The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus rides again in a one wheeled extravaganza as the producer of the NYC Unicycle Festival. This 4 day event which celebrates one wheeled riding and the related skills is one of the only events of its kind, and its certainly the largest in NY. The main part of the festival takes place on idyllic Governor’s Island, […]
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The Festival of Fools is a curated festival of street theater in Burlington Vermont devoted to community engagement through the celebration of circus arts, music and comedy for family audiences. Now in its fifth year, the Festival of Fools offers free events, open to the public and appropriate for all age groups. This year’s festival will be held August 3-5, […]
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Toronto Festival of Clowns Time Thursday, June 2 at 6:30pm – June 5 at 11:00pm Location Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement 6 Noble Street Toronto, ON More Info Canada’s Most Red-Nosed Theatre Festival! A clown apocalypse in coming! For four days only, some of the world’s top clowns, bouffons and physical theatre performers will be unleashed in […]
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Holy Crap. I don’t know how I missed info about this. Just happened to read something about a ginormous circus festival happening in Montreal RIGHT NOW. It features some of the top circuses from around the world (and of course, especially Quebec) All happening at the same time. The festival, called MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CIRQUE, ( or in English “Completely Circus”) […]
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The Curse of Bigness May 16 – October 03, 2010 Opening Reception May 16, 2010 2-5pm (click here for more information) The Queens Museum will be presenting The Curse of Bigness, a group of new projects by people working in the theater, graphic design, fashion, jewelry, performance, music, and art scenes, often as part of small-scale, self-reflexive partnerships or groups. […]
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The 19nth season of Amherst’s Ko Festival has been curated on the theme of “It’s All in the Family.” They’ll have five weeks of shows that take a penetrating and entertaining look at families – both traditional and non-traditional. A rich examination of ways that people negotiate expectations, identity and legacy. The festival runs July 5 – August 8, 2010, […]
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NYC’s 9th Annual Juggling Festival!Thursday April 8- Sunday April 11, 2010 At Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY Juggling, workshops, games, shows, prizes, special guests, a raffle and more!! For more information click the links to the right. All events open to the public. JUGGLING AT PRATT STUDENT UNIONThursday 7-11 pm (open juggling)NOTE: NYC Jugglers will not be meeting at the […]
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Call for submissions 2010 Toronto Festival of Clowns From June 3rd to 6th, 2010, some of the World’s best Clown and Physical performers will take over 6 Noble Street, the beautiful Pia Bauman School of Creative Movement. ABOUT THE FESTIVAL.The Toronto Festival of Clowns aims to bring together clowns and physical theatre artists of all disciplines and backgrounds and provide […]
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Just received this from the NY Clown Theatre Festival– they are on again! This is year #5. NY Clown Theatre Festival 2010 September 3-26th, 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival is an annual celebration of the art of clown. Every fall the Brick Theatre presents the very best of clown performance from around the globe as well as hosting classes […]
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Clownin, the biennial Austrian women’s clown festival ( I really like it in German- Clownfrauen Festival) will hold its third festival at the Kosmos Theater in Vienna, Austria from November 26-December 4, 2010. It is one of two other international women’s clown festivals (in Andorra and Rio) Following the big success of their 2006 & 2008 festivals , they wish […]
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In the next couple of weeks (Sept 28-Oct. 9), the Fettucini Brothers (Mike Heidtman & Steve Langley, otherwise known as Alfresco and Alfredo) will be going to Hangzhou China to participate in the Golden Week Events there. The Hangzhouians are crazy for American clowns, and over the last couple of years there have been lots of festivals there chockful of […]
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Natalia Paruz, also known as “The Saw Lady” has spent the last 10 years bringing the art of the musical saw to audiences high and low. She is a NYC subway musician that has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta, at Carnegie Hall, at Madison Square Garden, and at numerous other events, including the Spoleto Festival, […]
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Pardon the shameless commercial interruption, but my show, the Acme Miniature Flea Circus will be performing at the Hastings-on-Hudson Popcorn and Puppet Festival on Sunday May 31. Showtime is 3:20 pm The Festival runs 3-5 pm at the MacEachron Waterfront Park, 1 River Street, Hastings-on-Hudson. The park is right next to the Hastings-on-Hudson Metro North Station., about 30 minutes from […]
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CLOWN FUNERAL PROCESSION & CLOSING NIGHT PARTY Call for mourners!! Please meet us Sunday at 6:15 at Bedford Ave. and North 7th Street (Bedford stop of the L Train). We will moan, sob, wail and keen our way to The Brick. Where there will be a short viewing before the funeral service from Dzieci. If you would like to make […]
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At Clown Class, Reaching Deep Into the Psyche for Something Silly Tina Fineberg for The New York Times Rima Miller, left, and Lynn Berg in a physical-comedy workshop at the New York Clown Theater Festival. By APRIL DEMBOSKY Published: September 11, 2008 In the face of uncertainty, some people go to church. Others dive onto their analyst’s couch. The next […]
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SHOW DISCOUNTS Baby Wants Candy was founded in Chicago in 1997, and has performed over 2000 completely improvised musicals to sold-out crowds and rave reviews from Singapore to Edinburgh. The Scotsman says "They are an entertainment phenomenon and I am in awe of their talent". TimeOut New York awarded BWC "Best Visiting Comedy Ensemble of the Year". Chicago Sun Times […]
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