Description
In true Fringe spirit, Anja Bibby always moves along the outer edges, in the dark and peculiar shadows. Here lies one of the festival's greatest gifts, if you dare seek out something you've never seen before.
A clown hosts a variety show.
There are no other performers.
It wasn't supposed to be this way.
The show must go on.
Expect decadent costumes, opera, cabaret acts, improvised showstoppers, and a clown with an intense desire to make it all alright.
Anja Bibby is a clown, singer, costume creator, and performer who sometimes likes to leave things up to chance when she goes out on stage. She is one half of the drag-clown duo The Weird Sisters and has been curating and hosting the cult variety show Bibby's Bonanza of the Bizarre in Oslo since 2021. Her debut solo show expands the absurd universe of Bibby's Bonanza of the Bizarre, and places the focus on its host and what happens when the host has to do everything alone.
'A playful performer with endless imagination and a voice that touches the heart' – audience feedback
Review of Bibby's Bonanza of the Bizarre: 'This show is wonderfully bizarre. It invites you into a space of charming playfulness and utter strangeness. This a safe space for the weird ones among us, where you never know what to expect. Between acts of the absurd, you'll find Bibby refusing to leave an empty space blank, and filling what would usually just be a transitional void with even more carefully crafted absurdities. And behind what might seem like complete nonsense, I sense a sincere wish to create a connection. So, to all my fellow weird ones in need of a safe sillyspace: this is it.'
Photo credit: Karina Rønning