About Philosophy Of The World
In partnership with SICK! Festival 2026 we are welcoming In Bed With My Brother to the stage with their award winning Edinburgh Fringe show, Philosophy Of The World. Inspired by the best worst band of all time, The Shaggs.
A delirious, genre-defying explosion of sound, fury and feminist fire. It’s raucous, relentless and utterly alive, twisting and turning through the strange, tragic, true story of outsider musicians, The Shaggs.
A long time ago, a man from a small town in New Hampshire received a palm reading. It told him his daughters would form a famous rock band. So he set about making that fate happen. The result is one album PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD (1969). Ridiculed in their fathers lifetime but revered as proto punk icons years later by Kurt Cobain and Frank Zappa, The Shaggs finally met their fate.
Featuring questionable mime, high-intensity dance, awkward crowd work, stage combat, cheap wigs, gabber kicks, philosophising, and a well-trained actor, In Bed With My Brother twist rock ‘n’ roll history into a sweaty, sticky, searing rebellion.
It’s a wild, tongue-in-cheek reclamation of who gets to define you, who decides whether you’re a legend or a loser and who owns the right (and the rights) to tell your story.
🏆 Fringe First Award 2025 | The Scotsman
🏆 The Fringe Five 2025 – Theatre Makers Who Made The Biggest Impact | The Stage
🏆 Bestie Award 2025 | Skinny & Fest Magazine
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Bold experimental comedy and relentless energy
Theatre Vibe
Bubbling at the brim with anger, wit and vitality
Corr Blimey
Clever, provocative and absolutely and utterly brilliant
WhatsOnStage
Rigorous, intelligent show
The Stage
Visceral, uneasy but hilarious... Both high-brow and accessible, provocative, honest and intellectual. There is no-one quite like them right now, but it feels like the beginning of a movement
British Theatre Guide
Furious and funny rallying cry against patriarchy and perfection... It is unkept, unseemly and chaotic. And that is exactly the point
The Guardian
Presented by CONTACT in partnership with SICK! Festival
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