SHOW: Providence, RI: Credo Theatre Oct 4.

Part of the Firstworks festival, two Bulgarian clowns use puppetry and magic to create a fantastic show.

It's supposed to be great (although I haven't seen it) 

It's in Providence, RI on Saturday, October 4, 8pm
RISD Auditorium

Credo Theatre,
Daddy's Always Right

BULGARIA - U.S. PREMIERE TOUR

Consummate theatrical clowns transform a bare stage into a winter fairyland complete with drifts of dazzling snow in a moving story for adults which remind us of the true value of simple things. With stunning puppet techniques and a little bit of magic, Nina Dimitrova and Vassil Vassilev-Zuek created this performance for the worldwide celebration of the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Anderson's birth. Credo performances have toured the globe, including the London stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Appropriate for adults and families – ages 10 and up. Waterfire traffic and parking advisory for Saturday, Oct. 4: Please allow extra time.

Evening JumpStart pre-show performance, 7:15pm

tickets
$18

   "One of the best art events of the festival"
Edinburgh Festival

Laugh Out Loud Festival (NY)-3 more days

Emerging Artists Theatre and Paul Adams, Artistic Director, has been presenting a festival entitled LAUGH OUT LOUD at the Roy Arias Theatre Center, Off-Off Broadway Theatre (300 West 43rd St, 5th floor, NYC). The festival is curated by EAT member. Jenny Lee Mitchell and co-curated by Honey Goodenough and Carol Lee Sirugo. Performances began Tuesday, May 27, 2008, and run through Sunday, June 1, 2008.



Here's what's going on for the next three days.

Friday May 30th, 8pm
Host: Deenie Nast - Lucky you-Deenie Nast, Oscar Winner, 2 time Tony winner and international performance artist will grace the LaughOutLoud Festival with her presence, performing a song-filled tribute to herself.
with:
All Kinds of Shifty Villains - directed by Rachel Klein - carnival noir, blending elements of circus with crime fiction
Mika - diabolo artist and juggler
Carol Lee Sirugo - Gwendolyn Rosa Lee is on a mission: to pay homage to her favorite musical, Gypsy. She wishes she could be Gypsy Rose Lee. She can't. But where talent fails, guts prevail!
The Marriage Of Reason - puppetry by Sean Keohane - "The Marriage of Reason": Originally written for children in 1860s Paris, Polichinelle's battle of the sexes with a content bachelorette isn't only Politically Incorrect, it's just wrong! Naughty, bawdy puppets, religious mysticism, and totally unnecessary slapstick violence.
Film Noir Clowns - Jeff Seal and Chris Manley . Two clowns attempt to recreate a classic film noir tale on stage.

Saturday May 31st, 8pm
Host: The Maestrosities - The Coolest Band Ever! Or so they think!!!
with:
Kendall Cornell as The Torch Singer - The Torch Singer laments love in a comically grand style.
Kendall Cornell's Soon-To-Be-World-Famous Women's Clown Troupe kick up their heels with an assortment of comic song and dance numbers."
Mika - diabolo artist and juggler
Carol Lee Sirugo as Gwendolyn Rosa Lee
Rob Lok

Sunday June 1st, 5pm
Host: Dierdre
with:
Logic Limited Ltd - clown troupe
A Wrinkle in Starch - puppetry by Leslie Strongwater and David Michael Friend
Phillip Guerette as Phildo The Clown
Emergency Use Only - puppetry by Erica Mclaughlin
Four droning strangers are stuck in a subway tunnel when inspiration strikes: they put their personal effects together an a puppet eager to dance emerges to breathe life into an otherwise hapless situation.
Miron Gusso - storytelling and clowning

LAUGH OUT LOUD plays the following regular schedule through Saturday, June 1, 2008:

Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Thursday at 7:30 pm
Friday at 8:00 pm
Saturday at 8:00 pm
Sunday at 5:00 pm

Tickets are $10. Advanced tickets are recommended (only 55 tickets available per show). For reservations, please visit www.eatheatre.org, or call 866-811-4111.

Tickets may also be purchased in person half-hour prior to the performance at Roy Arias Theatre Center (300 West 43rd St, 5th floor).

* Running Time: 60 minutes *

All performances include an open Talkback Session with the performer and staff after the show.

Emerging Artists Theatre's mission is to provide a dynamic home for emerging writers and artists, providing the unique opportunity for playwrights to collaborate with directors, actors, and designers throughout the development process--from idea through fully realized production. EAT's supportive environment continues to nurture a close-knit group of artists working toward the common goal of creating dynamic theatre, and its commitment to the development of new works is integral to the cultural enrichment of New York City.

To find out more about Emerging Artists, please visit their website listed below:

http://www.eatheatre.org/

Augusto Cabrera & Commedia Gillet

Augusto Cabrera is a director, actor, clown, puppeteer,commedia teacher and performer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the director of Mask & Commedia Centrum, an institution/school that focuses on spreading knowledge and information about masks, puppetry, and commedia to the world at large through workshops, festivals, and performances. Commedia Gillet is the professional company of Mask & Commedia Centrum, which is under the direction of Augusto.

Commedia Gillet has a number of performances available-- their latest is titled Thor's Saga, about a group of Viking clowns who tell the story of how Thor lost his hammer. Unfortunately, the clowns can't keep their personal lives off of the stage.

Other performances include an outdoor medieval spectacle called Pesten (The Plague), and Avstad (Distance), a puppet play about special people (I assume this means developmentally disabled, but I can't be sure.), and a clown variety show.

Augusto has also started a new social network for mask and physical theatre performers on Ning.com.

To find out more about Augusto's work, follow the links listed below:

Augusto's web page: http://www.commediagillet.com/cabrera

Commedia Gillet: http://www.commediagillet.com

Mask Social Network: http://masker.ning.com

Drama of Works Presents PUNCH

Drama of Works and Galapagos Art Space present…

PUNCH
(NYC’s only consistent puppet slam)

MONDAY, May 28th, 8:00pm, $5.00
Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 782-5188
http://www.galapagosartspace.com

PUNCH is a monthly showcase for all things puppet. Curated by Gretchen Van Lente, of Drama of Works.

EXPLODING PUPPET PRODUCTIONS are your hosts for the evening! They’ll be whipping out characters from “Die Hard the Puppet Musical” all night long. PLUS a premiere new scene from the show: In the latest chapter, they'll bring you three songs for the price of one! Where else can you witness gripping musical numbers revolving around sex toys, exploding helicopters, the triumph of love and gratuitous use of the word motherf***er? You can find out more about the Exploding Puppet show at http://www.diehardthepuppetmusical.com

IMAGINATIONEXPLOSION is back to PUNCH with their unique brand of avante-garde puppetry. “The Proboner Show” is a vaudevillian shadow puppetry piece about two frustrated penises that can’t seem to get enough satisfaction in their life. They confide in each other’s misogynist stories until a strange female visitor arrives. To learn more about this experimental puppetry collaborative, please visit: http://www.imaginationexplosion.com

ADAM GERTSACOV is the most educated clown in America (barring certain elected officials.) He wears many hats, including those of a professional clown, an arts administrator, a P.T. Barnum impersonator, a flea circus impresario, a Barbie puppeteer, and the esteemed hat of the Clown Laureate of Greenbelt, Maryland. Find out more about his work at http://www.acmeclown.com. This is his first PUNCH. He presents his “Barbie Oedipus Rex.” (need I say more?)

HOWIE LEIFER (a PUNCH staple) shows off a brand new piece: "THE PREACHER AND THE FLOOD" A hybrid piece - part flip book - part toy theater… nice…