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Petrushka

Tiago Alexandre Fonseca, as the title character, impressed both with facial expressions evoking Expressionist silent films and daring moves such as looping his ankle in a rope and hanging upside

– Rebecca Schmid, in Classical Voice America

Yet it was the tireless performance of Tiago Alexandre Fonseca in the title role which gave the staging its humanity. With an expressive face and a physical prowess that would have kept him employed during the silent film era, Mr Fonseca delivered a tour de force of rope climbing, trampolining and running through nightmare worlds, all while conveying the high emotional stakes of his attempted escape.

– Jesse Simon, in Mundoclássico.com

Fonesca has the rustic sleight-of-hand of Charlie Chaplin with the added bonus of actually looking like a young Stravinsky.

– Stephen Crowe in Bachtrack

In Stravinsky’s ballet burlesque, three puppets are brought to life by their sadistic puppet-master – the delicate ballerina, the coarse but warm-hearted muscleman and the clumsy clown Petrushka. Continuously exhibited and tortured by his master, Petrushka finally manages to escape. Yet his long-yearned-for freedom does not last long …

Click to see when I’m next performing it live here.

Chapéus na Rua – Lisbon Busking Festival

The concept behind the festival is closely related to the practice of busking or performing in public places where attendance is free. It aims to reach out to the community by offering a series of shows that may take the form of improvised poetry, living statues, juggling, acrobatics, clowns, puppetry, mime, dance, theatre, performance art and music, open to all audiences, regardless of their social status, culture, age or gender.

 

 

 

Illuminations

Illuminations part of the Aldeburgh Festival 2016

Inspired by the hyper-sensual surrealism of Rimbaud’s poetry set in Britten’s song cycle Les Illuminations, director Struan Leslie creates a newly-commissioned staging fusing music and contemporary circus performance.

 

The circus ensemble(…) gave a strong, joyful and beautiful performance.

Charlote Valori inBachtrack

As a feat of sustained fantasy and technical prowess, the show was beyond praise. The circus performers’ daring made one’s jaw drop, and often there was a poetic sensitivity to their pirouettes.

Ivan Hewett in The Telegraph

 

Ruby Robinson

 

Ruby Robinson is a Sky Arts series, an inventive physical comedy stars Kim Cattrall as Ruby, a woman living with a troupe of unusual acrobat helpers.

 

Easy Stride

Formed in 2015, Easy Stride Band use a deft fusion of soul and reggae to create upbeat, feel-good music, combining live vocal and guitar loops with deep bass and head-nodding beats. I managed their Portugal tour.

Mattress Circus

It’s the journey of three clown acrobats falling, fighting and laughing while reaching for new heights.T he show is set behind and around a mattress. They use their physical differences to create comedy and surreal images of illusion.
In the show, the three characters play against each other using acrobatics and clowning until the final moment of unity created by the stunning image of a three man high. The show lasts for approximately 20 minutes.

 

In the streets Mattress Circus are outrageous clowns.
The three characters play with old and young to create the perfect environment to perform the street version of Heights.
They perform Heights for the full circle with unseen angles and oddities normally hidden from the public.
Using physical differences to create comedy, acrobatics and surreal images of illusion.

 

Read more:
http://sideshow-circusmagazine.com/circus-now-showcase/shows/heights

No Fit State

NoFit State is the UK’s leading large-scale contemporary circus company, producing professional touring productions and a wide variety of community, training, and education projects for people of all ages.