East Vancouver storyteller, musician and clown Jim Sands takes us on a whimsical trip through a day in the life of a not so attractive plus-sized German man-boy, Hansel. He is on a quest to find a girlfriend in Vancouver. Having a companion means everything in Hansel’s shy life. Firstly it will help our simple and sensitive character set his parents back home in Hamburg at ease, but also to reassure himself that there is a soulmate for everyone.
This one-man play was written and directed by Gina Bastone, and in 60...
It's not often that I find myself sexually titillated by clowns.
The Sama Kutra was one such occasion. And as I go over this colourful and electric performance in my mind, it's clear that there was more motivating it than mere shock value.
A needle swings ever more wildly between silly and sexy as a clowny couple (Sizzle played by Jacqueline Russell and Spark played by Jed Tomlinson) try to revive their crumbling relationship with the help of the eponymous magical erotic book. The makeup, the humorous acting, and the wild props all combine to create a layer of separation...
Wow. What a delightful treat. I admit, I was very much looking forward to seeing this show from the start. I'm not a big fan of the traditional “clown” (they scare me actually - ahem...Poltergeist…It…enough said) but I do have a full appreciation for the fierce commitment that buffoonery demands in order to capture an audience, and capture them she did. The audience was on the edge of their seat from the moment this amazing curvy clown stepped on stage. A Bouffon protege of Cirque du Soliel’s Masimo Agostinelli, Priscilla Costa had the audience roaring with laughter and eating out of the...
Before we begin I want to help out the new to theatre audience a little bit. This show is a type of show that mocks things from daily life to people to daily events. The actual term for this kind of theatre is “Bouffon” which was re-coined in the early 1960’s by Jacques Lecoq in Paris. It is the art of Mockery.
Now, when you go see this show, hopefully you will not get offended. But if you do, remember, it’s your own damn fault.
So these two jesters are….are….well, buffoons. But don’t worry, they won’t...
Lots of rumours about the Red Bastard around the Fringe site, in line-ups, at the Fringe bar…buzz buzz buzz…so off I eagerly scampered to experience this phenomenon.
Would you put your hand up there? Plank: we go where others fear to go.
