Superhero Boy Band

A few weeks back the Super Hero Boy Band performed at the Cirque Lab in Bellingham. What a great show! "Seeds of Change is a jam-packed physical musical comedy ranging from boy band to rap to Tchaikovsky featuring spell-binding puppetry, high-energy dance, stop motion animation, special effects, and tonnes of delight." They encourage super-hero costumes, which makes for extra fun. I volunteered at the door and wanded down the men as part of the show. I just love these guys. Here's their great poster.

The three fellas all took David MacMurray Smith's Baby Clown class (Aaron Malkin and Islando Bocock - the two blondies in the poster - and I were in the same class) and also his Deep Clown (which I haven't taken YET). Alaistair Knowles and Aaron have a show coming up called James and Jamsie...

A show that come from a sketch they created out of the Poupon Parade (a show I was also in with them, Kat Single-Dain, Chris Stache, and Lisa Voth). It's coming up May 3rd and 4th in Vancouver. I should be awesome!

Clowning Around

I feel so lucky to have had an introduction to clown work.  It has been one of the most enlightening, trans-formative work I have ever done. It pushes, stretches, and squeezes me out of my comfort zone in ways that allow me to see and understand myself more deeply... for the good and the ugly.  My interest in this work is for performance professionalism, but mostly, for becoming a better person.  It has helped me understand myslef better, communicate more honestly, and share and listen more deeply.

 This is the cast of the (Eternal Debut of the) Poupon Parade, a group of clowns that I had the pleasure of working with in Canada in 2012.

 This is Islando and my act as Picante and Shiza'am to "Sweet Dreams" that we made immediately after our Baby Clown course with David McMurray Smith.

 This is the cast of the Banunky Fun Force (minus Mike Mathew), a show we put together to open for Le Serpent Rouge at the Wild Buffalo in 2011... lots of clown inspiration here (Chipps, Jules, Islando, Justincredible).

 The cast of the Super Hero Boy Band... all clowns who took David's Deep Clown class... one I hope to take in the future. (Aaron Malkin, Islando Bocock, Alaistar Knowles)

 The chair dance is an act I made in 2009 that I have been continuing to perform and tweak with help from clown work.

This is the group at the latest workshop I took called in Canada called, Presence, Play, and the Red Nose, a weekend workshop by Justine Williams of the Glass Contraption from NYC. It was great fun. She suggested her mentor Christopher Bays for more classes... I'f anyone's interested... =)