To conclude Super September; Klaus and Baron welcomed Tertre Rouge back into the fold and made their way to Summerhall in Edinburgh for Anatomy; an evening of risk-taking performance and breath-taking theatrics.
For this journey through to Edinburgh from the haven of Kinning Park in Glasgow the Shambolica trio had gotten their hands on the Shambo Bus courtesy of Dana from the Doune the Rabbit Hole music festival. After safely deploying the Shambo box in the van, the clowns bundled their way through to Edinburgh at a stately 45mph singing songs of rainbows, sparkle warriors and of old starships.
They arrived to great welcome from the Anatomy organiser Harry and transported the box into the age old anatomy lecture theatre.
Whilst they waited to perform Klaus, Baron and Tertre explored the surroundings of Summerhall goofing around like mice in the night. But an unfortunate incident occurs when Baron goes to buy a Mars Bar and is brutally stabbed! Klaus and Tertre quickly realise that the only thing that will save poor Baron is the box.
Soon they are deployed to the stage to begin their evening of frightening and illuminating theatrics that would leave a stain on the whites of audiences' eyes.
Displaying Baron before the audience like dead bodies of past years in this old and famous university animal autopsy theatre, Klaus and Tertre wheeled the box in to hushed tones and the humming of the spot lamp. Beating and booming through the sound system was the call of a great colourful machine coming..."COME COME SHAMBOLICA! COME, COME COME SHAMBOLICA! COME!"
After readying their equipment and settling into the Shambolica vibe they began the procedure where they were to remove the entrails of Baron's body and place them inside the box for re-illumination via an injection of the rainbow serum and in turn...LIFE!
Professor Tertre and Doctor Klaus worked at a furious rate. Klaus the trained surgeon got his hands dirty ripping open Baron's corpse whilst Tertre analysed the entrails for any remaining sparkle light.
Part of the process was the memory path where audience members where ask to help ignite Baron's soul by writing and drawing about their earliest memories. Klaus and Tertre lit up a song to aid the passing of this great soul, they mourned and grieved for their old friend but hopeful of a full ressurection
"BYE BYE BARON BYE! BYE BYE BARON BYE!"
His entrails where placed into the box. A Shambo chant commenced with the audience involved, chanting: "DISSECTION, RESSURECTION, DISSECTION, RESSURECTION!"
Kluas and Tertre clawed at the BOX of wonders;
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! OOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SHAMBOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
Lights flickered, the box shook, the spot lamp quivered, a frazzle of white noise, the pounding sounds of Klaus's bounce jump, Tertre's inner light screaming at the box!
KAZAM!!!!! Baron was back! He hurried himself to the audience, grunting and grinding, warbling and garbling. But no! He had developed a GAMMY HAND!!!!!
And then a quiver in the atmosphere! Baron shook and spasmed. He was being controlled by an invisible entity! What was it? Then he was dragged across the floor out of the auditorium. Klaus and Baron hurried after him only to get a hold of his gammy hand. Baron was once again gone. Klaus and Tertre were inconsolable.
And just like that the Shambo God appeared!!!!!!
The Shambo God began to give Klaus and Tertre a severe dressing down about exploiting the skills they had developed at the Shambo Institute for the Light and that it was only he who could revive the life of a Shamboite. Klaus and Tertre pleaded for forgiveness. They would do anything to be redeemed. Then Klaus and Tertre had an idea....a song, perhaps?...
Special thanks goes out to Harry for letting us perform and for putting on an excellent night and to his girlfriend who filmed the performance for us. It can be viewed right HERE!
Additional thanks to Dana for the hire of the shambo bus, that was indeed a journey to remember!
With super september now concluded, please stay tuned for our next installment: "CHASM" at Studio 41.
