John Hadfield is an actor, clown, and musician based in Wilmington Delaware. John attended the University of Delaware, getting a degree in Russian language, and while there discovered the art of clowning and circus skills. After college John enlisted in the army, and during basic training was procured by the White House Communications Agency, and worked with President Carter in […]
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Lawrence Smythe is a Canadian clown that has performed and traveled all over the world. He is a rubber faced prankster with a number of different characters and entrees that he can perform. From mewling baby to over-strict Canadian Mounty to obtuse caveman, Lawrence approaches all of his characters with an earnestness that wins audiences over. Lawrence likes to think […]
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I read an article about Malcolm Garey, the Frog Jumper, and thought that I had to make a post about him (being a flea circus guy myself, I feel a strange kin to others who take on the strange and mysterious arts. Malcolm Garey is a 63 year old showman who started his frog-jumping business in 1982. He is based […]
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Clownzilla is a clown troupe based at U.C. Irvine under the direction of acting teacher and director Eli Simon. Clownzilla is dedicated to using improvisation and collaboration to create silent clown shows that are funny and provocative. All of the clowns are white-faced with red noses, black makeup lines, and simple black costumes. Acts in each show are varied and […]
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A 30 episode Bozo DVD is now out and available. It features the original syndicated Bozo, Frank Avruch, with shows from the 60’s and early 70’s. Each show also has a five minute Larry Harmon (the originator of Bozo) animated cartoon. On the Amazon.com message boards, there’s some grumblings from customers about the fact that the DVD does not feature […]
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Rich Potter is a Maryland native who has been performing for over 20 years, and has performed in over 20 countries. In 1986 Rich graduated from Ringling Clown College and spent 3 years on the road with the Ringling circus, including a stint working in Japan with the Ringling Gold Unit. After that time, he spent time street performing all […]
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Mad Science® is the world’s leading science enrichment provider. They deliver entertaining educational hands-on science experiences for children in every North American market and in 19 countries worldwide. Mad Science was founded in 1986 by two brothers from Montreal, Ariel and Ron Shlien. They started at a local YMCA with a 300 dollar laser, and built up a very successful […]
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Semen Schuster (whose clown character is Housch-Ma-Housch) is an eccentric clown who has been wowing audiences since graduating from the Circus School of Kiev. A winner of a number of prizes (including the Grockland “Golden Grock”) at the 26th Festival Mondial de Cirque de Demain and the Silver Lion at the China Wuqiao International Circus Festival, Housch combines juggling, magic, […]
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New York Downtown Clown Playground is a monthly skill based workshops for clowns.This Month’s Workshop: Theatre Games. New York Downtown Clown producer Christopher Lueck will lead the class through several top theatre games he uses in classrooms and rehearsals. Games for focus, ensemble building, Clown, exploring physical choices, and fun will be included. Come play and learn! DATE: Monday, July […]
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Jim Jackson is an actor, clown, and puppeteer who lives in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Jim has over 25 years experience as a clown and circus performer. His first experience as an actor and clown came in the second grade when he produced the play, “Noah’s Ark” complete with a large refrigerator-box ark and spray-bottle rain. The production came to a […]
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The Clown House is a loose collection of clowns and counter-culture bike enthusiasts who have put together a clown collective/performance group. They all live together in a large house in a rapidly gentrifying section of Portland, Oregon, providing a free space to sleep for itinerant travelling circus performers and other like-minded folk who blow through town. Portland has a motto, […]
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I recently received via email this article– an obit for Alfred Cunard III, a South Jersey clown. (via The Courier Post Online) I never met him. But his obit got me to thinking. Alfred Cunard III was a guy who performed for 45 years. It really was a way of life for him, and his family followed him into the […]
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At the end of the 1990’s, a prominent art magazine chose photographer Cindy Sherman as one of the twenty-five most influential artists of the twentieth century. Cindy has photographed a number of subjects, using a “Role portrait” approach to astonish and amaze her audiences. Starting somewhere in 2002, she started photographing the subject of this blog: clowns. ‘I came to […]
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Mandy Dalton is an actress and clown based in Glen Burnie, Maryland. She develops comical and whimsical characters for all sorts of special events. Her characters can fit into nearly any theme. She can even design a character especially for your occasion. Her circus skills–juggling, stilt-walking, unicycling, magic–mesmerize audiences. In addition to strolling entertainment, Mandy has 30 and 45 minute […]
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There’s a new thing that I’ve been following called Twitter. It’s like a blog, but it gets sent to your phone.For example, there’s a clown slang twitter that sends out a clown slang term once a day or so. If you are interested, check outhttp://www.twitter.com/clownslang follow clownslang at http://twitter.com
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Kali Lela Colton is a Philadelphia-based theatre artist who has worked extensively as a clown, actor, writer, wigmaker, stiltwalker, designer and teaching artist on original works for theatres, museums, art galleries, city streets, school auditoriums and community centers. Kali won an Emerging Artist Award from Franklin Furnace and Pseudo Online Network premiered Colton’s creation myth, Mama is blue. Pop is […]
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