I was recently asked about Circus Fiction, so I thought I’d give a couple of recommendations. Feel free to add suggestions in the comments field below! Amanda Davis’s Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amazon Link Amanda toured with the Bindlestiff’s when I toured with them (in 1998) She wrote this novel (her first, and sadly her last) after that. It’s […]
Read moreDrama of Works and Galapagos Art Space present¦ PUNCH (NYC’s only consistent puppet slam) MONDAY, May 28th, 8:00pm, $5.00 Galapagos Art Space 70 North 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 782-5188 http://www.galapagosartspace.com PUNCH is a monthly showcase for all things puppet. Curated by Gretchen Van Lente, of Drama of Works. EXPLODING PUPPET PRODUCTIONS are your hosts for the evening! They’ll […]
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 moreJeff Seal is a clown who lives in Brooklyn. He recently moved from California where he was a graduate of the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center. There he studied Chinese acrobatics, pantomime, circus skills, dance, and clown. He studied Decroux-based corporeal mime under the direction of Thomas Leabhart for the Hippocampe Project in Paris. Jeff has performed […]
Read moreI attended the New York Downtown Clown First Annual Downtown Clown Awards last night. A lot of fun (and hard to say fast) It was a full house, and a great community of performers. The bar upstairs was primarily full of clown performers, and it’s a great thing to be a part of. Hats off to Christopher Luecke, who is […]
Read moreThis is a small fun book of over 80 photographs of clowns in a slightly scary or macabre mode. Not all of them are scary, but enough to give those with coulrophobia a moment of pause. A fair amount of the photos are classic, but there’s also a bunch of other photos that I hadn’t seen before. It’s definitely a […]
Read moreThe second annual New York Clown Theatre Festival has announced a call for submissions that represent a large range of clown theatre forms and backgrounds. The festival will take place Oct. 5-27 at The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave., between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Clown teachers, clown show premieres, clown movies, solo and short pieces, experimental works, […]
Read moreDavid Kaye is a professional children’s entertainer based in New York City. Using comedy, magic, and balloon twisting, David entertains audiences of all ages. From the New Yorker to David Letterman, from Lincoln Center to Hong Kong, he has received high praise for his unique style. David has achieved great success in several different areas of entertaining children throughout his […]
Read moreFred Garbo has been a professional performer since 1974. On Sesame Street, he was the acrobat inside Barkley the Dog. On Broadway, he was the chief juggler in the musical Barnum. He toured Europe, Hong Kong and Australia with the Obie Award-winning Foolsfire, with Bob Berky and Michael Moschen. Whether tumbling for the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center […]
Read moreThe NY Goofs will be presenting their Ninth Annual Ultimate Clown School this summer. August 6 – August 18, 2007New York CityWeek One: August 6-11Week Two: August 13-18 This two week session offers an intensive course of study in the art of clowning that is available nowhere else. Their faculty represents America’s top guides in the art of Clowning. 2007 […]
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 moreMarvin Novogrodski has been a performer and entertainer for over 20 years. He spent over 15 years with the Everett Dance Theatre, a group based in Providence ‘RI that mixes modern dance, circus arts, wrestling, ballet, and storytelling techniques to create original movement pieces that have been featured around the country. Marvin has also performed as an actor in plays, […]
Read moreHappy Hour is a clown trio based in New York. It consists of three clowns who are graduates of Ringling Clown College and who have come together to create physical comedy shows. Each of the clowns also perform and teach individually. To find out more, and see videos of Happy Hour in action, visit their website: http://www.happyhourclowns.com The guys of […]
Read moreSunny is a clown and performer based in Yonkers NY. She enjoys providing family entertainment for children of all ages in a safe and caring atmosphere. She performs at birthday parties, christenings, store openings, and lots of other events– anywhere children can be entertained. She primarily performs in the Westchester County/TriState area. Her skills include puppetry, clown magic, face painting, […]
Read moreBarry Lubin is an inventive, creative physical comedian and clown most familiar to circus audiences as “Grandma”, the eager and adored star of the Big Apple Circus. Barry graduated from Ringling Clown College in 1974, and then spent 5 years touring with Ringling. Since 1982, Barry has been featured in 15 productions of the Big Apple Circus and has become […]
Read moreThis video is just too much to be believed. Mike Daisey, not a clown, more of a comic monologist/sitdown comedian/storyteller, is performing his show in a very posh experimental theatre in Cambridge MA. (The ART, American Repertory Theatre) In the middle of his sold out show, 87 protesters get up and walk out, and one of them pours water on […]
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