THE 2008 New York Downtown Clown GOLDEN NOSE AWARD WINNERS ARE: Audience Choice Best Clown Film: Retard Midget Get Out of My Life, by Happy Hour Audience Choice Best Clown Act: At The Opera, by Those In The Nose Audience Choice Best Clown: Chris Allison Clown of The Year: Keith Nelson Clown Achievement of The Year: The Brick Theater, producers […]
Read moreThe 2008 NYDC Golden Nose Award Nominees New York Downtown Clown would like to thank all the performers of our second year. Without each of their talents, innovations, and hard work, there would be no show on the third Monday of every month. The amazing clowns of New York City are brave, poetic, unique, and funny. New York Clowns are […]
Read moreThe Nomadic Theatre Co, based in Portland, Oregon, has been creating and performing original physical theatre shows since 2002. To develop a new show, Nomadic performers and directors take ideas which interest and excite them and delve into them in the studio. For example, they created How to Fly by physically exploring numerous aspects and avenues of the topic of […]
Read moreJim Moore, the variety arts photographer who has probably photographed more clowns than anybody in the history of photography, has been doing something new– he’s been videotaping clowns. If you check out his YouTube videos (URL below), he’s putting up interviews with performers as they talk about their work, how they create their work, and even why they create their […]
Read moreI was in Chicago for the weekend for a family function, and thought I’d check out the Bello-bration. It’s the Red Show– and I hadn’t seen it when it was on the East Coast, so I was glad I got the opportunity. I saw it today (last day of the stand in Chicago– we went to the 1 pm performance. […]
Read moreJane Nichols is a teacher, director, and actor who has been teaching Clown for over 15 years. Her work brings together skills and techniques of Improvisation, Mask, Le Jeu, Physical Comedy, Clown, and Fool. She has studied with world-renowned Clown Master Philippe Gaulier, Avner Eisenberg (Avner the Eccentric), Clive Mendes (Theatre Complicite), Ronlin Foreman (DellArte School of Physical Theatre), Michael […]
Read moreOctober 15th at the Revue- SHORT CLOWN FILMS! This month the NY Downtown Clown Revue shows original short clown films. And they’ve got free popcorn! The show starts at 8:00 pm at the Kraine Theater (85 E 4th St). Be sure to use discount code NOSE when buying tickets at Smarttix.com to save $5! Films by the following local clown […]
Read moreSince 1995 the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus has traveled the world, bringing its unique hybrid of vaudeville, circus, burlesque, and sideshow to theaters, clubs, colleges, and festivals. The company has produced innumerable cabaret shows, custom performances for special audiences, all-ages and family productions, and sophisticated adult shows. Over the last five years the company has begun developing more theatrical productions, including […]
Read moreRobert Nelson (aka The Butterfly Man) is the street performer’s street performer. He’s fast, funny, charming, a little rude, and very skilled at keeping an audience entertained. He’s a fine juggler and unicyclist, but its his personality and persona more than his tricks that have made him nearly legendary in street performer circles. A former research chemist at Vanderbilt University, […]
Read moreHighly skilled acrobatic juggler and performer Nicholas Flair (Nick Goldsmith) is a graduate of Brown University with a math degree, and of Montreal’s celebrated École Nationale de Cirque. In 2006 he won first place in the 2006 Cigar Box Juggling Championship. He has starred Off-Broadway and around the world with group “Lazer Vaudeville,” performed with The Metropolitan Opera and Holland […]
Read moreDick Monday and Tiffany Riley are a clown team currently working in the Dallas Forth Worth area. To find out more about their shows there, visit their website:http://www.slappysplayhouse.com/ Dick Monday was the Director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College for the last three years of its existence. He created and directed the clowning for the Greatest […]
Read moreThe NY Downtown Clown Revue performs on the Third Monday of the month at Under St. Marks, 94 Saint Marks Place (between 1st Ave & Ave A). Shows are at 8 pm. Tickets are $15, available by calling 212-868-4444 (SmartTix) Tickets are almost always sold out, so get your tickets early. The show features some of NY’s best clown performers […]
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