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AUDIENCES are going gaga over the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s youngest performer – a seven-month-old baby.

Festival-goers are shelling out £4 to watch the tot’s unscripted half-hour show.

Although it sounds like the punters may have more trouble staying awake than the star, Come Look at the Baby is proving a hit.

The baby, whose name and sex have not been revealed, may gurgle, scream or even snooze.

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But the limited repertoire hasn’t stopped a stream of positive reviews of the so-called “anti-theatre” show.

One audience member, Beatrice Kelly, 23, visiting from New York, said: “I was on the verge of tears at some points. It was very moving – I was very surprised.”

The baby sits with its grandmother and plays until the half-hour is up.

The show’s directors say it’s designed to examine how we “look at babies” and how children are used to promote products without their consent.

But some have criticised using a baby so young.

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Hannah Madsen, the show’s co-director, produced by Oxford’s Thorium Theatre, said: “ The Fringe is one of the few places where you can introduce a new concept and people get it.”

Hannah added the baby is “well within” Government guidelines for performing and is surrounded by their granny and toys.