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CPLS03E06 Jun 21, 2020 12:000 Stav Meishar

Stav talks to Ira

Born and raised in Israel and now based out of both Bristol UK and New York City, Stav has spent the past two decades performing on professional theatre and circus stages; on the ground and in the air; in Hebrew, English and Yiddish; in works devised by herself and by others; all over Israel, America and Europe.

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Stav Meishar
Stav Meishar is a theatre maker, multidisciplinary performer, academic researcher and educator, working across circus, theatre and contemporary performance.

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Ira Seidenstein
Teacher/Director Freelance theatre practitioner since 1973. ​Ira Seidenstein has worked in over 140 live productions.

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Team Clown Power Live

Maggie Irving
Anchor, Chair, Interviewer, Comedian, Director, Researcher! How many labels can one person collect? Dr Maggie Irving has a Practice as Research PhD at Plymouth University on becoming a female clown and is also a rockstar genius.

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Dave Spathaky
Dave (me)produces zoom video webinars. He / I co-founded circus theatre company Ra-Ra Zoo in 1984. I / he holds the world record for spinning 108 dinner plates at once. He also gets to write in the 3rd person about him / myself.

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Jinne Stiksma
Jinne has been a performer, clown, stage manager, live event and corporate video producer and director, festival production manager, cool dude & IT consultant.

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Ira Seidenstein

Ira photo by: Caspar Schjelbred

Teacher/Director Freelance theatre practitioner since 1973.

​Ira Seidenstein has worked in over 140 live productions.
After working in Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo he created such projects as: 

  • The Madness of King Lear (Avignon, Edinburgh);
  • The Book of Clown (Adelaide 2017), 
  • Commedia Toto (Italy); 
  • Cubist Clown Cavalcade (Paris): 
  • A Flower of the Lips (Sydney);

…and directed 18 actors in the uncut Antony & Cleopatra​ (Sydney).

He has also worked in 20 Shakespeare productions including 10 of the plays such as:
directing Henry the Fifth with 12 women;
10 adaptations including his comedy A Girl’s Guide to Hamlet​.

In 2012/13 Ira was in Slava’s Snowshow in Europe and Australia.

As a veteran performer he has trained 6 years in the Suzuki Actor Training Method and worked in ten Suzuki style productions. He has portrayed over 75 clown characters including: Corteo‘s White Clown and Dead Clown and playing “Harlequin” over an 8 years span.

Ira’s web site
After working in Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo. He created such projects as: The Madness of King Lear (Avignon, Edinburgh); The Book of Clown (Adelaide 2017.

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CPLS03E04 Batton & Broadway

CPLS03E04 Jun 14, 2020 12:000 Sunday

Two experienced practitioners discuss working in partnership – with each other and in general, working on and off stage with others in the circus / clown world.
Sue Broadway & Debra Batton chat with Maggie Irving (and hopefully with each other as well!).

Debra Batton

Recorded live Sunday Jun 14, 2020 12:00 noon (Dublin time).

https://youtu.be/3UDUNARxURs

Sue & Deb’s links and biogs to follow.

Team Clown Power:

Dr. Margaret Irving
Maggie is a clown, teacher and researcher with a ‘Practice as Research’ PhD in becoming a female clown. Passionate about clowning in everyday life, and bringing the art of clowning into stand up comedy, business and beyond.
Dave Spathaky
Dave (me)produces zoom video webinars. He / I co-founded circus theatre company Ra-Ra Zoo in 1984. I / he holds the world record for spinning 108 dinner plates at once. He also gets to write in the 3rd person about him / myself.

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Also live streamed on the youtube (link below) and the recording is available on after the event in the same place.

Live streams & all previous episodes of Clown Power Live are at the ZooLogical channel at Utub.

Please, please, please & pretty please do support Clown Power Live and Dave and become a patron of the project. Suggested donation €8 a month. You could think of it as buying Dave a coffee and a piece of cake. 

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CPLS03E02 Didi Hopkins

Did theatre in the 70s Change The World?

A panel of 2 experienced practitioners discuss; what is theatre, what is Commedia? What makes Commedia special? Is it political or just entertainment? Can Comedia save the Planet?
Didi Hopkins chats to Olly Crick

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Dublin: Sunday Jun 7, 2020 12:00 noon

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Didi Hopkins
Actor/Director/Commedia Practitioner Didi Hopkins met Carlo Boso many years ago and has been hooked on commedia ever since.

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Dr Oliver Crick
Olly Crick: Olly has been a juggler in Covent Garden, a circus trainer at Fooltime, an FE teacher in Hereford, and taught at RADA, LAMDA and the Guildford School of Acting.

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Dave Spathaky
Dave (me)produces zoom video webinars. He / I co-founded circus theatre company Ra-Ra Zoo in 1984. I / he holds the world record for spinning 108 dinner plates at once. He also gets to write in the 3rd person about him / myself.

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Also live streamed on the youtube (link below) and the recording is available on after the event in the same place.

Live streams & all previous episodes of Clown Power Live are at the ZooLogical channel at Utub.

Please, please, please & pretty please do support Clown Power Live and Dave and become a patron of the project. Suggested donation €8 a month. You could think of it as buying Dave a coffee and a piece of cake. 

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CPL S03E01 Teresa Verney Brookes

Teresa

This Wednesday, 3rd of June, Dr. Maggie Irving and Professor Queen-Bee, AKA Teresa Verney Brookes who also has a flea circus. Also variously known as The Tree Doctor and Professor Smartypants, she uses these persona as conduits to subtly teach complex environmental issues and topics in silly, but accessible ways. Also co founder and part of ‘The Disappointing Clown Company’.

Live video of a live event that was live online and is now recorded.

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This happened: Jun 3, 2020 21:00 Dublin. A total of 6 sessions, 2 a week. check times carefully
Topic: Clown Power Live – Series 3 Artrage
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Dr. Margaret Irving
Maggie Irving is a clown, teacher and researcher with a ‘Practice as Research’ PhD in becoming a female clown. Passionate about clowning in everyday life.

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Dave Spathaky
Dave is a greybeard circus performer. He produces zoom video webinars. He started performing in The Amazing Mendezies, a comedy double act in Covent Garden, London in 1981. He co-founded circus theatre company Ra-Ra Zoo in 1984. He holds the world record for spinning 108 dinner plates at once.

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