Aaron Barschak

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Aaron Barschak (born 1966) styles himself as a "comedy terrorist" and fringe UK politician.

Aaron comes from a Jewish family: his father, Fred Barschak, fled Vienna in 1938 and the rest of his family died in the Holocaust.

He came to public attention on June 21, 2003, when he gate-crashed Prince William's 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle whilst wearing a pink dress, a false beard and a turban in a fashion similar to Osama bin Laden. After flashing his merkin at the crowds outside, he scaled the walls of the castle and entered William's party. He was arrested after storming the stage where William was giving a speech.

Barschak has also appeared for a three week run at the Underbelly venue at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe with a routine co-written with Brendhan Lovegrove, to a generally poor critical reception. In the early days of the run, it was apparent that Aaron was woefully unprepared for the show and the critics were unsurprisingly harsh. But later in the run, when the show had developed, some reported some genuine comedy coming out. The poor critical reception did not prevent early high sales due to his fame (or infamy) from the Windsor Castle incident.

Barschak is also famous for throwing a bucket of red paint over Young British Artist Jake Chapman, apparently in protest (albeit in a suitably parodic form) over the latter's vandalism (along with his brother, Dinos Chapman) of a series of original printings of Goya's Disasters of War.

His brief comedy career has not been a success and he appears to have returned to obscurity, reflected by his occasional appearances on the James Whale Show on TalkSport radio.

Barschak stood in the Brent East by-election of 2003 coming 14th of the 16 candidates and gaining 37 votes.