The Wardens - A pair
of traffic wardens gone bad - they will put a ticket on anything,
and even carry their own double yellow line so that there is no
escape.
The Tourists - They'll put
their deck chairs up anywhere they like, roll up their trousers
and enjoy the view. Definitely the sort of people who give
tourists a bad name!
Barnaby's solo 35 minute show will leave you dumbfounded. From the moment he arrives as a giant fly, in terminal dive, the pace never slows. A mixture of acrobatics, mime and puppetry, it ranges from the bizarre through the
hilarious to the truly extraordinary.
A tightrope walker with a free-standing mobile tightrope rig that can be set up anywhere. Berni's highly original act includes such hair-raising feats as unicycling,, eating a McDonald's 1/4 pounder while sitting on a chair and leaping over two lifesize rubber pigeons - all on the wire!
Also stilt-walking and juggling with some amazing costumes and characters like Skitzo, the three headed hermaphrodite alien, with a voice like Frankie Howard on helium.
Giant dragon stilt puppets ridden by enigmatic riders.
Ideal for parades and mingling. Riders can control dragons' heads and tails to interact with the public.
Normally work in pairs, but up to 5 available.
Bob
and Bob Jobbins
Bob and Bob Jobbins are perhaps best known for their love of Heath Robinson machinery, but have now combined technology and strong comic characters.
The visual impact is completely different to anything else on the circuit and they are completely flexible.
Walkabout include the gliding musical Santa, the miniature fire engine,
a pirate ship, gliding headmaster, Bishop and Air Ace. They also
do children's workshops.
The
Small Job: "Road works have never been so
entertaining!"
This forty minute show is a highflying acrobatic slapstick farce
set in an everyday work scene, where a group of seemingly ordinary
workmen do increasing bizarre things using the tools of their
trade. Other shows include remote control wheelie bins, flower
pots and skeleton.
Very very funny.
Carpet Man and
Lino Boy
Visionary fashion gurus Carpet Man and Lino Boy bring their inimitable 21st Century couture creations
to the catwalk of the pavements.
Having lived through the colossal highs and the bottomless lows of the retail carpet trade, Carpet Man has seen the future of fashion. Drawing on the skills of the family’s most resourceful nephew – Lino Boy - Carpet Man and his side kick proudly present their astounding couture creations to the world, fresh from the ‘Garden Shed Studio’.
Cherry
On Top
Rollergirls - Smooth and confident
roller skaters are an electrifying addition to your event. Up to 6
performers available. Costumes include: Santas, Disco Divas,
Showgirls, Bunnies, Pink Fairies and Polk Dot Girls.
Desperate
Men have written, organized and performed street shows and
animations, indoor theatre shows, one-off spectaculars,
mini-hijackings, huge community events, experimental commissions,
cabarets, brass bands, created live and recorded music, provided
corporate workshops and generally stirred things up a bit for over
20 years. Delightful, quirky and brilliant.
As a child did you imagine daring adventures in far flung lands with magical companions and magnificent steeds? Creature encounter present the Hairy Chairs....
Two giant walking armchairs complete with big slippers convey their young charges around your event. The ever curious Freya aged ten and her adopted younger brother the philosophical monster Gumf. Played in a style of wide eyed innocence and high lighting the importance of friendship and adventure, these enchanting characters combine the slap-stick comedy of a Bernie Clifton style ostrich illusion with the subtleties of cable controlled animatronic puppetry.
From across the desert sands come legendary storytellers Ruby Murry and Baba Ganush on their magical flying carpets. Played in the style of Victorian men and their magnificent flying machines mixed with the slap-stick comedy of a Bernie Clifton style ostrich illusion. These colorful, comic characters demonstrate powers of flight and levitation, whilst enchanting all with their tall tales and terrible jokes collected from the far flung corners of the globe.
Two colourfully dressed elves Horris and Norris push a couple of crumbling carts loaded with the iconic props of famous fairy tales. Re-imagining these tales with themselves at the centre of the action and offering children the chance to try on Cinderella's glass slipper, lay their head on Sleeping Beauty's pillow or touch a golden egg!
Two colorfully dressed elves carry a spectacular swaying eight foot tall tower of presents. Armed with quill, clipboard, pocket watch & whistle Head Elf Horris attempts to keep their delivery on schedule, as Junior Elf Norris struggles and clowns with the teetering tower of presents. Both elves are ever watchful for people with names on the list of those who have been good!
Celebrate traditional English entertainment by strolling and dancing with Mr Punch, Judy and Baby and their accompanying musicians in this gently nostalgic promenade performance.
The Goblins have arrived! Prince Oddness and his servant Grotsick are questing to find a new Princess, auditioning members of the public they bring their topsy-turvy perception of our world into magical life. But whose foot will fit the enchanted glass slipper?
Dot
Comedy
Dot
Comedy's walkabout shows include: News Desk: Top TV anchormen and news pundits report LIVE from a street near you.
The Officials:
Three football referees who will transform any event into a cup final. Expect loads of red and yellow cards, random stud checks, and all manner of football related tomfoolery.
Unfit Athletes:
Three very unfit athletes cough, wheeze, splutter and stagger their way on a fun run from hell.
The autograph Hunters:
This gang of star-struck anoraks can spot a celebrity in any crowd – even when there aren’t any!
Walkabout entertainment featuring:
Ron and Don; East End wide-boys;
Christmas Elves; Complete with their 'Goodometer'
Intergalactic
Headonists; Intergalactic rangers who are having too good a time here to return;
Sheik and Vic; Sheik and Vic's carpet Kasbah takes to the road
Hodman Dodmanott & Sally Forth
An engaging pair of walkabout characters, they have emerged from centuries of sheltered existence to seek their fortunes with their worldly possessions on their backs. The find themselves in a 21st century full of bustle and confusion.
This endearing pair are of course puppets operated by full-sized puppeteers inside the baggage, but they are convincingly human in their reactions to the crowds that surround and puzzle them.
The Flying
Buttresses can also be found in; Puppeteers
Gary
Gifford
Gary and the Bread and Butter Theatre Co offer truly stupendous street entertainment.
The Space Cadet Show begins with the spectacular landing of Gifford's illuminated space craft, aided only by a pair of yellow Doc. Martin shoes. Our
hero materialises to the sounds of his very own theme music - bearing gifts of yellow Y-fronts from far away galaxies for the audience.
The Retro TV scene is set as the world's largest portable TV set glides into position. Brian, Retro TV's trusty studio floor manager and award winning tea-boy, enlists
the help of audience members to become make-up artists, sound engineers and camera operators for the duration of the show.
Gracie blows in on the north wind pedaling stories & dreams from the four corners of the globe, Woven through with the irresistible sparkle of classic close up magic...
Gracie the Itinerant Wordsmith, Magician or Petit Mercier - descended from a long line of Pedlar Women or Notion Nannies - iconic female figures who roamed the country with baskets brimming with tiny crafts, also bringing with them stories, magic and news of the unknown...A magical little world of a show.
Inventive and energetic street shows. With a ten year pedigree, the Grand Theatre of Lemmings stand out as one of Britain’s most consistently funny, inventive and professional companies. They are not only outstanding stilt walkers with a variety of costumes but also perform shows. They have recently taken on two young
stilt-walkers to work with them, called Chameleon.
Chameleon perform the "Rhythm Warriors" and "the Bath men" a large stilt illusion with butlers carrying two eccentric gentlefolk in an old style bath.
Combined larger scale options include all four performers.
Lady Christobel, indisposed derelict dowager and Britain’s most rejected aristocrat, assisted on her less-than-royal walkabouts by her loyal and trusty Butler.
Award-winning walkabout comedy.
Larkin
About
Larkin' About specialise in comedy stilt characters which combine high levels of skill and original ideas to create memorable street theatre. The characters have all been created with great attention to detail and use a unique stilt sound system for musical or vocal effects.
Recent characters incorporate Electroglide to give a complete new
dimension to event characters. The latest are scary ghosts, lovable angels,
impressive Tritons and the fantastic Grannies.
Les Folies bring the authentic sound of Paris to cabaret. This duet of french frivolity entertain and delight with accordion accompanied chansons that will surely sauce up any show with plenty of
oo la la.
Their walkabout is designed to serve up a menu of songs to serenade passers by as they transport a likely couple to a café table for two.
Los
Kaos
Best known for their large fabulous beasts, Los Kaos have other new acts to entrance us:
Tribe - a group of inhabitants of a far-off place
Baby Beasts - smaller and fluffier versions
Colourful stilt Martians
Devils and Imps
Uncontrollable Grannies
& The Yellow
Submarine, a sort of nautical Robin Reliant, skippered by Uncle Albert Felix & Felix The only penny farthing stunt riding
identical twins in the business!
An awesome, comic, yet strangely gorgeous vision speeds through time on her hot rod, horse-drawn chariot.
The Celtic Queen, the envy of the Romans, she started the Millennium in style.
From their roots in Street Theatre they have developed our own style of Commedia (panto/farce), giving a broad appeal across a wide age range.
The productions are funny and original high quality entertainment for all kinds of audiences. They involve music, circus skills, slap-stick and a lot of very dodgy jokes.
Their shows are ideal for street theatre, festivals, outdoor events and cabaret. They can also undertake special commissions.
Most stunning and creative stilt-walking, combining costume and artistry, he creates a really exciting performance. Whatever strange costume he chooses to wear he becomes a part of that creation, whether it is a tree, a slinky creation,
Fluke, or a wicked queen.
Mark Tate can
also be found in; Stilts, and Aerial
Maynard
Flip Flap
Contemporary
clown performing absurd tricks, like catching eggs on his head.
'Daft as a Brush' 45 minute show. Maynard catapults eggs high in the air then attempts to catch them in a pan on his head. Also features the incredible coat hanger escape and audience members racing with biscuits
'Man in a box' world's only living box. Ideal for meeting and greeting... and that's just for starters.
For Christmas, his tap-dancing turkeys are absolutely superb.
The Royal Footmen, in lavish 18th Century costumes give a perfect royal welcome. Using mime, the universal language, their gentle and humorous gestures and skilful movements recall a past age and create an enchanting fairy tale experience.
Ideal for corporate events, themed parties, weddings, festivals and award ceremonies.
Provocative and highly amusing. Scotland’s premiere street theatre company.
Mischief La-Bas is a performance company that specialises in an interactive style of walkabout theatre. The company generally uses two to ten performers, although for parades and large-scale events a team of up to forty are sometimes employed.
Nakupelle:
MonkeyBizness
Italo wants to make some money. He’s got ideas, a pocketful of tutti-frutti and a street organ he bought on ebay. What he doesn’t have is a cooperative monkey. Will she play? Will she dance? Will this monkey ever get funky?
Nakupelle’s new show is part slapstick, part Italian Commedia, classic European Street Theatre and a bit of the Animal Channel.
The Trap
A plan, a man, a plant. Technology and nature do battle with an unlucky fool
caught in the middle.
sublime slapstick and poetic pratfalls, mad music, peculiar props and hilarious physical comedy.
Bon Appetit!
This mad comic catches fruits & vegetables on his face. Trying to open the wine he ends up in a one-arm handstand on top of the bottle. It's culinary slapstick, challenging and enchanting the audience with food for thought and laughter for the belly.
"A specialist in the art of movement astonishing everyone who sees him." EL PERIODICO, ZARAGOZA, ESPAÑA
Baggies
Deep down in folds of fabric something stirs & suddenly they
appear - two mysterious and curious characters who engage the
audience with their goofy vulnerability & mischievous play.
Part mask performance, part puppet show, baggies combines
beautiful masks with ingenious use of movement & costume to
create a comic and poetic performance.
“... the simple and gentle beauty of Baggies was confirmation
of the quality of the company.” Jonathan Holloway, Festival
Director - National Theater - London, England
Paka's
horse is a full size (17 hands) robotic horse assembled from assorted machine parts and scrap metal.
It does about all a real horse does, it moves, turns, reverses, whines,
rears and even breathes fire. An extraordinary junk-metal creation with the thrilling and terrifying power of real flesh and blood. Truly futuristic performance artistry.
The Vegetable Nannies
Strolling interactive performance
Wheeling an ancient Victorian Pram laden with a prized collection of vegetables, the Nannies are out for the day, showing off their allotment cherubs and telling many a tale, like every proud parent would.
Audiences are able to befriend, pet, feed & comfort all manner of earthen toddlers, such as Magnus the ambitious downhill-racing watermelon, Jessica the award winning sweet potato beauty queen & even David, the talented little marrow whose ambition is to become a stage actor.
The Microscopic Animal Enthusiasts
Strolling interactive performance
A cross between Indiana Jones and David Bellamy, these animal lovers are on a mission of miniature proportions.
Hauling a trolley of Microscopic specimens and sporting many a magnifying glass, they invite you to witness the things living beneath your feet that you’d never know were there, such as the Macunian Pavement Weevil, the Lumblut Chiddler Lizard, Gargantuan Snazztacklers and more!
Red Dragon Puppets are, as the name suggests, from Wales. With many years festival experience, their Giant walkabout puppets add colour and excitement to an open air event. ideal for processions. Most of the puppets are UV reactive and make a brilliant
spectacle when lit with UV lights.
Currently in production are two UV sea serpents, approximately four
meters long.
Organ Zola:
Organ Zola and Friends is highly adaptable street theatre combining comedy characters, music visual theatre and an
organ on wheels.
Waste Warriors and the Evolution Booth
Percussion Monkeez:
Street theatre featuring musical storytelling for children and grown ups on the Marvelous Percussion Tree played by the Percussion Monkees
Six very talented performers, 4 good looking girls & 2 gorgeous guys.
Vertigo have over 35 different sets of stilt costumes, including:
Angels, Bats, Birds, Colourful Carmen Mirandas with pineapple maracas, Sexy Cyber, Catwalk Chic, Classy clowns, Divas, Bright pink dragonflies, Fairies, Fire Princesses, Flower (garden) costumes,
Fluro, Geishas, Samurai, Lord of the Rings,
Headmaster & School girl, Hostesses, 4 Bright red lobsters, Sea-horses, Showgirls,
Old ladies.
They lighten up dull corners, activate the grey matter and bring audiences to life.
They create comic/mysterious theatre and events which stick in the memory.
They combine animated objects, sculptural costumes and mechanical puppets.
With over ten years of experience producing exciting, unusual theatre for mainly outdoor and occasionally indoor events.
