PIG IRON THEATRE COMPANY presentsA CLOWN WORKSHOP with Quinn Bauriedel and Geoff Sobelle in New York City WHEN: Wednesdays (June 10, 17, and 24) 2:30 – 5:30 PMWHERE: The Brecht Forum 451 West StreetCOST: $125 Pig Iron Artistic Director Quinn Bauriedel and Company Member Geoff Sobelle (creator of the international hit all wear bowlers) invite you to join them in […]
Read moreCruel and Unusual Comedy: Social Commentary in the American Slapstick Film May 20, 2009–June 1, 2009 MOMA will be running a number of silent film comedies during the last part of the month. The series, titled Cruel and Unusual Comedy, will feature a number of evenings of silent films, grouped in themes, that use comedy to address pretty . All […]
Read moreI attended the Third Annual New York Downtown Clown Golden Nose Awards last night. This now annual event was a lot of fun– not because of the awards (although it’s great to see deserving people get awards) but because of the community that has been created/nurtured by founders of New York Downtown Clown Christopher Lueck and Amanda Pekoe. It’s great […]
Read moreDead Herring and Fools on Fire Present a Benefit Cabaret 141 South 5th Street, 1EBrooklyn NY 11211 Saturday April 18thDoors at 8pm, Show at 8:30$10 (includes 1 free drink) Good Food and Drink! Lineup: ZeroBoywww.zeroboy.com‘Coney Island of the Mind’ piece. Follow along as Zero Boy takes his nephew and the audience on a magical cartoon like audio tour of coney […]
Read moreFull details at http://www.mickbarnfather.com/workshops.phpLondon workshop for August 2009 is Clown and Comedy (3rd – 7th August) Picture taken by Rebecca Hersh-Boyle Clown and Comedy This is a 5 day course. In this workshop I will be looking at what it is that makes us laugh and how we can be funny. It is not about big shoes, make up and […]
Read moreMOVE IT! – a free evening of Physical and Visual Theatre Parallel Exit, New York City’s award-winning physical theatre company, offers audiences a free opportunity to see some of New York’s most exciting physical and visual theatre artists in MOVE IT! Featuring brand new physical theatre from Parallel Exit’s Joel Jeske, Mike Dobson, and Spencer Novich, dance-theatre from The Chase […]
Read moreBig Apple Circus has chosen as its new artistic director (to replace Paul Binder, who is retiring) their performance director Guillaume Dufresnoy. Dufresnoy, a former aerialist, has been with the show since 1992. Full story here: http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090202/COMMUNITIES39/902020326 You can find out more about the Big Apple Circus, including their latest show “The Play’s The Thing” at their website, http://www.bigapplecircus.org
Read moreScott Nelson & Muriel Brugman are award-winning illusionists and visual comedians. Based in the Netherlands, they have traveled to over 14 countries, won the Grand Prix at the 2000 World Championship of Magic in Lisbon, have worked with Cirque du Soleil (on their television show Solstrom) and create their own illusions. Last year they were a big hit at the […]
Read moreClownbrasil is just what it sounds like– a Brazilian blog dedicated to clowns. They have a number of videos up (mostly from Youtube) with examples and samples of Brazilian clowns. It is curated by Brazilian clown Eduardo Castro. Great stuff! Most of the clips are in Portuguese, but the site itself uses the Google translation feature, so you can get […]
Read moreUnless you live under a media rock, you probably know that Paul Binder, co-founder and ringmaster of the Big Apple Circus, is stepping down this year. He recorded a great interview on public radio about it, and about his 31 years in the circus, that included some surprises (at least for me) that he worked with Julia Child and Merv […]
Read moreIn England, Clowns have been silenced by a council which has banned them from playingtheir trumpets at Zippo’s Circus.The circus said it was told by council officials that the show could not goon unless the clowns dropped the musical part of their act. The circus, which is currently performing in Birmingham, fell foul of theLicensing Act 2003 which forbids the […]
Read moreArchitectures of Physical ComedyWith Bob BerkeySaturday September 6th, 10-3Sunday September 7th, 10-3$200 Special Discount $150 ($50 off)15 Students MaxBreak for lunchat The Battle Ranch Annex405 Johnson Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206(2.5 blocks from Morgon stop off the L train)http://www.vampirecowboys.com/battleranch.htm This course will explore structural and rhythmic elements of physical comedy, and techniques for opening possibilities ofexploration and writing in […]
Read moreGot this in from Viveca Gardner, of Playful Productions, and the Youth Director of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. They are looking for Youth under age 21 to perform in the Cavalcade of Youth– see below for more information. If you’d like to perform, email or call Viveca pronto. They’ve got spots available, and are always looking for the next generation […]
Read moreOrianne Bernard is a French actress, clown, writer, and director. She studied with Jacques LeCoq in Paris and at the Ecole Internationale de Kiklos . Since then, she has studied with a number of people, including Giovanni Fusetti, who has directed her latest work. Orianne has also done quite a bit of work as a hospital clown, both for sick […]
Read moreThe Birdmann is an Australian circus/vaudeville/sideshow performer who combines magic, theatre, circus skills, and inspired nonsense to create a show that is unique. Acts include plastic-bag juggling, knife-throwing, and nostril tea-drinking. The act has displayed in fifteen countries internationally, and goes directly from the NY Clown Festival back home to the Melbourne Fringe in Australia. Here’s what The Groggy Squirrel, […]
Read moreWhat do you get when you take two European Cirque du Soleil performers who decide they want to focus a little bit more on clowning and a little bit less on spectacle? Besserweiser. Which in English translates roughly as “Know-it-all” , features two very skilled performers from Cirque who do just that. In their own words: In our society we […]
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