Dr. Bonk’s Macarbaret
Scotland's silliest surgeon, Dr. Bonk, is back with his hit SELL-OUT SHOW 'Dr Bonk's Macarbaret', an evening of drag, burlesque, music, comedy, and medical mayhem!
About Dr. Bonk’s Macarbaret
Starring the not-so-good doctor and an all-sorts assortment of spooky performers! There'll be laughs and scares galore as anything goes in this madcap hour of madness!
From the mind of critically acclaimed comedian Eliott Simpson comes this new nightmarish masterpiece! After a successful SOLD OUT run at the 2022 Edinburgh Horror Festival, Dr. Bonk has now set his sights on the Banshee Labyrinth yet again, with a whole new host of horrors to play with!
Join the undead plague Doctor, Dr. Bonk, his unseen ghostly narrator, and his sinister selection of spine-chilling acts! Different every month!
. SOLD OUT SHOW - Edinburgh Horror Festival 2022, 2023, and 2024
. "Offbeat, wacky and unpredictable" (The Wee Review)****
. "The most hi-concept MC'ing you'll ever see" (Neurodiverse Review) ****
. "Accessible and absurd" (Norwich Radical)
. "Weird as f**k" (Janey Godley)
. " a refreshingly different addition to your must-see comedy list" (EdfringeReview)****
. "Wonderfully intense, awkward and infinitely funny" (The Fringe Queer) ****
. "Smashing"(Team GreenJacket) *****
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