Robert White performs a track from InstruMENTAL

At Chortle's Fast Fringe

Comedian Robert White has written an opera based on his troubled early life. He says InstruMENTAL is about his life at 19, before he was diagnosed with autism, when he was in denial about being gay, and having a mental breakdown, going to prison after a practical joke went wrong. White performed a song from the show at Chortle's Fast Fringe, in which he blamed his ex-girlfriend for his troubles and which kicks off with the line. ‘Dressed like a tosspot…’ InstruMENTAL is on at the Edinburgh Fringe at Gilded Balloon Teviot at 3:15pm:

Published: 25 Aug 2017

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