Introducing the unique Edinburgh comedy debut from Shitty Mozart, who will perform at the Gilded Balloon - The Patter Hoose for the month of August. Shitty Mozart is performed by Aaron Nemo, a staff writer at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and a former contributing writer at Late Show with David Letterman. His songs and animations have also appeared on Colbert and Comedy Central. Aaron is also a songwriter for Hollywood legend Adam Sandler.
They tried to clone Mozart, it went horribly wrong, and now we’re stuck with the consequences: Shitty Mozart. With a cheap wig and a mess of musical gadgets he performs a dazzlingly chaotic one-man multimedia concerto about an artist struggling to live up to his own expectations. Featuring songs about a rat/pigeon orgy in the New York subway, which cultures are okay to mock (Swedish: yes, Jamaican: no), and his plot to kill the precedent (make sure you spell that right).
Terrified that the audience will realize he lacks the musical genius of his predecessor, Shitty Mozart shows off his own talents – playing instruments he’s invented, performing duets with cartoons he drew, and even conducting a homemade laser light show – in a futile attempt to escape Wolfgang’s shadow and make a name for himself.
This unusual blend of music, animation, and technological clownery leaves the audience wondering, “How is he doing that?” and “Why would someone go through all that effort for one fart joke?” Be prepared to enter a new world with Shitty Mozart!
Shitty Mozart will be at the Gilded Balloon The Patter Hoose – Nip Room @ 11pm for tickets go to www.edfringe.com
What is the last thing you do before you go onstage (apart from check your flies and/or check your knickers aren't sticking out of your skirt and check for spinach between your teeth)
Seeing as all the world’s a stage, the last thing I did before getting onstage was … not exist. If my memory serves me, it was pretty boring.
What irritates you?
Do you know the feeling when someone is giving you a really good massage and then, all of a sudden, they stop? I can’t stand that! How COULD they?? It felt soooo fantastic, and now I’m left to rot away in the absence of pleasure/touch/god. How can my fragile mind be expected to survive this abrupt altitude shift from profound ecstasy to dark nothingness?! It’s emotional whiplash. Frankly, I’d be better off if they had never introduced me to such euphoria, only to take it away after just forty-five short minutes. Anyone who begins a massage and then doesn’t do it forever is a despicable person.
What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done?
I recently took a swig of ice water only minutes after brushing my teeth. Absolutely reckless behavior. Lucky to still be alive.
What is the most stupid thing you have ever done?
Excuse me? Stupid? I’m a mentally sound individual who makes exclusively smart decisions and regularly wires the majority of my disposable income to a Nigerian prince who introduced himself to me via WhatsApp. Ask yourself, would I have friends in such high places if I were stupid???
What has surprised you the most during your career in comedy?
I was seven years into comedy when I learned that you don’t have to literally punch someone when you tell a punchline. Sometimes I still do it out of habit. Don’t sit in the front row at my show.
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