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Shitty Mozart

 
James Macfarlane Review by James Macfarlane 3 Published: 16 Aug 2024 Gilded Balloon Patter House Show Dates: 31 Jul 2024-26 Aug 2024

It’s been a couple of days and I still don’t really know what to make of this show. A few words I wrote down in my notes were ‘bizarre’, ‘unhinged’ and ‘what is this?’. I can confirm for those in doubt: this show is utterly batshit crazy.

this show is utterly batshit crazy.

The shows consist of songs, vulgar cartoons and a lot of bees. Shitty Mozart himself, Aaron Nemo, is very talented. His songs are funny and the lyrics are witty and clever. The cartoons aren’t completely up my alley, humour-wise. They’re very early YouTube-coded and something a teenager would probably enjoy. The structure is all over the place and, in fact, towards the end of the show, he admits that he missed out an entire few minutes that he needed to include for the final monologue. The audience, however, doesn’t care and goes along with this crazy ride.

I’ll admit, this show is difficult to review because as a critic, I do see faults, but as an audience member, the absurdity that the show brings is infectious. At the end of the day, go for the silliness, but don’t expect a masterpiece.

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They cloned Mozart, it went horribly wrong and now we're stuck with the consequences. Making his UK debut in a cheap wig, Shitty Mozart (Aaron Nemo, a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) performs a dazzlingly chaotic, vulgar one-man multimedia concerto. Terrified that the audience will realize he lacks the musical genius of his predecessor, Shitty Mozart shows off his own talents – playing makeshift instruments he's invented, performing duets with cartoons he drew, even conducting a brief laser light show – in a futile attempt to escape Wolfgang's shadow and make a name for himself.