Toronto, ON (March 07, 2012) – The freaks are back to take over Toronto and
this time it’s an international invasion. For four days only, some of the world’s
top clowns, bouffons and physical theatre performers will be unleashed in
Toronto for the seventh annual Toronto
Festival of Clowns.
The
festival, running from May 31 to June 3rd, 2012 is filled with imaginative,
outlandish, peculiar and hilarious shows.
All performances will take place in Toronto’s Pia Bouman Studio Theatre
in the heart of Queen West’s Arts District.
This year,
the Toronto Festival of Clowns goes international, with the premiere of a
bouffon play by Master Clown Teacher Philippe Gaulier, directed by his son
Balthazar.
Over 100
performers will shock and delight audiences in both full length productions and
cabaret performances, including:
La
Gnole de Tante Christine est Imbuvable (Aunt Aggie’s Gut Rot is Undrinkable) –
Paris
Jayne Walling and Julie Maingonnat star in the modern bouffon play by world-renowned artist, Philippe Gaulier. This is the story of two women trying to have a baby, despite one being infertile and the other a virgin. Directed by Balthazar Gaulier, this work is performed in French with English surtitles.
Jayne Walling and Julie Maingonnat star in the modern bouffon play by world-renowned artist, Philippe Gaulier. This is the story of two women trying to have a baby, despite one being infertile and the other a virgin. Directed by Balthazar Gaulier, this work is performed in French with English surtitles.
Fools
For Love - Edmonton
A romantic comedy in red-nose starring Edmonton-based performers Christine Lesiak and Adam Keefe and directed by Jan Henderson. Rocket and Sheshells are best friends on a hilarious roller-coaster ride that will plummet straight into your heart.
A romantic comedy in red-nose starring Edmonton-based performers Christine Lesiak and Adam Keefe and directed by Jan Henderson. Rocket and Sheshells are best friends on a hilarious roller-coaster ride that will plummet straight into your heart.
Bleed
- Toronto
Today, something about Norman is off. Today, he didn’t go to work. Today, he stayed home. Now he is beginning to bleed. A hit at this year’s Rhubarb Festival and starring Phil Luzi, Bleed is directed by the festival’s Artistic Director Adam Lazarus.
Today, something about Norman is off. Today, he didn’t go to work. Today, he stayed home. Now he is beginning to bleed. A hit at this year’s Rhubarb Festival and starring Phil Luzi, Bleed is directed by the festival’s Artistic Director Adam Lazarus.
Yorkville
Bitches take on afFORDability - Toronto
Rob Ford is dead and the Yorkville Bitches (Suzanne Roberts Smith, Jamie Ebbs and Jesse Stanley) welcome you to his celebration of Life. This socialite trio intends to festoon the funeral proceedings with their own personal flavour and turn the memoriam into the see and be “scene” event of 2012!
Rob Ford is dead and the Yorkville Bitches (Suzanne Roberts Smith, Jamie Ebbs and Jesse Stanley) welcome you to his celebration of Life. This socialite trio intends to festoon the funeral proceedings with their own personal flavour and turn the memoriam into the see and be “scene” event of 2012!
Saucisse:
A Foo Musical - Toronto
Foo, one of Toronto’s most beloved clowns, returns to this year’s festival in her own full-length show. Foo, a skeptical, nomadic peddler strikes an unlikely friendship with Saucisse, a new-age vegetarian pig. Directed by Susanna Hamnett and starring Helen Donnelly.
Foo, one of Toronto’s most beloved clowns, returns to this year’s festival in her own full-length show. Foo, a skeptical, nomadic peddler strikes an unlikely friendship with Saucisse, a new-age vegetarian pig. Directed by Susanna Hamnett and starring Helen Donnelly.
Each night
of the festival features a hugely popular cabaret that brings together some of
the most exciting performers in the clowning world. In true festival tradition,
the Red Nose District will kick off
the weekend with the beloved clown duo Morro
and Jasp. Friday night, the freaks and outcasts take the stage for a
satirical Night of Bouffon and Saturday
night features the only west end performance of the exceptionally popular, one-of-a-kind
Lunacy Cabaret – where anything and
everything can and does happen.
The
Festival closes with a Student Soiree that
will feature the best work to come out of recent physical theatre workshops
across the country and the presentation of the third annual Mark Purvis Bursary that funds a
student’s future study in physical performance.
Founded in
2006, the Toronto Festival of Clowns
provides new and established clowns and physical performers the opportunity to
create and showcase their work. Producers Adam Lazarus and Dave McKay aim to
create awareness of the various forms of physical theatre under the umbrella of
“clown”, such as red-nose, mime, bouffon, busking, movement, slapstick,
commedia del arte, vaudeville, mask and character work.
Past participants of
this powerhouse festival of physical theatre include John Turner of Mump and
Smoot, David S. Craig, Christel Bartelse, Rachelle Elie, Leah Cherniak, Rick
Roberts, The Red Bastard, Fiona Griffiths, Michelle Smith and Dean Gilmour, Ginette
Mohr,
Anand Rajaram, Edwige Jean-Pierre, Keystone Theatre, Ravi Jain,
Adam Paolozza, Sue Morrison and Melissa D’Agostino.
Toronto Festival of Clowns
Scotiabank Studio Theatre at Pia Bouman School
6 Noble Street
Scotiabank Studio Theatre at Pia Bouman School
6 Noble Street
May 31st – June 3rd, 2012
Tickets: All full-length shows and cabarets are $10 each
Tickets
are available at the door
For more
information please visit www.torontofestivalofclowns.com
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