CHANGING THE FACE OF COMEDY…
The Boy With Tape On His Face
After 2 complete Edinburgh Fringe sell outs with multiple 5 star reviews, The Boy hits the road again.Mime with noise, stand-up with no talking – drama with no acting. This show speaks for itself. Combine the sheer, childlike absurdness of Vic Reeves with the deft, physical intonation of Hugh Laurie and the genius of Charlie Chaplin and you have Sam Wills: The Boy with Tape on His Face.
This exciting one-man show from New Zealand is attracting attention across the globe, ‘The Boy With Tape on His Face’ has racked up awards for ‘Best Show’, ‘Best Show Concept’, ’People’s Choice’, and a nomination for ‘Best Newcomer’ at Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Wills’ piercing blue eyes stare out over a rectangle of gaffer tape as he holds his audience spell bound, deftly unfolding the tangents of his delightful brain process, deliberately preparing each scene and finally breaking the suspense with each hilarious and unpredictable manoeuvre.
Drawing on a heritage that includes silent film, mime, magic, puppetry, Motown and the films of Patrick Swayze, The Boy With Tape On His Face is a pensive, curious soulapproaching every object and audience member as a potential friend – or plaything. Shoes sing, empty dresses dance and electrical tape blossoms into roses. creating a world of possibilities where the only certainty is laughter.
Wordlessly conjuring the heart-rending poignancy of Buster Keaton, he mingles it with mischief and a piercing wit that leaves audiences enraptured. Wills is a mad scientist of vaudevillian pranks, who reminds us that life is an adventure…
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TOBY HADOKE: MOTHS ATE MY DOCTOR WHO SCARF
Toby Hadoke: Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf
Having had two successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe (2006 and 2007) and a well received stint at the West End (Arts Theatre, Leicester Square), Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf has been around the world and was supposed to finish with a massive gig at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in 2010. That went extremely well and would have been a fitting end, but you can’t keep a good show down for long.
Some venues book a return visit (it has sold out at The Ustinov Theatre, Bath, 5 times!), and some want it for the first time having read all the great reviews, so it’s still being booked well into 2011. But it can’t go on forever. Can it? (Doctor Who itself was only supposed to run for 13 weeks, and look what happened to that).
It has also played to great success at Science Fiction events, but is suitable for audiences who’ve never even seen Doctor Who.
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DANNY PENSIVE’S MAP OF BRITAIN
Danny Pensive's Map of Britain
After three supporting tours John Cooper’s alter ego, the critically acclaimed champion of the simple minded Danny Pensive goes on tour in 2012.
Danny Pensive’s loveably offbeat comedy has picked up a cult following across the UK, seeing him described as ‘Vic and Bob meets Samuel Beckett’ and the ‘love-child of Siadwel and Sarah Millican’ (Artsfest).
“Catch this comic idiot savant before Vic ‘n’ Bob snap him up” – The List
“His audience interaction is flawless” – The Skinny
Look out for dates in 2012
