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Running Time: 60 minutes Venue: Hanke 1 Thu, 06/02/2011 - 07:00 Sat, 06/04/2011 - 02:00 Wed, 06/08/2011 - 09:15 Fri, 06/10/2011 - 09:30 Sat, 06/11/2011 - 07:00 |
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Acclaim Recommended
Three ring excitement from a mustachioed lady and her innocent zombie!
From: Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown
Most Fringy Thing: Old and forgotten gloves, suitcases, noise makers, roller skates, and much more are cleverly used to both recreate and reinvigorate classic circus acts. The joy and nostalgia of the circus is brought to the stage by two skilled performers trained in European clowning.
Brief Description: Professor VindleVoss and her adopted son Edvard the Zombie invite you to the rebirth of their once towering family circus! With only a few dusty artifacts and their quick wits, they make the magic of the big top live again! Come eat the free popcorn, feel your belly rumble with laughter, and watch with amazement the death-defying thrills for children of all ages!
Artist/Company Biography: Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown paint imaginative worlds with the brightest brushes they can find. Trained at the prestigious London International School of Performing Arts, they've developed a distinctive style that blends the humanity of clowning, timing of vaudeville, and visual inventiveness of the absurd. Their performances have been seen at festivals and cabarets from the dance halls of London to the black box theatres of New York City. The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular! is their first full length play, and is now touring the country.
From: New York, NY
Critics' Reviews
Review: The Conveyor
by Brian Griffin
What makes you human? How do you know? Could you be a zombie pretending to be human? In Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown's production of The Vindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular there is no question who the zombie is, but does that mean a zombie can't be human? Weren't all zombies former humans? Are zombies and humans just part of the same circle of life?
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Review: CityBeat
by Jule York Coppens
Not so fast with that exclamation point.The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular!, a charming two-hander from Cincy Fringe favorite Karim Muasher (of Giant Bird fame) and partner Carrie Brown, has all the makings of a great show: An original concept. Memorable characters. Comedy. Pathos. Puppets. Live tigers (sort of). The most inventive use of props you’ll see on any festival stage this year. And, yes: free popcorn and glow sticks for all the kids in the crowd.
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Review: Behind the Curtain
Maybe life has killed the child in me, but, aside from a few chuckles, I found the show to be slowly paced and rather flat. But hey, free popcorn and glow sticks.
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Review: The Examiner
by Richard O Jones
A fringe festival would probably really suck without a good clown show. Fortunately, "The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular" saves the day for the Cincinnati Fringe Festival with an imaginative, quirky and knee-slapping funny parody of “The Greatest Show on Earth” in the guise of an anthropological lecture and demonstration of the power of the human soul.
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Review: The Conveyor
What makes you human? How do you know? Could you be a zombie pretending to be human? In Karim Muasher and Carrie Brown's production of The Vindlevoss Family Circus Spectacular there is no question who the zombie is, but does that mean a zombie can't be human? Weren't all zombies former humans? Are zombies and humans just part of the same circle of life? Using props and light, the two characters, Professor Vindlevoss and her adopted son Edvar the zombie, put themselves to the test to determine if they are human. The Professor is putting Edvar to the test, but in turn she is testing herself relating to her own father and keeping her humanity by not giving up on her zombie son.
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Reviews
Certainly a Fringy Circus
Again, my rating system (and I am sticking to it.)
1*= Sorry I saw it; 2*= Glad I saw it; 3*= Recommend it;
4*= Would see it again
Last year I added the adjectives-
Fringy (solid Fringe wierdness/entertainment),
Fringier (unusual even in a Fringe context), and
Fringiest (weird in any context)
The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular! Fringier
Suzana 1* Randy 2* Ross 2*
Here we have a two person circus made up
of a zombie and a mustachioed, daughter of
the circus, anthropology professor. It is imaginative,
poignant, and slow. Slow suits the piece, but it
doesn't suit every viewer.
Certainly a Fringy Circus
Again, my rating system (and I am sticking to it.)
1*= Sorry I saw it; 2*= Glad I saw it; 3*= Recommend it;
4*= Would see it again
Last year I added the adjectives-
Fringy (solid Fringe wierdness/entertainment),
Fringier (unusual even in a Fringe context), and
Fringiest (weird in any context)
The VindleVoss Family Circus Spectacular! Fringier
Suzana 1* Randy 2* Ross 2*
Here we have a two person circus made up
of a zombie and a mustachioed, daughter of
the circus, anthropology professor. It is imaginative,
poignant, and slow. Slow suits the piece, but it
doesn't suit every viewer.
Great fringey show!
we really enjoyed this show. The 2 actors play all the parts of the circus and tell a story at the same time. It was funny, zany and entertaining. We took our kids and they really liked it too.