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 […]
Read moreClownin, 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 […]
Read moreIn 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 […]
Read moreNatalia 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, […]
Read morePardon 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 […]
Read moreCLOWN 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 […]
Read moreAt 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 […]
Read moreSHOW 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 […]
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 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 moreFri 9/19 at 8:30pm Sun 9/21 at 5pm Fri 9/26 at 10:30pm CAUTION. May or may not contain clown nudity. Not for children. Sex! Murder! Clowns?! Ever wanted clowns to admit how miserable, desperate and obsessive they really are? Director Eric Davis (Red Bastard, Cirque du Soleil, Bouffon Glass Menajoree) pushes under the freaky-happy façade of clowns to reveal a […]
Read moreThe schedule for this year’s festival has been announced. Although my time is limited this year (expecting a baby in late August) I plan on blogging for the festival as I did last year. I’ll be previewing a bunch of the acts here over the next couple of weeks or so. Looks like a very exciting lineup with a big […]
Read moreFunambolika 2008 is the 2nd edition of the summer circus arts festival particularly focused on clowns, and conceived by Italian clown and director Raffaele De Ritis.It takes places in Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, in the open-air Teatro D’Annunzio on the Adriatic beach. This is the same 2000-seats arena where Pescara Jazz, one of the oldest and most […]
Read moreSLAPSTICON is a four-day, international film festival dedicated to classic motion picture comedy! This year, the sixth annual festival will be held from Thursday July 17, through Sunday July 20, at Arlington county’s spacious Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre in Arlington, Virginia. The 6th Annual SLAPSTICON will start off with a triple slap when “The 3 Stooges Rarities Show”, begins on Thursday […]
Read moreEmerging Artists Theatre and Paul Adams, Artistic Director, has been presenting a festival entitled LAUGH OUT LOUD at the Roy Arias Theatre Center, Off-Off Broadway Theatre (300 West 43rd St, 5th floor, NYC). The festival is curated by EAT member. Jenny Lee Mitchell and co-curated by Honey Goodenough and Carol Lee Sirugo. Performances began Tuesday, May 27, 2008, and run […]
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