A Terrible Show for Terrible People at Fringe ArtSpace

A TERRIBLE SHOW FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE is an award-winning 50-minute physical comedy show with only 1 performer and 2 spoken words. “Bonnie He presents as a silent clown, a long Euro-American tradition that goes back to Marcel Marceau, Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and the mummers of the Middle Ages.” - Mark Hein, Bitter Lemons critic.

When most people think about physical comedians, these greats come to mind: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Mr. Bean, Lucille Ball, Laurel & Hardy and Benny Hill. But the majority of that list is white, male and pretty dead. Creator and performer Bonnie He performs physical comedy from a non-traditional perspective rarely seen in the age-old artform: Asian American, female and mostly alive.

A TERRIBLE SHOW FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE is a raunchy physical comedy romp with movement, dance, brief video clips, burlesque, some audience participation and some props. Prominent among the props are pickles. You and Dr. Freud may make of that what you will.

Bonnie He elaborates: “Be delighted, be entertained, and maybe even be turned on, but also be warned: #TerribleShow is somewhat interactive. You’re not just watching a show; you’re participating in the destruction of common decency.”

A TERRIBLE SHOW FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE won multiple awards at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival, including Best Comedy, the Diversity Scholarship, Best of Broadwater and the Hollywood Producers' Encore Award, and won Craziest Solo Show at the inaugural 2019 Crazy Woke Asians Solo Performance Festival. The show has toured nationally, from The New NY Clown Theatre Festival to Second City Hollywood’s Los Angeles Diversity in Comedy Festival. A TERRIBLE SHOW is now coming to the curated 2023 Orlando Fringe Winter Mini-Fest as an official selection.

A TERRIBLE SHOW FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE is physical comedy and clowning for a new generation.