Improv Anxiety: How to Work With Your Nerves | Dr Amanda Cassil and Ben Cassil
EIFF presents Improv Anxiety: How to Work With Your Nerves | Dr Amanda Cassil and Ben Cassil
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Improv Anxiety: How to Work With Your Nerves | Dr Amanda Cassil and Ben Cassil
EIFF presents Improv Anxiety: How to Work With Your Nerves | Dr Amanda Cassil and Ben Cassil
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
THE WORKSHOP
“A class that helps improvisers better understand and work with their anxiety” -Suzi Barrett, Yes Also Podcast
Improv makes every performer a little nervous. But sometimes that anxiety can overwhelm you, take you out of the moment, and make it difficult to have fun on stage. In this workshop we will learn about the function of anxiety and tools to manage it in the context of improv with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Amanda Cassil. We will then put those tools to use with targeted improv exercises from Improv Teacher Ben Cassil.
Prerequisite: some improv experience is helpful
About the leaders: Dr. Amanda Cassil is a Clinical Psychologist and the founder of STEM Psychological Services. She is the author of The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person and The Self-Care Plan for the Highly Sensitive Person, and host of the podcast Practicing Failure.
Ben Cassil is an improv instructor, coach, and performer. He has been improvising for over a decade, with training from WE Improv and UCB Los Angeles. You can see Ben perform with the WE Improv House Team Cosmo, Improvised Movie team Hot Set at WGIS, Trans-Atlantic team SIPS, and hear him on his improvised podcast Live From the Big Apple.
TICKETS
Sunday 8th March 2026
09:45 (3 hours) in MB4
£50
FURTHER INFO
Accessibility: Full accessibility information for all our venues can be found on our website. Alternatively, please contact our Box Office with any access questions.
MONKEY BARREL COMEDY
Monkey Barrel Comedy has been ‘Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue’ since 2020 (Chortle Awards) and was described by The List as “a year-round Edinburgh institution”. It has over 500 5-star reviews on TripAdvisor, making it one of the city’s top-rated year-round attractions.
The club was home to both of 2022's Edinburgh Comedy Awards winners, Best Comedy Show 2023 and Best Comedy Show and Best Newcomer 2024. It has been described as the "Beating Heart" of the Fringe by The Telegraph and “the best comedy club in the world” by comedian Olga Koch.
“What a comedy club you’ve got there, Edinburgh!” (Kevin Bridges)
“Down there at the Monkey Barrel, there's something in the water, AND I CAN'T STOP DRINKING IT!” (Sam Campbell)
"Fringe Heroes" (The Metro)
"Redefining what weekend comedy can and should be" (British Comedy Guide
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Location
Monkey Barrel Comedy
9-12 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR United Kingdom
FINDING US
Monkey Barrel Comedy is situated in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. Our rooms are located on opposite sides of the street at the top end of Blair Street, just off the Royal Mile. Our venues can be easily accessed by bus or taxi from South Bridge or by foot from the Cowgate or the High Street.
ACCESSIBILITY
Please contact our Box Office in advance if you have any access requirements, so we can advise on the options available.
As with many venues in the historic Old Town, some of our spaces have accessibility limitations. We have three year-round performance spaces (MB1, MB3, MB4). Detailed accessibility information for each of our venues can be found here. If the room for an event isn't listed, then it may not yet have been confirmed, so please check with us before buying a ticket.
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