Bio

Bio: Who is this crazy guy?!

I began performing at the age of 11 doing stage shows, pantomimes and writing my own sketches for the stage. Though I have changed the way in which I entertain over the years, I have been performing ever since! Nowadays I am primarily a comedy showman/clown, and have lots of varying performance experience both on the stage and off.
I am a caring, creative and charismatic individual with a very colourful personality and great focus and ambition in life. I enjoy life’s challenges and adventures and thrive on doing well as an entertainer and making people laugh and smile. I am very adaptable to different situations/audiences and organized in my approach to my work.

                                   

Performance Employment History:


01.2014 – 05.2014                                   Performers Without Borders, India Tour – Performer/Workshops
Duties: To perform and lead workshops in India with a charity that works with underprivaliged and vulnerable children. I primarily ran Clown workshops as well as various Circus workshops.


11.2012 – 12.2013                                    Canterbury Travel, Lapland – Children/Family Entertainment
Duties: To perform daily shows for families in Lapland on holiday to see Father Christmas and Elves.


05.2011 – 10.2011/05.2012 – 11.2012   Wild Futures - Performance Artist/Workshop Leader.

Duties; To perform professional children/family shows to guests and school groups at the monkey sanctuary on a daily basis and organise fun and creative workshops for adults and children, including making juggling balls, circus and willowcraft. I also did a little set on the musical saw daily.

 
05.2009 – NOW                                         Self Employed Entertainer.

During the last year and a half I have worked self employed as an entertainer for all age groups in a variety of different environments. I would combine a variety of circus, magic, tricks and comedy. See ‘Performance History’ for some examples of where I’ve performed.

 
10.2009 – 04.2011                                    Escola de Clown de Barcelona, Professional Clown Training

I lived and worked in the school in spain as part of an exchange for education. I would cook for upto 15 people twice a day during my time there and be responsible for the upkeep of the house and surrounding areas in exchange for education.
The professional training covered in depth all aspects of becoming and being a professional clown. Since completion of training I go back to the school as a teacher of magic and stupid tricks.

 
11.2008 – 05.2009/11.2007 – 05.2008  Descent International- Luxury Chalet Entertainment.

Duties inc; To entertain varying groups of high class guests; celebrities, families and corporate on holiday in their luxury ski chalets. These shows were very up close and personal and generally for no more than 20 people; a mixture of comedy, circus, tricks and magic, and would vary in maturity dependant on age groups.

 
11.2002 – 02.2003                                    Esprit Holidays- Snow Ranger.

Duties; To provide a fun and stimulating program of activities for children (4-11)  and to keep them safe and happy during the day whilst parents/peers were enjoying the mountains. I also did shows at the end of each week for guests.


06.1995 – 12.2004                                    Self Employed DJ/Promoter/Organiser
Duties: To DJ and promote/organise nights at various venues across the South West to a variety of audiences in clubs, bars and at festivals.




Performance History:

I have performed at various shows at events for different clientel, from childrens shows and family shows to adult burlesque and caberet, from small cosy shows in chalets in the Alps to large crowds in various streets across Europe. Here are some examples:

The Monkey Sanctuary, Looe, Cornwall

Eden Project, Cornwall
Maker Sunshine Festival, Cornwall

Endorset in Dorset Festival, Dorset

University of Bristol Freshers Ball, Bristol

Leopalooza Festival, Cornwall
Barefoot Games, Family Funday, Cornwall

Various Streets and Street Theatre Festivals

Jubilee Celebrations, Cornwall, UK
Sidmouth Folk Festival, Devon

Annabels Caberet Club, Plymouth

Kinky and Quirky Burlesque, South West

Circus2Iraq Caberet, Bristol

Wild West Burlesque, Bristol

Ninja Hippies, Bristol

The Fires Vampires Ball, Bude

Devilkicks, Bristol

Devils Bordello, Newport, Wales

KinkyChic, South West, Various Venues

The Masked Ball, Flambards, Cornwall
The Carousel Club, Bristol
Launceston Town Square Events, Cornwall
Childrens Birthday Parties – Various Venues


International:
The Merry Elf/Hotel Luostotunturi, Luosto, Lapland (Finland)
Les Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain

Figueres Comedy Festival Variety Caberet, Figueres, Spain
Various Venues; Bars/Restuarants/Theatres, Barcelona/Figueres/Roses/Cadaques, Spain
Luxury Chalets, Val D’Isere & Saint Foy, France
Various Schools/Orphanages/Public Events in Calcutta/Gokarna/Varanasi, India



Teaching:

 

I have ran various circus skill, games and fun workshops with school groups, festivals and teenagers in care.

I have also taught adults at Escola de Clown de Barcelona in Spain as a teacher of magic, stupid tricks, circus, slapstick and street and how to use them in comedy performance.

 


Hobbies/Interests:

 

Circus Arts, Comedy, Caberet, Clown, Physical Comedy, Magic, Slapstick, Equilibristics, Random Tricks, Stupidity, Music, Manipulation, Panto, Theatre, the Arts.

 

If there is any further information you require, or for referees, please don`t hesitate to contact me.