Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedian's appendix burst while performing show

dailyrecord.co.uk:

An Edinburgh Fringe Festival performer's appendix burst while he was in the middle of his show. John Tothill, who had been performing at the Pleasance Courtyard since July 31, has had to cancel three shows after becoming unwell.The comedian underwent several tests that puzzled doctors - and after the results were inconclusive, he went back on stage to perform a further five days of shows.

It seemed he was slowly recovering and would recoup on the rest of his Fringe run - but it soon turned out John was actually becoming more unwell.On Monday, he discovered that his appendix had burst at some point in the previous week and his condition was beginning to deteriorate.

A press release written on his behalf read: "John had unknowingly performed five shows while being artistically sabotaged by his own vestigial organ.

We can confirm that John and his appendix have today made the difficult and painful decision to separate due to this dichotomy in creative vision."The comedian had made headlines before even getting to the Fringe after he deliberately contracted malaria in a clinical trial in order to fund his 2023 debut at the festival.