TREE is an award-winning 60-minute immersive comedy​
Part clown show, part game show and part philosophical discussion exploring the duality of humanity. In this hour of comedy, participation is unavoidable. Our protagonist Tree leads the audience, or in this case “the forest”, towards what it means to be truly alive. A lovable gaze into a spiraling staircase of existentialism with surprising, yet inevitable, turns.
ACCOLADES & PRESS
3x SOLDOUTRUNS (Orlando, Victoria & Hollywood)
MOSTFRINGEBUZZAWARD Orlando 2023
GEORGEWALLACEPRODUCERPICK Orlando 2023
BESTCLOWN/ PHYSICALTHEATRE Victoria 2022
ENCOREPRODUCERS’ AWARD Hollywood 2022
FRINGESCHOLARSHIP Hollywood 2022
FRUITLOOPSCHOLARSHIP Edmonton 2023
“Mercado’s uninhibited play-acting at being a person… might make you reflect on your own relationships to fellow foliage-folk, after you recover from laughing. Defying conventional categorization, Tree is a playful pastiche of clowning comedy, audience participation game show, and existential group therapy session. Even if you’re averse to improvised interaction, you’ll get sucked in by how fully invested Mercado is in every second of semi-scripted absurdity. “
“Mercado has a winsome and winning way with her clowning and improv skills. And if, in her arts-and-crafts costume, she makes you think about humanity’s foibles — and by foibles, I mean failings — in between the laughter, all the better.”
“Natasha Mercado has roots in the Upright Citizens Brigade (whose alumni includes Amy Poehler, Nick Kroll and Aubrey Plaza), so her improvisational and sketch comedy skillset is clearly elite.”
​“Mercado is a master comic storyteller, who pulls you in from the outset, swiftly incorporating crowd input and reactions throughout. Even when she is not speaking, she conveys a world with just a look and a nod… The show has an unexpected twist that I won’t reveal, but by the end you may find yourself pondering if you’d prefer to be a tree. This is definitely a solo performance to see.”