Well. The NY Clown Theater Festival has been going on for some time now! It is a wonderful event and one of the reasons why is because of the OPENING PARADE! Here is a glimpse at some of the images from the Parade that started off the 2012 Festival! It has been held at the charming BRICK THEATER in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
See you at the next NY Clown Theater Festival? Hope so…
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Tuesday Sept 18th @7 pm – Last NY performance
For more information and/or tickets to their last NY performance.
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Performed, created and directed by Inda Pereda.
Inda Pereda‘s hilarious one-man show uses physical comedy, sound and mime to build a wild, imaginary dreamscape bound up in exciting, ridiculous and grotesque situations -*ahem* emergency operations, unusual body musicals, the happy birth of mutant beings – and populated by a host of crazy universal characters – *err* annoyed Japanese samurais and happy cows.
Through sheer spectacle and audience particiption, TRAPPED unlocks a place where surreal worlds converge with nonsense, where irreverent moments lead to transcendent beauty.
“Inda Pereda made me giggle, snort, guffaw and squirm around in my seat. What a fun show. Go!” RED BASTARD – Eric Davis
Friday, September 14 @ 7pm
Saturday, September 15 @ 2pm
Sunday, September 16, @ 5pm
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I roller coaster ride thru the mind of Bonnie He. Raunch in a fun way!
Bonnie He uses her delightfully mimetic facial expressions throughout the show.
The sexual insinuations run rampant in the show in a hysterical way.
The iconic image of the loving wife and ‘sports addicted’ husband make an appearance in the show.
Bonnie is wonderfully ‘seductive’ in a very comical way that garnered the audience’s laughter.
There are many other photographs which I am NOT going to include here since it will spoil your experience of the show. I suggest you go see it since she has ONLY 2 more performances at The NY Clown Theater Festival.
Monday, September 10 @ 9pm
Wednesday, September 12 @ 7pm
579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211
(between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street)
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Hosted by Frank (Joe Galan) and One Lonely Chunk (Kim Kaiser) of An Unapologetic Mess: A Clown Variety Show.
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Angela gets her temper going as the audience member tries to help her to get her shoe on.
From the Festival brochure:
Straight from Barcelona, Toronto, and La Spezia, meet Italy’s greatest export, personality pioneer Dr. Angela Delfini, and her nervous but brave subject, Estrella. Join them on a clownesque five-step recovery program full of unique challenges and you-can’t-go-home-again transformations. Can the maniacally confident Delfini get the stuck-in-beta Estrella to dance and laugh her way to version 2.0 and beyond?? Probably, but not without your help!
Angela’s show will be performed on the following dates and times at the Festival.
Saturday, September 8 @ 7pm
Tuesday, September 11 @ 7pm
Sunday, September 23 @ 2pm
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Sitting in the front row was a young ‘Harpo’ commenting on almost all the acts on stage. (His mother has her hand over face)
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A clown ensemble from San Diego, California had to deal with the young ‘Harpo’ as he got involved in the show
The ensemble got into an improv of the previous clown act.
Headed up by Tommy Galan the ensemble worked with a guitar player as well.
From the Festival Brochure:
Look At What We Found is a theatrical improvised clown performance that invites the audience into a world where they can let go of their rigid adult lives, surrender to play, and find the joy and magic they left behind as children. The clowns begin with the stage and theater as their blank canvas, and with one brush stroke of stupidity at a time they build a tapestry of games, play, interaction and fun. Together, clowns and audience will Look At What We Found!
One more performance!
Saturday, September 8 @ 3pm
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Jon is an accomplished clown and performed one piece in this cabaret. His remaining time with the festival will be teaching a workshop on Sat/Sunday. His performance was delightful.
Utilizing his clown skills and a comedic visual built into his costume Jon charmed the audience.
Nothing like ‘reaching out to your audience’.
Getting into the audience and making it work is one of the routines of a great clown.
For more information on Jon’s upcoming workshop ‘Devising and Creating Clown’ go here.
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Kaitlin Kaufman performed an excerpt from her show which she is premiering at the Festival on Sat. with 2 more performances during the week.
Saturday, September 8 @ 1pm
Tuesday, September 11 @ 9pm
Sunday, September 16 @ 3pm
For more information on the NY Clown Theater Festival go here!
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The Brick is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at:
579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211
(between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street)
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Created and performed by Jeff Seal and Chris Manley.
Jeff and Buttons (2 very funny jokesters) will entertain their audience by performing their new show entitled “Jeff and Buttons Entertain An Audience.” Their show consists of lots of new but also some old material which will be performed for an audience with the express purpose of entertaining said audience. It should be an entertaining night of performing!
“Jeff and Buttons had me laughing so hard that I was literally wheezing.” – The Happiest Medium
“Their material is so stupid it becomes profound and refreshing” – MaskedArts.com
For more information and/or tickets go here!
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Met with Angela Delfini and her director John Towsen at rehearsal today in Williamsburg. Had a great time. John Towsen was kind enough to do the interview. Great hearing all about the show and it’s beginnings along with some history of Angela’s schooling.
Stage manager – Andrea Rossi
Lighting designer – Miguel Suero
The NY Clown Theatre Festival returns to celebrate 12 years in Brooklyn!
The NY Clown Theatre Festival is New York’s preeminent biennial, international Clown Theatre festival since its inception in 2006.
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Kaitlin Kaufman sat down with Vaudevisuals to talk about her show and her life as a ‘clown’. How she started and a little about discovering her character ‘Penelope’.
Her show ‘Yay America‘ will be presented at The New York Clown Theater Festival Sept 8, 11, and 16th.
For more information/tickets go here.
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September 2 through 18th, 2016 at The Brick Theater
Hosted by ‘Fantasy Grandma‘.
Fantasy Grandma did a terrific job of hosting the evening’s performances. Rap song and psychedelic jello!
Mission: Implausible (Logic Limited Ltd) was one of the most technological pieces of the evening.
Next up was a lovely film by Corinne Robkin titled “Twisted Business“.
Ambrose Martos solicited audience members to be part of his ‘romantic interest’ for this piece.
Direct from Brazil, BR S.A. Collective of Artists’ Denis Camargo performs.
Harold Todd Moeller and Rob Lok perform ‘Harry The Magnificent’.
Tut’Zanni Theatre presented ‘Beep & Bop’. A funny Commedia-del-Arte based piece.
Fantasy Grandma offers the audience some ‘home made’ jello. Later she mentioned it was ‘spiked’.
Playpen Theater presented ‘Chalk’, a delightful clown play based on a devasting breakup.
Amo Gulinello performs a segment from his one-man show ‘Fastcar’.
Ekaterina Pirogovskaya does striptease done ‘Mime Style’.
Marisol Soledad performs Princess Mildred from her show ‘Here At Home’.
Tabula Rasa (Michael Bauer & Autumn Kioti) perform with recruited audience member John Leo.
Drew Richardson performs his funny “Drew the Dramatic Fool”.
Rob and Miss Jane knows that “It Takes Two” to make a thing go right!
The 2016 NY Clown Theater Festival continues all this week. Check out the shows!
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September 2 through 18th, 2016 at The Brick Theater
Tanya Solomon hosted the evening’s variety clown cabaret and opened with some magic.
Rich Potter performing an excerpt from his show “God! The One-Man Show“.
Penelope the Clown performs a cute and very silly ROFL Flowers.
One Lonely Chunk (Kim Kaiser) performs a routine that ‘read the future’ and could change the future.
Joe Galan performed a ‘dark’ and comical take on pill popping and suicide.
SarahBesque’s show “SarahNDipity” excerpt involved 2 audience members helping in the antics.
Bill Shannon performed an excerpt from his show “Just Clowning Around”.
Becca Bernard performing an excerpt from her show “The Fainting Room”.
Clown Cabaret performing an excerpt from their show “The Heist”.
Les Bunheads (From Montreal) combined the grace of ballet with the slapstick of professional wrestlers.
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For tickets and information about the 2016 NY Clown Theater Festival go HERE!
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