Meet Bonnie He and her UK comedy debut; a raunchy, feminist physical theatre clown show

A Terrible Show For Terrible People is a celebration of female sexuality, desire and connection with movement, dance, burlesque, some audience participation and some props. Prominent among the props are pickles. Asian American, female, and unapologetically horny, Bonnie's show also only has 2 spoken words in it. What more could you possibly want from a Fringe show?

We spoke to Bonnie He - writer and performer of A Terrible Show For Terrible People - about clowning, flyering and being a narwhal of comedy...

There's only 2 spoken words in the show, but how would you describe A Terrible Show For Terrible People just using 3 emojis?

🤡🤡🤡 (You never said they had to be different emojis)

How involved do the audience get? Should audiences be prepared to join in with some raunchy fun?

Why, yes, there is definitely raunchy fun to be had! A few select audience members will be... lending me a hand (wink wink), but everyone in the room is voyeuristically complicit. That being said, don't be scared! As raunchy, clowny and interactive as my shows are, I am sensitive to the audience and try to only pick people who don't mind...helping a girl out of a pickle (wink wink).

What part of the show is your favourite bit to perform, and why?

My trite answer is that I love all my bits equally and I could never love one baby (wink wink) more than any other.

My thoughtful answer is that I enjoy every single moment I play with the audience, and I don't mean the parts I'm directly interacting with the crowd.

There's no fourth wall in clowning; I am performing directly FOR and TO the audience, so I'm exchanging glances, teasing them and reading their reactions the entire time.

A Terrible Show For Terrible People is a solo show with only two words, but there's a personal non-verbal dialogue that happens in every performance, and I truly enjoy being able to exchange that energy in real time.

There's not many Asian American female clowns we can think of - are you like... a unicorn of comedy?

I've always wanted to be a unicorn. Well, a mermaid, really. So, uh, a narwhal splits the difference. Actually, please refer to me as the narwhal of comedy: a horny, real thing that exists. Come on in, the water's moist.

If you're out flyering for your show, how do you grab my attention? Me, specifically, walking down the Royal Mile, the busiest street in Edinburgh with my headphones on and a frown on my face?

I don't haha! Part of my job as a clown is being able to read people very well and extremely quickly. If you don't look like you're in a mood to be bothered, I'll shove my flyers elsewhere. There are thousands of other people in the city for the Fringe that I could approach with a higher likelihood of conversion who will be headphone-less, frown-free and more indulgent in my pink-bra-and-panties prancing dumbassery. So you are free to carry on your solo, sullen journey, my friend!