Gary Le Strange
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Gary Le Strange is a character created by comedian Waen Shepherd
Waen Shepherd
Waen Shepherd is an English actor and comedian. Originally from Yorkshire, England, he later moved to London.-Career:Following his days as a stand-up poet and fringe actor , Waen started out performing bizarre experimental monologues at the early Cluub Zarathustra, touring with spoof techno band...

. Le Strange is played as an eccentric English cult-rock composer, songwriter and performer, who believes his surreal and abstract performances to be groundbreaking.

Le Strange's eclectic style of songs are bombastic, upbeat and quirky, and on stage he uses avant-garde performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...

 between songs.

Le Strange appeared at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was the 56th Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Fringe ran from 3–25 August 2003 and presented 1541 shows over 207 venues...

 with his debut show Polaroid Suitcase, for which he received a Perrier award for Best Newcomer.

Gary Le Strange continues to perform live, and his most recent album is Beef Scarecrow.

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