2011 Edinburgh Fringe

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Did you ever think someone was so perfect they could be made for you? Did you ever obsess over how you were going to show that person you're the one for them? What would you do if after getting fired for ripping a hole in the fabric of time and tucking it away neatly inside a filing cabinet that person plunged you into a one word mystery that meant you'd kill a fabled peacock, lose your shadow and have to attend a cat funeral along the way. Would you follow that mystery? It's unlikely, if anything highly doubtful.

Rare oddity Matthew Highton returns to Edinburgh this year with his debut hour and he is going to show you the world like you've never seen it before. Come wander into his beautifully strange comedic mind as a series of hilarious and outlandish ramblings twist and unfold in front of you, taking you on a mesmerising journey that pushes the boundaries of conventional stand-up in an absurdly unique stand up experience. There really is nothing like this.

Highton blurs the boundaries of reality and unreality taking stand-up into new unexplored areas, evolving abstract humour into something new and wonderful. His material will take you into strange avenues you won't expect, leading you into absurd scenarios, weaving a beautifully crafted story that's never predictable, often baffling and certainly like nothing you've ever seen before, drawing to a finale that will keep you guessing until the very end. A inimitably different show that has no rival from beginning to end.

If you think you know stand-up then that's good, you'll be comedy literate, come and see some that's out of the ordinary.

WARNING: Guaranteed to split a room.