shake it up

The Improvised Shakespeare Show
Tuesday 28 October, 2025
7.30pm
£22 adult, £10 child
(Booking fee applies)

​The Medieval Hall, Salisbury SP1 2EY
Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so ShakeItUp thought they would give him a hand… Using his language, your audience suggestions, and our overactive imaginations, ShakeItUp create a brand-new Shakespeare play live on stage, complete with live music, songs, and plenty of laughs. 
 
Pick your authentic Shakespearean genre: Epic History, Romantic Comedy, or Gruesome Tragedy! Pen your wittiest Shakespearean line for our brave actors to pull from their suitably-Shakespearean breeches when they need a helping hand – the twist? They’ll have no idea what the line will be before they say it!
 
Then sit back and watch the hilarity unfold in a totally bonkers play that Willy Shakes himself would be proud of. Expect big laughs, high drama, and plenty of Bard-based Bedlam!
 
ShakeItUp Theatre launched The Improvised Shakespeare Show in 2018. Since then they have performed well over 100 totally improvised Shakespeare plays to audiences across the UK, from the Minack Theatre in Cornwall to the Edinburgh Fringe and internationally in Italy, Poland, and Germany.
REVIEWS

★★★★★ “Quick witted, inexhaustible and absolutely hysterical.” London Theatre Reviews
 
★★★★★ “Brilliantly bonkers…one of the best improvised shows out there”  West End Best Friend
 
★★★★★– “masters of improv…brilliant fun for all”  Theatre Scotland