The Guardian reviews Foriegner, a deliberately misspelled "anti-comedy clown show" by US-based Iranian performer Sohrab Haghverdi, running at Summerhall as part of the 2026 Edinburgh festival. The show is described as punk theatre that sets out to unsettle its audience through coughing fits, shouting, wandering off stage and provocative political riffing, including a mock-serious claim about drinking his own urine to secure a US artist visa.

The reviewer notes recurring motifs of bodily fluids and references to the 13th-century mystic Rumi, blending meta-theatrical games with autobiographical and political material. Haghverdi resists being pigeonholed as an Iranian performer or "crazy" theatre-maker, working against his directors Benjamin and Mason Rosenthal to create a wayward, self-undermining piece. The review calls it a "Marmite show", both perplexing and delightful, playing at Summerhall, Edinburgh, until 31 August.