun show!”
WHO: Lottie Davies
WHAT: “Pinch Punch are back to welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder, an improvised comedy murder-mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands. Expect outrageous accents and shaky alibis! Four characters board a train but not everyone will survive. Thankfully, a world-famous detective is ready to solve the case. But who is the murderer? Only one person knows: the murderer themselves. Using audience suggestions and stories, Pinch Punch create a never-to-be-repeated whodunnit. If you love comedy or murder mysteries then this is the show for you!”
WHERE: Gilded Balloon Patter House – Other Yin (Venue 24)
WHEN: 15:00 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is our second time at the Edinburgh Fringe festival! We came last year and loved it, so we’re back to solve some more murders. The Edinburgh Fringe is so special, it’s a real home for creatives and a brilliant way to get drenched in as much comedy and theatre as you possibly can. It’s a wonderful thing to be a part of or to visit, and we can’t wait to welcome audiences aboard our fun show!
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2023 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
In 2023’s fringe, we learned that audiences felt super comfortable with us – and so we’re reinforcing that it’s ok to go to improv shows and let other people do the talking if that’s not your jam. If you’d like to come along and shout out a suggestion, we obviously love that, but we won’t be picking on anybody at random and putting them on the spot.
We also learned that to be good at handing out flyers, you’ve got to have a lot of gusto and some lozenges on hand!
Tell us about your show.
Our show is a hilarious improvised murder mystery, set on a train in the 1920’s. A world famous detective gets onboard, along with four mysterious strangers. One of them won’t survive the night and it’s the audience’s job to figure out whodunnit. But only one person onstage knows for sure – the murderer themselves!
Pinch Punch is formed of 11 professional actors who came together in late 2019 to do our Improvised Panto. During the lockdown, we workshopped our murder mystery show and after killing each other over Zoom, we won a commission from Harrow Arts Centre to put on test performances and Locomotive for Murder was born! We’ve been touring the show around the country this year and plan to head to more venues after the Fringe so watch this space!
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
I’d recommend seeing something outside of your normal viewing habits!
For impro, we love Shake It Up (improvised Shakespeare, what’s not to love!) Showstopper! and Side Quest (for the DnD crowd).
For Comedy you can’t go wrong with Foil, Arms and Hog, Will Sebag-Montefiore’s ‘Will The People’ and Terry Wogan Late. I saw Terry Wogan last year and couldn’t stop laughing.
For theatre, I’m excited about Potty the Plant and Silence, the unauthorised musical of Silence of the Lambs, and as a hardcore Agatha Christie fan I’m really interested in seeing ‘The Rats’, too. The Importance of Being… Ernest? and Defective Inspector are sure hits as well.
If you’d like to get more involved, I can’t recommend Massaoke and the Solve-a-long Murder She Wrote enough! I can’t get enough of these and I’ll be there again this year!
Have a great fringe and I hope to see you aboard the Locomotive for Murder!
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