10 of the weirdest Edinburgh Fringe show names
Come Look at the Baby
© Thorium Theatre
Featuring this year's youngest performer at the Fringe (and possibly ever?), Come Look at the Baby invites you to, well, come look at the baby. The seven-month old will be on stage, simply being a baby on stage for half an hour with granny.
4 to 28 August, Just the Tonic at The Community Project. For more information, click here.
A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves… 8
It does exactly what it says on the tin. This surrealist piece is all about the audience reaction – as they realise that, yes, nothing else is going to happen. The real fun starts as punters try to entertain themselves and heckle throughout the hour. Its eighth visit to the festival, the show is on for one performance only.
22 Aug, Voodoo Rooms. For more information, click here.
On the Conditions and Possibilities of Hillary Clinton Taking Me as Her Young Lover
Arthur Meek adapts his 2008 novel into a "nuclear PowerPoint presentation" at the Edinburgh Fringe. Meek stars as New Zealander Richard Meros who outlines why Clinton is the best choice for America this election, and why he's the best choice for her.
5 to 28 Aug, Summerhall. For more information, click here.
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© Miranda Kane
Sex worker-turned stand-up comic Miranda Kane hosts a nightly phone-in where she invites anyone to call her up and talk about anything. She promises good (and probably quite dirty) fun and if no one calls, then she's committed to filling the hour with random waffle.
6 to 27 Aug, Sneaky Pete's. For more info, click here.
Broken Fanny
© Emma Jerrold/Vimeo
This one woman comedy, written and performed by Emma Jerrold, follows the struggles of a first time mother including the effects of Post Natal Depression. If that doesn't sound like a comedy, the shows blurb quotes Oscar Wild: "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."
5 to 27 Aug, theSpace @ Jury's Inn. For more information click here.
Cosmic Fear or The Day Brad Pitt Got Paranoia
© Empty Deck
As he sees the effects of global warming batter the planet, Brad Pitt, fearing for the future, decides to take action and joins the Great Universal Love Project. Originally penned as a film, the play has been KickStarted by production company Empty Deck.
3 to 28 Aug, Bedlam Theatre. For more information, click here.
I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator
Stephen is a socially awkward twentysomething who hates his job and lives a lonely life – but for the women he keeps shackled to his plumbing. As he prepares for a hot date, the woman chained to the radiator helps Stephen prepare, but they never mention the elephant in the room.
5 to 29 Aug, ZOO. For more information, click here.
Jonas Müller Regrets Writing This F*cking Masterpiece
A one-man show from Jonas Müller tells the story of all the things he's missed and regreted in life – from great video games, to smiling at the girl who works in the cinema. Whether it's actually a masterpiece or not, however, remains to be seen…
4 to 28 Aug, Underbelly. For more information, click here.
Poo Shame, Vagina Curiosity and Other Things That Won't Kill You
© Bernadette Fam/Facebook
Sydney Theatre School have described this show as being for anyone who been mistaken for a pervert, been awkward in a sex shop, wondered how scissoring works, gone for a poo or a wee, has a penis, vagina, neither or both. That's all bases covered, then!
6 to 13 Aug, theSpace on the Mile. For more information, click here.
Trumpageddon
Despite a whopping 580,000 people signing a petition to keep him out of the UK, Donald Trump will be at the Fringe this year. Let him take you through his vision of the world before he "blows it to kingdom come". This is your chance to ask the presidential candidate the burning questions about his life, campaign and possible residency in the White House.
4 to 28 Aug, Sweet Grassmarket. For more information, click here.
