Tuesday 6 June 2017

Man Of 1000 Farces


What am I looking at? 
The man of 1000 Farces.

Who is this man of 100 farces? 
He is a clown, magician, mime, daredevil, performance dude. His act is based on a series of circus paintings. Each painting depicts a fictional character which is brought to life in his live show.

Alright. Can you describe some of these personas? 
Well, there is the coke head Spanish guy, a knife wielding punk and a stripper to name a few.

I see. Was he any good though? 
Yes. We loved the way he'd pretend to be really shit by messing tricks up or simply revealing how they were done, but then would surprise the audience with something ridiculously astonishing.

For example? 
There was one bit where he was this wiggly fingered Nosferatu type character who did shadow puppets. At first he just randomly waggled his fingers in front of a lamp but gradually the shapes morphed into some of the best finger puppetry we've ever seen. He did stuff like cowboys riding horses, a boxing match and even recreated the famous Dirty Dancing lift sequence.

Mind blowing. Anything else? 
Nah.

Great. Thanks. Bye. 

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