17 August 2014

"Blooming Surprise" @ The Fringe. Bark Productions.


"Blooming Surprise" is on again!!!! 
After being remastered in Brighton under the mentorship of Yael Karavan.
 Friday 22nd August at Woodland Creatures. Leith Walk. 8pm.
Generous donations are welcome. Minimum suggested £5.

Blooming Surprise is a story about loneliness, awaiting, never endless hope, and love for oneself.

Set in an airport, Saras wil ltake you into an unexpected and, indecipherable journey in which the only thing that will remain is hope... hope... and hope....

You will leave the theatre with a sweet taste in your mouth after a full hearted experience.

Blooming Surprise Collaborators...

Devised and Performed by Saras Feijoo
Mentored by Yael Karavan.
Music and sounds by Barney Strachan and, Gavin Taylor.

"Nothing Held Back" song.
Written by Saras Feijoo
Music by Liam baker.
Recording:
Gavin Taylor (Dobro)
Saras Feijoo (Ukulele and Voice)




1 July 2014

Autumn Clown Cabaret Scratch Night Call out!!!!

 Application deadline has been extended until 12th September.

After the success of our last Clown Cabaret Scratch Night, CloWnStePPinG and Plutot la Vie are looking for acts to be part of our next Autumn Clown Cabaret Scratch Night.

If you have a short piece or an idea for a piece, that you would like to develop -we would like to hear from you! With or without a red nose, the evening is open to your interpretation of Clown. Masks, slapstick,  silence, movement, magic, juggling, circus, poetic clown, new vaudeville.... No holds barred! Everything is welcome.


Your piece may be any length up to 10 minutes. To pitch our idea, please email Saras, Melanie or Tim at clowncabaretnight@gmail.com with your proposal an information about yourself and your artistic practice.

The application deadline is at 5pm on 5th September 2014. NOW, 12th September!!!!
Successful applicants will be invited to an audition on 4th October.
The performance evening wil lbe on the 15th November 2014 at Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh.
(Please note that this is a profit share event)

26 March 2014

Clown Cabaret Scratch Night!


Following last year's Introducing Theatre Clown, CloWnStePPinG and Plutôt la Vie have joined forces to invite you to Clown Cabaret Scratch Night!



In the clown land, we are all well excited that this is happening! 

Clown Cabaret Scratch Night is an evening showcasing scratch performances from some exciting, talented and amazing clowns. And that is why I have decided to put this post together to give you a little hint of the world of the red nose that you will experience on Sunday 30th March... 
(of course, THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all the artist involved for sending us their info.)


Be prepared to fall in love with... 
(Yes! I really believe that you will totally fall in love with them, ALL OF THEM!!!!!)


Andrew Simpson.


        "Andrew's going to sing a song. You can sing along if you like. He can't wait to meet you, he's sure you'll get along great. x"                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                           http://simpronicity.tumblr.com/


Bec Phipps.


          Stanley works alone, he's been waiting for this moment for a long time. When he finds he has an audience he has a chance to shine.
Stanley has been created by Bec Phipps, a freelance performer and drama teacher, currently working with Licketyspit theatre company. Bec can be contacted via e-mail, 

                                                                                                                     becphipps@hotmail.com


  Tilt Theatre.


          Theatre Tilt create interactive physical performances that explore the relationship between performer and audience. Tilt are currently devising an interactive street performance for Conflux's Surge Festival.
Tilt are delighted to be performing in The Clown Cabaret.





DeLighters.


       Fred is a vintage circus strong man. After long years of taming lions, wrestling bears and lifting dumbbells found his real passion: hula hooping. This is a theatre clown act about masculine and feminine, about desire for a muscular body and a poetic mind in a skillfully choreographed hula hoop act by Jusztina Hermann (Delighters). Since 2011 Fred has toured Europe with great success from music to circus festivals and he never fails to conquer hearts and minds with laughter.
                                                                           www.delighters.co.uk   
 


Jango Starr


An eccentric and endearing fool, discovering bizarre comic solutions to life’s simple problems. He is a bewildered, bemused, dancing fool finding grace in chaos and magic in the mundane.


Based in Scotland since 2005. Clive performs in Edinburgh & Lothians, from North Berwick to Glasgow, the Borders to Fife and all through the central Scotland.                     
                                                                                                                 www.jangostarr.co.uk/





Lewis Sherlock     
                                            The Lunch Break.

           A silent clown, a scientist of sorts, an idiot, finds a secluded spot to have his lunch. He has prepared a baguette filled to the brim with juicy bacon, teaming with fresh cut cos-lettuce and glorious sun-ripened, blood-red tomatoes. He is quite pleased with his creation. Except, in his need for clinicalness he has wrapped the sandwich in 30 metres of cling-film.


Lewis Sherlock is a Physical Theatre Practitioner working in Glasgow and Edinburgh with the likes of Conflux, Scottish Opera and Vision Mechanics as a performer. More recently he has been directing his cabaret ensemble ‘Ship of Fools’ and has established ‘The Choral Jam’ in Edinburgh. This Summer he is looking forward  to creating work for Anatomy at ‘Zoo Nights’ and performing with Oceanallover.                                                                                                                                                                             http://lewissherlock.wordpress.com/


 


Michelle Follett 

        ThingybObs'  show is a ridiculous celebration of the delightfully absurd.......whilst exploring hiding on stage.......  ( includes amazing magic show!! ).    :o)
                                                                                                                                                                      puterpost@icloud.com





and 
Suzanna Ferguson!

          Between 2006-2008 I worked as a Street Performer in Barcelona with a Magic Clown act.  On returning to Glasgow in 2008, I trained with Angela de Castro and Eric de Bont and went on to devise and perform 'Sick' with Martin Danziger (Theatre Modo) and was subsequently nominated for a CATS award for Best Female Performance in 2010.  I successfully auditioned for Hearts & Minds the same year and have been working as a Clowndoctor and Elderflower ever since.
Since 2008 I have also worked for Theatre Modo as a Workshop Leader, teaching circus skills and Street Theatre to challenging teenagers in rural, socially deprived communities across Scotland.


This piece is a result of a week long residency with Team Effort! at The Southside Studios in Glasgow.  I set myself the challenge to make a brand new piece of work in 5 days, and this is it!  I am interested in developing a disciplined creative practice as a clown, where I can work technically, creatively and collaboratively on a regular basis to spark new ideas and develop them.  Performing live is a crucial part of this development.


                                                                                                            suzannaferguson@gmail.com

M.C by,

Sáras Feijóo,

I will be the M.C. of the night!!!! 
It is really exciting as all these artists are amazing and, they are giving their all to put a night for you to enjoy!
It is a dream coming through to be the M.C. and, to be also performing at Clown Cabaret Scratch Night. I hope you come along to have fun with us.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      www.clownstepping.com

And our photographer for the night will be Richard Dyson!
www.richdysonphotography.com

These are us, Clown Cabaret Scratch Night organisers, curators and, hosts:


Melanie Jordan, is a performer and director. She is an Associate artist with both, CloWnStePPinG and Plutôt la Vie, and co-funder of Scrapyard.

In the photo, Melanie is the one on the left (but I think you knew that already!). She is super sweet, likes cycling around town always in a rush and, she just got engaged!!!!!!!.... We are all here dancing of happiness for her. 


Tim Licata, is the artistic director of Plutôt la Vie. He is a performer, director and teacher. Time to time, he runs clown workshops in Edinburgh.
In the photo, he is the one with the runny nose!!!! Tim has a great sense of humour, he is always busy and he enjoys his cycling too...                                       www.plutotlavie.org.uk/



and me, Sáras Feijóo, by now, I am sure you all know me already!!!. I am a performance and visual artist. I created CloWnStePPinG, hoping to be a place for red-nose-creation-ground. 
I believe that the clown state impregnates everything we do, we are and we become.
In the photo, I am the one on the right, and the photo was taken on the day I had the opportunity to share with the greatest Gardi Hutter!                 www.clownstepping.com


I don't know what you think!!! yet I can assure you that you are going to be in very good hands on Sunday.
Want more info about the event? Please click HERE.
Also, I think the event is suitable for over 16 years old.

If you are coming, please bring your own drinks and couple of friends too!

The doors will open at 6:30pm, for a 7:00pm start. You can book your ticket by clicking HERE.

If you have any questions/doubts/comments/etc or just to follow events like this one, register yourself on this blog, or drop me a line to clownstepping@gmail.com showing your interest.


THANK YOU VERY MUCH for reading and for supporting us!