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His gut has a voice and it's relentless. A darkly comic ventriloquist show about a gut gone rogue. Half healthy, half sick, Hendrik performs alongside a sharp-tongued dummy embodying his illness: a chronic, invisible, inflammatory force, a dysfunctional double act turning against him. Blending theatre, comedy and musical elements, Quast argues with his puppet about shame and what spills out. Beginning as a classic act, spiralling into chaos: the illness doesn't just disrupt his gut, it speaks. And Quast listens: to his illness, to the medical system and to the healthy faces watching him.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Hendrik Quast: Spill Your Guts is by Hendrik Quast, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at Greenside @ Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PG, 7 August to 22 August.
The show runs 50 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets from £8. Content warnings: Audience participation and Audience moves around during the show.