#Jessica Arpin

[grahamstoney]

My Highlights Of The 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

New Post has been published on https://grahamstoney.com/shows/highlights-the-2015-melbourne-international-comedy-festival

My Highlights Of The 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

I totally smashed the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, going to over 30 shows during the 3 weeks I camped out in the Melbourne Central Youth Hostel, and then Nomads All Nations after the YHA kicked me out for overstaying my visa welcome.

Tickets From Some Of The Shows I Saw

I take my hat off to all the comedians who showed up and strutted their stuff for my amusement. It’s hard to rank all the shows I saw, or compare them on any sensible basis as there was so much variety and talent on show and they were almost all highly entertaining.

But nevertheless, here’s my best attempt starting with my most favourites:

Rich Hall

Measured by sheer quantity of my own laughter, Rich Hall was my highlight of the festival. I laughed so much, I lost it completely many times. At one point I thought the rather conservative-looking woman next to me was going to have a go at me for enjoying myself too much. Rich’s acerbic wit, cynicism and rapid-fire delivery made me laugh so hard that muscles in my head which I didn’t even know I had went into spasm. It was just extraordinary. And if I thought his bit about Target was hilarious, that was nothing compared to his song about Bob Dylan which was just hysterical.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Rich, you are an inspiration.

Arj Barker

Arj Barker is one of my all-time comedy heroes. Not only did I love his character Dave in the Flight Of The Conchords HBO series, I think his music video The Sickest Buddhist is hilarious, and he never fails to deliver live.

This festival I had a bonus treat when I bumped into him on the street corner outside Town Hall. I was a little star-struck and the conversation went something like this:

“Hey Arj!”, I said suddenly upon noticing my comedy idol right in front of me while crossing the street.

“Oh, Hi”, said Arj, appearing slightly startled.

“I’m Graham. I saw your show last week. Love your work.”, as I extended my hand.

“Hello Graham”, replied Arj as we shook hands.

Quick Graham, think of something intelligent to say: “I really like how you weave spiritual themes into your stand-up routine.”

“Well you’ve got to talk about something”, Arj replied.

“I’m a comedian too; but I’ve only just got into it. Where do you find your inspiration?”

“Just everyday things, you know”, my spiritual comedy leader opined.

“Like, personal experience hey”, I agreed naively.

“Yeah… At first, everything that happens to you, you’re like ‘how can I make a joke out of this’? Then after a while it gets a bit more difficult.”

“Right… like first album syndrome!”, I empathised misguidedly.

“Mmm… more like fourth or fifth album syndrome.”, he replied.

“Well great to meet you Arj!”

“Thanks Graham… nice to meet you too”

Top bloke; even remembered my name.

Dave Callan

Where to begin with this one? Well, the title A Little Less Conversation 2: A Little More Less Conversation made me laugh even before I turned up. It was an extension of Dave’s previous show titled A Little Less Conversation, where much of the talking was replaced with contemporary dancing. Not the dicky interpretive style, but the music video type. Then after explaining that there would be no silly dancing in this show, Dave Callan and four hot young dancers led us through a hilarious music video dance journey backwards through the alphabet.

The weird thing is Dave is actually remarkably flexible and despite what you’d guess from his appearance, he can dance. Beat It took on a new meaning, his pole routine was extraordinary, there was an awkwardly funny male wardrobe malfunction, and I’ll never be able to listen to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off again without just hearing that the bakers are gonna bake, bake, bake, bake, bake.

Puddles Pity Party

I first heard about Puddles Pity Party when an excited group of people got on the tram while on my way home on night, and kept raving about what a great night they’d had at some show they’d just seen. I couldn’t help but ask “What have you been up to?”, and they replied: “Puddles Pity Party… you’ve got to go see it!”

And so I did. Puddles is called “The Sad Clown With The Golden Voice”, and rightly so. It’s hard to put into words just how entertaining he is, from the way he sings to the way he interacts with the audience; the whole thing is just magic, especially considering that he never really speaks during the whole show. I’ll never hear Dancing Queen the same way again, nor the hostile audience refrain from Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? Just amazing.

Ronny Chieng

Even just the publicity photo and title of the Ronny Chieng‘s show You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About made me laugh, and that was before I’d even booked the tickets. I can just imagine him leaning back on that seat telling me off for speaking before my brain was engaged. His acerbic wit is hilarious live and he seems to have risen to prominence quite quickly; although I have a hunch it might not have seemed quite so quick to him.

Aside from his comedy, Ronny had by far the best neon sign of the festival. I also bumped into (that’s a synonym for accosted) him crossing the street in Melbourne, and said a quick “Hi”. Seemed like a decent guy who appeared to be going somewhere that didn’t involve hanging around chatting to a random stranger like me for too long.

Steen Raskopoulos

Earmarked as one of the leading emerging comedy talents of the country, I think I’ll claim Steen Raskopoulos as a friend of mine since I’ve been to several Improv classes taught by him, and I reckon by now he probably even knows my name. I saw Steen’s preview show back in Sydney when he was road-testing material for this festival, and it was a real treat to see the final work on stage in Character Assassin.

Steen really takes his audience on an emotional journey which includes involving audience members with no Improv background up on stage. He has a way of making you feel safe. I did laugh though when he said “I wouldn’t ask you to do anything that I wouldn’t do myself”. I know he’s sincere, but as a seasoned Improv guru, I’m pretty sure the scope of what he would be prepared to do himself is probably broader than most of his audience.

Nevertheless I’m sure his participants went away grateful for the experience. He also ties the various themes, characters and stories in his show together brilliantly. The whole set-up, execution and finale to the Old Man And The Ducks story was a work of art. Pure genius.

Another highlight for me was Steen and Susie Youssef’s Bus Stop Romance at the Festival Club mime night. Funny thing is, I think I’d seen it before, yet it still works. Or are they just such likable performers that it feels familiar even first time around?

Stephen K Amos

Another one of my favourite comedians is Stephen K Amos, whose voice and persona just make me laugh right from the word “go”. I got the feeling he’d only just stepped off the plane when I saw his preview show. He just hilarious though and the fun he’s clearly having on stage is infectious. I was particularly impressed with the way he handled a heckler about 40 minutes into the show, when a guy down the back yelled out:

“First one mate!”, implying that he’d only just found something funny.

Mr Amos smiled broadly and said proudly, “I know how to handle this”… and then proceeded to demolish the guy. Can’t remember what he said, but it was awesome to witness. I wish I’d videoed it… but I get the feeling Stephen really hates that.

Sammy J & Randy

Everyone’s favourite wildly successful man-puppet musical comedy duo (we’ve all been there!), An Evening With Sammy J & Randy is always entertaining, with their bizarre absurdist musical comedy storytelling.

I got laid after the last time I saw their show, so I had high hopes this year. That’s all I’ll say about that.

I passed up a unique opportunity during the Upstaging bit in their show, when Randy lept from the stage in a full-body puppet outfit and clamoured all over me in the audience in an attempt to upstage Sammy J, who was delivering a monologue from his drama studies thesis about the perils of upstaging. It suddenly occurred to me to pull Randy’s mask off, thus upstaging them both. Who is the guy playing the purple puppet anyway? Sadly, I chose to let them have their moment and watch passively instead. I’ll endeavour to be more pro-active next time.

Randy’s lip-sync battle at The Festival Club was also had me seeing double for a while. #YOUJUSTHADTOBETHERE.

Nina Conti

Nina Conti has perfected the art of externalising the monkey-mind of her inner critic for our amusement, and she does it brilliantly. Then she takes ventriloquism to a whole new level when she gets members of the audience up on stage, straps a remote-controlled mask with huge lips on them, and says “Don’t worry, I’ll do the talking for you.” All they have to do is stand there for the most part, and the result is hilarious. She either knows intuitively what they’re really thinking, or lives in a fantasy world that’s even funnier.

In one part of the show, Nina’s alter-ego monkey put her in a hypnotic trance, took control of the show and then proceeded to ask for questions from the audience. Feeling like a smart-arse, I yelled out: “What’s the meaning of life?” This led to a fun, engaging and somewhat nihilistic dialogue, which worked even better given that I was down the back of the room where Nina, being in a hypnotic trance, clearly couldn’t see where I was and had to ask which direction to point the puppet in. Surreal and hilarious. Monkey asked “Are you a seeker?” and “What do you do?”, to which I replied “I’m a comedian”. Judging by its curtly cynical and amusing answer, pursuing comedy won’t lead me to enlightenment… but I’m still willing to fail trying.

Akmal Saleh

Whenever I see a show by Akmal Saleh, I never really know what it is about. I don’t think he knows what it’s about either. But hey, the guy is funny so who’s complaining? Rockhampton, apparently.

Miles Allen

I was a late bloomer: I got into Breaking Bad late in life, when season 5 had just come out on DVD. Thanks to my local library’s phenomenal DVD collection, I had a month-long Breaking Bad festival where I barely left the house except to hunt for food, and the next instalment. It was rather heavy-going. So imagine my delight to find Miles Allen had packed all 5 seasons into a single hour of One Man Breaking Bad. This was a really fun way to revisit the show without having to spend another month, nor wind up with a crystal meth addiction. Bitches!

Sara Pascoe

What a welcome treat to have a comedian including vital lessons on evolutionary psychology, sociology and human sexuality in her act. I’ve also read Sperm Wars (or perhaps it was Sex At Dawn, which covers similar ground), and appreciated the in-depth analysis of why modern relationships don’t work as well as we expect, as much as the comedy. Apparently Sara Pascoe‘s partner is also a comedian, and they use each other in their respective routines. If that’s not symbiosis, I don’t know what is.

Kitty Flanagan

Kitty Flanagan is funny, sexy, sassy… and single? How can this be, or is it just a comedy ruse so that she can do routines about her ex-partner? Well, it was funny. I can’t help noticing that the audience was about 90% female, which improved my odds of hooking up significantly. I’d say more, but I’m afraid that she’ll see it as use the material against me in a future show.

Tom Gleeson

One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on TV was Tom Gleeson‘s iPhone rant from Good News Week. The great thing about seeing him live is that you get the adult version, not the PG-rated one that we usually see on TV. With years of experience making people laugh, he can even make stories about his kids entertaining to other people. As he said in his act: “I nail this, every time”. Cocky, yes; but also engaging and funny.

Genevieve Fricker

What do you get when you take a musical comedienne with a strained arm and put her on-stage with a piano and a busted electric guitar? No, it’s not a joke; it was the plight of Gen Fricker the evening I saw her at the festival. An unfortunate incident helping her father move furniture (you’ll know not to do that again) had left her arm in a sling, and although the guitar issue turned out to be a problem with the speakers, she only found that out later. Ms Fricker handled the situation like a pro, using it all for comic value. Definitely one of the most likeable performers at the festival, she’s also great value when you run into her off-stage.

Jeff Green

What are you to do on a quiet Monday night at the festival, when most other comedians are recovering from their weekend hangovers? Check out Jeff Green, that’s what. What is it with UK comedians coming to Australia to steal our women though? Surely it’s not just for residency in Australia, is it?

Susie Youssef

Another recently-claimed friend of mine from Sydney, it was great to see Susie Youssef doing her own show at the festival. I’ve seen Susie do Improv before many times, but not stand-up… so what a treat!

Ray Badran

My mate Ray Badran was Dazed & Confused after pulling the PR coup of the festival with a brilliantly mis-executed audience interaction during a pre-festival show that got his name into papers as far away as the U.K. All publicity is good publicity, Ray. Nothing like a little controversy to get the word out there.

Joel Ozborn

Took a random punt on Joel Ozborn, who I’d never heard of before. He was funny, and he did it without putting anybody else down. My head was pretty much spinning by this point in the festival so I can’t recall much else about his show except that it included a little guitar, a little less keyboard, a shoe, and that it was held in the kitchen.

Luke Heggie

Luke Heggie has finely honed cynicism into an art form. If I ever have another BBQ, he’s invited. His bit about gentleman’s clubs had me falling off my seat, and although he says he isn’t special, I’m not so sure. He has a show at the Melbourne International Comedy festival, and that’s pretty special. I also chatted to him after the show and he seemed pretty cool.

Stuart Daulman

I took a punt on Stuart Daulman because the title of his show Stuart Daulman Is An Absolute Credit reminded me of the hilarious (to me, anyway) airline food reference from The Castle. I really wasn’t quite sure what was going on during most of this show, but by the end I reckon I almost got it. It’s a performance, not just a dude telling stories. I also learned how to use for dead birds for the art of seduction. I hope the beautiful Haaaaannah gets to see his show one day.

Rob Lloyd

I was stunned by Rob Lloyd‘s show Rob Lloyd vs The Monsters, based on his childhood anxieties. I was hoping for some helpful insights into my adult anxieties, which I suspect go back to my own childhood. But mainly I was just stunned. You can take that however you like. It was, nevertheless, an impressive performance piece; if you’re into that sort of thing.

The Festival Club

After realising that returning to my hostel to sleep any time before about 1 or 2 am was completely pointless given the two trams and a suburban train line right outside the window, I abandoned the idea of getting a decent nights sleep altogether and ended almost every night late at The Festival Club. Some of these nights were recorded by the ABC for Comedy Up Late, which was cool because it meant I got to relive them on iview after getting home.

Acts I remember include:

Mark Watson had my favourite line from the festival: “I would do that religiously. And by religiously I mean: without really thinking it through in detail”.

John Kearns had impressive teeth.

Kano Mami was hard to describe, but fun to watch.

Djuki Mala got their dance moves on.

Rhys Nicholson reminded me why I’m straight.

Lawrence Mooney made me laugh.

DeAnne Smith had a sweet song with helpful pick-up lines in it.

Die Roten Punkte at Haus Party were either a really silly duo of German musicians, or taking the piss.

It was nice for Mike Wilmot to be here.

So You Think You Can Mime. I think they can.

The guy who won the Lip Sync Battle with an unforgettable rendition of What A Feeling from Flashdance.

Set List

Let’s face it: we like seeing other people suffer. It’s funny, because we know the pain is happening to someone else. And comedians are funny for a living… So what could be funnier than a comedian suffering on stage? That’s the dark side of Set List. The light side is that it can inspire comic genius by assisting with the free flow of streams of consciousness as topics that the comedian has never seen before appear on the screen.

The highlight here for me was Sara Pascoe’s improvised four walls to the prison of the mind; and the guy who literally ran off-stage mid-way through the “set” after freaking out. He made me feel a lot better about myself.

Shaggers

Shaggers, the show where comics talk about sex, became a regular feature of my festival calendar after first seeing it 2 years ago on the suggestion of my mate Peter. On that night, one of the comedians went totally ballistic riffing on the audience, and it was absolutely hilarious.

This time around, most of the comics talked about how they hadn’t been laid in ages; so it was more of a show about not shagging. Desperation isn’t attractive; and maybe it was a bad omen because I totally failed to hook up with any of the cute girls in the audience that night too.

Other Randoms

A few other random highlights were:

Seeing Simon Taylor totally own a room full of screaming drunk idiots in a pub.

I’m the kind of person who sees Bob Downe in Big Top Bob.

If I wasn’t in a bad mood, Greg Fleet was probably funny.

Rebecca De Unamuno did some remarkable improvised characters.

Reliving Becky Lucas‘s bestest childhood best friendship.

59 Free Comedy inspired a pleasant tram ride to Richmond.

Outdoor Performers

I also saw plenty of outdoor performers in Federation Square and just across the road from the Town Hall. The most memorable ones were:

Mr Moriyasu: I’m still not clear if he’s actually Japanese, or taking the piss. But he’s funny, and he really does go inside that balloon. I’m hungry!

Trash Test Dummies: Who knew wheelie bins could be such fun?

Jessica Arpin nicked some girl’s boyfriend on a Swiss bicycle.

Sharon from Canada’s voice really grated on me.

Random Meetings

Another fun highlight of the festival was bumping into or seeing famous people from TV. They’re a little different in person; for one thing, you can talk back to them:

Julia Zemiro was friendly, engaging, and even helped me with my social skills.

Andrew Hansen was also really friendly and even gave me a helpful response to my silly question: “How can I get on TV?”

Lawrence Leung was busy filming something outside the town hall when I saw him, so I didn’t interrupt.

Claire Hooper looks pretty much the same in real life as she does on TV. Fancy that.

David Collins questioned my judgement for seeing Bob Downe’s show Big Top Bob, asking “What kind of person goes to see that?”, which I thought was a bit mean… so I decided not to mention him here.

[retegenova]

Domenica 14 aprile ore 17

Teatro come Sport / Teatro Sociale Camogli

Palestra Prorecco Basket e Pallavolo

(via Vecchia Vastato 15 – Recco)

Biglietti adulti €15 / ragazzi €8

Jessica Arpin (Brasile)

in

KALABAZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhD7kPnA_WQ

La prossima tappa della rassegna Teatro come Sport organizzata dal Teatro Sociale di Camogli – che coinvolge con spettacoli, concerti e incontri tutto il Golfo Paradiso – sarà a Recco, dove domenica 14 aprile (ore 17), nella sala della Palestra Prorecco Basket e pallavolo, arriva Jessica Arpin, “regina internazionale della bicicletta pop”.

Nel suo Kalabazi (in lingua hindi acrobazia) le due ruote diventano partner di scena, grazie all’esplosiva gioia di vivere di questa eccezionale artista che, nella sua irresistibile performance tout public, riesce a coniugare magicamente clownerie, acrobatica circense e poesia.  

Lo spettacolo racconta la storia di una giovane straniera chi si vuole sposare, ma non con un uomo qualsiasi. Decide quindi di organizzare un concorso d’amore per vedere chi potrebbe diventare suo marito. Tra stupore e risate, due spettatori si troveranno così a cimentarsi in alcune prove, sedotti e ipnotizzati dalle evoluzioni della sua bicicletta gialla e dalle sue provocazioni surreali. Chi sarà il vincitore? Solo l’ultimo segretissimo test darà al pubblico la risposta finale.

Tradotto in tutte le lingue – dall’abruzzese al brasiliano passando per l’inuktitut e il greco – Kalabazi è stato presentato più di 600 volte in 24 paesi, 8 lingue e 23 dialetti diversi. Nata in Brasile, trapiantata a Ginevra, dopo aver frequentato le scuole e i festival di circo di mezzo mondo, Jessica ha continuato a attraversare paesi e continenti, con bagaglio leggero e grande coraggio. Ma Jessica è curiosa soprattutto degli idiomi locali. Puntualmente chiede a chi la invita per uno spettacolo se “può fermarsi qualche giorno per imparare il linguaggio del posto”, e del dialetto ligure è già una vera esperta. La leggerezza da fiocco di neve che porta sulla scena, nello svolazzante abito a pois con cui volteggia sui pedali, è in realtà frutto di un allenamento titanico e di uno spirito battagliero, che la sua vita e la sua arte riescono a trasformare nella freschezza veloce e travolgente di una corrente d’aria profumata.

TEATRO SOCIALE CAMOGLI

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 5 –  Camogli (GE)

Tel. 0185 1770529

biglietteria@teatrosocialecamogli.it – info@teatrosocialecamogli.it

www.teatrosocialecamogli.it

Ufficio stampa

Marzia Spanu

#gallery-0-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-0-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

Cooperativa Battelieri del Porto di Genova

NetParade.it

Quezzi.it

AlfaRecovery.com

Comuni-italiani.it

Il Secolo XIX

CentroRicambiCucine.it

Contatti

Stefano Brizzante

Impianti Elettrici

Informatica Servizi

Edilizia

Il Secolo XIX

MusicforPeace Che Festival

MusicforPeace Programma 29 maggio

Programma eventi Genova Celebra Colombo

Genova Celebra Colombo

KALABAZI – La ‘bicicletta pop’ di Jessica Arpin a Recco per Teatro come Sport Domenica 14 aprile ore 17 Teatro come Sport / Teatro Sociale Camogli Palestra Prorecco Basket e Pallavolo …

[intelligentautisticmedia-blog]

Autism and Life

Nathaniel Rego

             In 1992, I at St Luke's Hospital was born on the date of November 15th. Yet, soon enough, I was diagnosed at a younger age with autism in the form of autism spectrum disability (ASD). Though I had a life long temper, I managed to recover from it each time I returned to vigilancy (calmness). For the rest of the decade, I started school despite my diagnosis of autism. For starters, I attended preschool thru kindergarten in Fall River, MA. For, I had begun residing with my parents Goncalo and Anna Rego at a household in S. Dartmouth, MA, after one or two years of residing in a New Bedford apartment. I used to have nightmares especially about a demonic horse as seen on Barney one of its episodes. I used to enjoy Barney and Sesame Street each in PBS Kids. I really loved school. I just did not care much about attending DeMello then Gidley for grades 1-4. At least I was morely educated all the time.

           As of 2003, I attended fifth grade at Quinn Elementary, formally known as Dartmouth Elementary (back then). I started and debuted eventually in a school play on Peter Pan playing the villain, Captain Hook. In the summer of 2004, I honorly graduated from Quinn Elementary and at the time, I befriended a young boy with Aspergers, named Nick Raymond. Furthermore, I grew older and started to like girls, crushing on them. It had been that way since I attended Dartmouth Middle School for grades 6-8, starting in fall 2004. I was further educated by the teachers who were extremely nice. Of course, the lunches though ok were also a little bleak judging by appearance. All the same, I graduated from Dartmouth Middle School in summer 2007. Soon, I was ready for high school. There, I was morely interested in education as well as hot ass high school girls, from freshman to seniors. Every girl even those I have ever known I crushed on originally including Jandira DeSilva, Jessica Hill, Ashley Gagnon, and Rachel Lamontagne. Regardless, I yet started to befriend and eventually date a Plainsville girl with autism named Katie Myers. Still, without her knowing, I resumed crushing on other girls in high school. After all, what she did not know didn't hurt either of us. For 2 years, Katie and I had been dating. Unfortunately for me, in 2010, she graduated from King Philip Regional High in Wrentham and in doing so, she left me for college in Connecticut then in Davie, FL. At least I began hitting on more and more girls in high school until 2011 graduation from Dartmouth High that I've going to for four years. Before long, I had befriended college students who of some had autism since my attendance of year one at Bristol  Community  College in Fall River (BCC for short), including Ryan Arpin and David J. For professional help in college, I needed the aid and guidance of a Dartmouth Public Schools affiliate named Adolf Richardson. This was due to the fact that I had autism and I still do today. As of August 2014, Richardson stopped working with me as my life coach to stick to working at Dartmouth High, especially since I turned 21 on November 15, 2013 (my birthday).

           At first, I began to attend New England Tech in East Greenwich, RI, in 2013, after transferring there. But, in the fall of 2013, I transferred to BCC to gain my future associates degree in English as well as General Studies. In September 2014, my recent new life coach Jay who I've known for years began working with me in college.

           Beginning in 2012, I debuted as an actor in the play at BCC, The Secret Garden, in which I played a young boy taunting the protagonist of the play, Mary, played by Katelyn Vieira, who was the head of the BCC theater club and one of my girls. Before my acting debut, we dined at UNO Restaurant in Providence after I saw the movie, John Carter, yet I disliked it. The following year, I starred in a play by Fairhaven Theater Group, "Beauty and the Beast", in which I played Gaston, Lumiere, and Chip. Isaiah Ferro, one of the friends in the group and the dance group in Fairhaven. Isaiah was a bit big bone (exact opposite of fat) guy who was dating one of my female friends Michelle Alferes. In early 2014, I was singing my solo of "I See Fire" in Fairhaven Theater Group but Isaiah disturbed me in the process of hearing me out. So, I left the theater group and eventually reinstated myself in Fairhaven Dance Group after a while of remaining out of it, for my main girl Kim Lemonde's sake.

           I have seen variously plenty of TV series that intrigued me including The Strain on FX, Believe, formally on NBC, and Z Nation on SyFy. Each was mostly with my family, with or without Lauren. I even made an off-line video project titled "Beauty and the Vampire", which parodied Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". Of course, father and mother did not like it much because most of the photos and/or videos didn't "match" or "relate" to the storyline of the video project. It was in my ENT file on the desktop of my computer at home in my family room. ENT was codename for Entertainment.

           Today, I am currently attending BCC still, until I gain my future associates degree, and hope to either direct the anticipated Suicide Squad film or star in it as one of the film's villainous characters, regardless of his disability of ASD. Furthermore, I intend to begin attending UMass Dartmouth once I soon graduate from BCC. In conclusion, I also hope to drive a car of my own once I get my future permit and license. Otherwise, I'll have to use public transportation (IE: plane or bus). Autism is what makes me the guy I am today.

[monjio]

kalabazi

"A poetical bicycle clown act."

[retegenova]

Teatro come Sport / Teatro Sociale Camogli

Domenica 14 aprile ore 17

Palestra Prorecco Basket e Pallavolo

(via Vecchia vastato 15 – Recco)

Biglietti adulti €15 / ragazzi €8

Jessica Arpin (Brasile)

in

KALABAZI

La prossima tappa della rassegna Teatro come Sport organizzata dal Teatro Sociale di Camogli – che coinvolge con spettacoli, concerti e incontri tutto il Golfo Paradiso – sarà a Recco, dove domenica 14 aprile (ore 17), nella sala della Palestra Prorecco Basket e pallavolo, arriva Jessica Arpin, “regina internazionale della bicicletta pop”.

Nel suo Kalabazi (in lingua hindi acrobazia) le due ruote diventano partner di scena, grazie all’esplosiva gioia di vivere di questa eccezionale artista che, nella sua irresistibile performance tout public, riesce a coniugare magicamente clownerie, acrobatica circense e poesia.  

Lo spettacolo racconta la storia di una giovane straniera chi si vuole sposare, ma non con un uomo qualsiasi. Decide quindi di organizzare un concorso d’amore per vedere chi potrebbe diventare suo marito. Tra stupore e risate, due spettatori si troveranno così a cimentarsi in alcune prove, sedotti e ipnotizzati dalle evoluzioni della sua bicicletta gialla e dalle sue provocazioni surreali. Chi sarà il vincitore? Solo l’ultimo segretissimo test darà al pubblico la risposta finale.

Tradotto in tutte le lingue – dall’abruzzese al brasiliano passando per l’inuktitut e il greco – Kalabazi è stato presentato più di 600 volte in 24 paesi, 8 lingue e 23 dialetti diversi. Nata in Brasile, trapiantata a Ginevra, dopo aver frequentato le scuole e i festival di circo di mezzo mondo, Jessica ha continuato a attraversare paesi e continenti, con bagaglio leggero e grande coraggio. Ma Jessica è curiosa soprattutto degli idiomi locali. Puntualmente chiede a chi la invita per uno spettacolo se “può fermarsi qualche giorno per imparare il linguaggio del posto”, e del dialetto ligure è già una vera esperta. La leggerezza da fiocco di neve che porta sulla scena, nello svolazzante abito a pois con cui volteggia sui pedali, è in realtà frutto di un allenamento titanico e di uno spirito battagliero, che la sua vita e la sua arte riescono a trasformare nella freschezza veloce e travolgente di una corrente d’aria profumata.

TEATRO SOCIALE CAMOGLI

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 5 –  Camogli (GE)

Tel. 0185 1770529

biglietteria@teatrosocialecamogli.it – info@teatrosocialecamogli.it

www.teatrosocialecamogli.it

Ufficio stampa

Marzia Spanu

#gallery-0-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-0-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

Cooperativa Battelieri del Porto di Genova

NetParade.it

Quezzi.it

AlfaRecovery.com

Comuni-italiani.it

Il Secolo XIX

CentroRicambiCucine.it

Contatti

Stefano Brizzante

Impianti Elettrici

Informatica Servizi

Edilizia

Il Secolo XIX

MusicforPeace Che Festival

MusicforPeace Programma 29 maggio

Programma eventi Genova Celebra Colombo

Genova Celebra Colombo

KALABAZI – La ‘bicicletta pop’ di Jessica Arpin a Recco per Teatro come Sport Teatro come Sport / Teatro Sociale Camogli Domenica 14 aprile ore 17 Palestra Prorecco Basket e Pallavolo…

[retegenova]

Dal 24 marzo al 30 maggio 2019

Genova (Avegno, Bogliasco, Camogli, Pieve Ligure, Recco, Sori, Uscio) – Milano

TEATRO COME SPORT

3 nazioni e 7 comuni coinvolti – 17 km di percorso a tappe – 8 spettacoli a tema

  Creuze de ma, palcoscenici e salotti saranno lo scenario di una rassegna a tema con ospiti da Italia, Brasile e Francia che, su iniziativa del Teatro Sociale di Camogli, animerà la primavera del Levante genovese coinvolgendo tutto il Golfo Paradiso.

Giovedì 21 marzo a Palazzo Ducale (Sala gradinata informagiovani), Farida Simonetti, Presidente della Fondazione Teatro Sociale Camogli, Sergio Maifredi, Sovrintendente della Fondazione Teatro Sociale Camogli e Maria De Barbieri, consulente artistica hanno presentato  – insieme al rappresentante della Regione Liguria Daniele Biello e al Vicesindaco e Assessore allo Sport del Comune di Recco Gianluca Buccilli – il programma di una nuova rassegna tematica dedicata a “Teatro come Sport” che da domenica 24 marzo coinvolgerà tutto il territorio del Golfo Paradiso, con  eventi collaterali anche a Genova e Milano.

  Si parte il 24 marzo – prima domenica di primavera – con una maratona a tappe tra cielo e mare raggiungendo il teatro dai sentieri che portano da Nervi o attraversando il Monte di Portofino a Camogli per lo spettacolo Va dove ti porta il piede di Laura Kibel. Si continua con il Fuori gioco di Proxima Rex (30/03), Le Nègre Volant del Theatre de la Mezzanine dalla Francia per la prima volta in Italia (dal 4/04), la Sfida alla tastiera di robot TeoTronico vs Prosseda (7/04), Jessica Arpin e la sua bicicletta (14/04), Aldo Grasso che ricorda Bartali in Gino il Giusto (9/05), a pochi giorni dal Giro d’Italia, l’acrobatica circense di La Mob a Sisyphe (17/05) e la proiezione del film Chi ga vinto? Un viaggio nel Rugby di Marco Paolini (30/05).

  Teatro come Sport è il titolo della nuova rassegna internazionale proposta dal Teatro Sociale di Camogli dal 24 marzo al 30 maggio, nella Stagione teatrale 2018/19 realizzata con il sostegno di Compagnia di San Paolo nell’ambito dell’edizione 2018 del bando “Performing Arts”. Il progetto è promosso dalla Regione Liguria (Assessorato alla Comunicazione, Formazione, Politiche giovanili e Culturali), con la collaborazione dei Comuni di Recco e di Avegno, Bogliasco, Camogli, Pieve Ligure, Sori, Uscio e con il patrocinio del CONI Liguria.

Teatro e Sport sono due mondi a confronto, apparentemente lontani ma in realtà uniti da una fitta rete di metafore e allegorie legate allo spettacolo, che hanno al centro il senso della vita stessa: l’importanza dell’allenamento e della ripetizione di uno schema, la necessità di ruoli stabiliti e condivisi, la competizione tra ‘migliori’, il dialogo tra fantasia e disciplina. Un terreno di gioco condiviso, sancito dalla presenza del pubblico e dall’immediatezza della diretta. La kermesse porta nella riviera ligure artisti da Italia, Brasile e Francia, utilizzando lo splendido teatro costruito dai naviganti di Camogli nell’ottocento, ma anche spazi spesso inediti – a Recco, Pieve Ligure e Bogliasco – che apriranno le loro porte per ospitare in prima nazionale il Théâtre de La Mezzanine (Francia) con Le nègre volant di Denis Chabroullet (da venerdì 5 a domenica 7 aprile) dedicato a ‘Major’ Taylor, il primo ciclista afro-americano a vincere un titolo mondiale (1899) e il secondo atleta nero in assoluto ad arrivare ai massimi livelli. Per la messa in scena il regista – grande appassionato di ciclismo, e particolarmente affascinato dalla popolarità e dalla diffusione di questo sport in molti paesi africani – ha scelto una versione intima, ravvicinata, facendo raccontare la storia del campione alla figlia Sydney, interpretata da un’emozionante Carine Jiya.  Per l’occasione è stata stabilita una collaborazione con la rassegna Stanze di Milano, che ospita un’anteprima il 4 aprile. Dall’8 al 12 aprile, la compagnia terrà a Genova uno stage organizzato dal Liceo Artistico Statale Klee-Barabino: Le bal populaire, un ‘cantiere’ teatrale dedicato al tema della festa e della seduzione che si chiuderà con uno spettacolo in scena il 12 aprile (ore 21) al Teatro Akropolis di Genova.

  Ad aprire i giochi, domenica 24 marzo, sarà una vera e propria maratona tra cielo e mare, organizzata in collaborazione con l’associazione GenovApiedi e l’adesione di molte associazioni dedite all’escursionismo: cinque itinerari a scelta da Nervi, Bogliasco, Sori o Camogli/Portofino Vetta. All’inizio di ogni punto di partenza ci sarà un capogruppo / guida che attenderà i partecipanti e li accompagnerà per tutto il tragitto. La camminata non competitiva, immersa nel paesaggio straordinario della riviera, permette al pubblico più sportivo di raggiungere a piedi il Teatro Sociale di Camogli per assistere, dopo una merenda offerta dal Panificio Tossini e da Latte Tigullio, al divertentissimo e pluripremiato Va dove ti porta il piede di Laura Kibel. L’iniziativa è rivolta a camminatori e spettatori di tutte le età, ed è particolarmente indicata – nei percorsi brevi – per famiglie e bambini, e per coloro che vogliono festeggiare in modo originale la prima domenica di primavera. Agli spettatori-camminatori che arriveranno in Teatro sarà consegnato un attestato di partecipazione con l’orma del piede di Laura Kibel. La ‘gara’ continua sabato 30 marzo con Fuori gioco di Lisa Nur Sultan, uno spettacolo di Proxima Rex e Progetto Goldstein, ideato e diretto da Emiliano Masala che, sullo sfondo della semifinale Italia – Germania agli Europei di Calcio 2012, mette in scena il dramma in commedia di due giovani coppie, fra crisi economica, impulsi suicidi e tifo nazionale.

  Domenica 7 aprile, Sfida alla tastiera vedrà a confronto uomini e automi: il pianista Roberto Prosseda combatte a colpi di melodie e accordi contro il virtuoso TeoTronico, l’incredibile robot a 53 dita costruito da Matteo Suzzi. La palestra di pallavolo di Recco ospiterà, domenica 14 aprile, la dolce e coloratissima Jessica Arpin in arrivo dal Brasile a cavallo della sua bicicletta, pronta a sedurre il pubblico con la clownerie acrobatica del suo Kalabazi. Un evento speciale sarà dedicato al grande Bartali giovedì 9 maggio (Teatro Sociale di Camogli), a pochi giorni dalla partenza del Girio d’Italia. In Gino il Giusto il giornalista del Corriere della Sera Aldo Grasso ricorda la figura del campione che nel 2013 è stato nominato «Giusto tra le Nazioni» dallo Yad Vashem, il Museo dell’Olocausto di Gerusalemme, per aver contribuito a salvare più di ottocento ebrei perseguitati durante l’occupazione nazifascista. L’incontro sarà accompagnato da documenti e filmati sulla sua carriera sportiva, la sua storia civile e la proverbiale rivalità con Fausto Coppi, di cui quest’anno ricorre il centenario della nascita. Interverrà anche Silvio Ferrari, per ricordare, avendola vissuta, la tifoseria che allora divideva l’Italia tra i due campioni. Mentre il marionettista Giorgio Gabrielli divertirà gli spettatori con “Paolo Conte”, il suo burattino a fili più famoso, che canta e suona al pianoforte le strofe della famosa canzone: “…Oh, quanta strada nei miei sandali. Quanta ne avrà fatta Bartali…”. Venerdì 17 maggio – in collaborazione con l’associazione Sarabanda per la rassegna Circus Zone – è la volta dei folli acrobati francesi del trio La Mob à Sisyphe con il loro Huitième Jour. Cirque d’Enfant terrible, uno spettacolo di clownerie postmoderna che sfida le leggi della fisica per raccontare il tempo che non c’è. Tutto questo usando la più pura arte circense, la stessa a cui recentemente è stato attribuito uno specifico codice UISP/CONI, come riconoscimento ufficiale della connessione tra acrobatica e pratica sportiva. La finalissima di questo curioso campionato si terrà sabato 30 maggio e avrà come protagonista il rugby, uno sport che sta conquistando sempre di più il cuore degli italiani grazie allo straordinario patrimonio di valori che coinvolge giocatori e tifosi: lealtà, rispetto dell’avversario, disinteresse, altruismo, amicizia e coraggio. A raccontarlo, il bel documentario di Enrico Lando Chi ga vinto? Un viaggio nel Rugby di Marco Paolini (Italia 2008, 52’). Per l’occasione, previsti ospiti e sorprese.

  Informazioni per la Camminata “Va dove ti porta il Piede” di domenica 24 marzo:

Mob. 349 321 6306 mariorepetto@tiscali.it

  TEATRO SOCIALE DI CAMOGLI

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 5 –  Camogli (GE)

Tel. 0185 1770529

biglietteria@teatrosocialecamogli.it

info@teatrosocialecamogli.it

www.teatrosocialecamogli.it

  Ufficio stampa Marzia Spanu

#gallery-0-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-0-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

Cooperativa Battelieri del Porto di Genova

NetParade.it

Quezzi.it

AlfaRecovery.com

Comuni-italiani.it

Il Secolo XIX

CentroRicambiCucine.it

Contatti

Stefano Brizzante

Impianti Elettrici

Informatica Servizi

Edilizia

Il Secolo XIX

MusicforPeace Che Festival

MusicforPeace Programma 29 maggio

Programma eventi Genova Celebra Colombo

Genova Celebra Colombo

TEATRO COME SPORT – Teatro Sociale Camogli – Genova/Milano Dal 24 marzo al 30 maggio 2019 Genova (Avegno, Bogliasco, Camogli, Pieve Ligure, Recco, Sori, Uscio) - Milano…

[retegenova]

TEATRO SOCIALE DI CAMOGLI

Inaugura Ivano Fossati

Sabato 29 settembre ore 21 (ingresso libero ad esaurimento posti)

Nella notte che segna l’anniversario dell’apertura del teatro

si festeggia con Ivano Fossati e Nando Fasce in

Sigonella e altre isole.

conversazione/spettacolo da Sigonella ai Beatles

al Teatro Sociale di Camogli, il teatro tra mare e cielo.

Per navigare verso una stagione ricca di ospiti e di eventi internazionali. Sospesa tra l’azzurro delle onde e l’aria è anche l’immagine-simbolo scelta per la stagione: “Il Tuffatore” – disegnato dal grande illustratore Guido Scarabottolo.

L’idea dell’onda marina come metafora anima tutta la programmazione, con una serata d’apertura che prende le mosse da “Sigonella”, la canzone di Ivano Fossati dedicata all’isola siciliana che ospita la base navale americana (un’isola nell’isola) contenuta nell’album Lindbergh- Lettere sopra la pioggia (1992). Isola come unicum, luogo off-limits ma anche approdo dell’anima. Il concetto dà il là a una serie di variazioni sulla canzone d’autore, dal repertorio nazionale ai Beatles di Yellow Submarine e Sgt. Pepper’s, uno dei primissimi ’concept album’ nella storia del rock. “I Beatles non sono mai stati a Sigonella, e nelle loro canzoni parlano raramente di isole – dichiara lo storico Ferdinando Fasce – Ma sono riusciti a costruire delle isole metaforiche, come lo Shea Stadium in cui si esibiscono nel 1965 a New York: un’isola di ragazze che in quella memorabile occasione si appropriano di un luogo solitamente riservato ai maschi trasformandolo in una sorta di bolla. Tutto grazie alla musica.”

  Lo sguardo oltre i confini comincia con Sonia Bergamasco e NEXT-New Ensemble Xenia Turin in African Novels (19 ott) – prima assoluta in collaborazione con EstOvest Festival 2018), melologo per voce e archi dedicato ai Nobel letterari africani da Camus a Soyinka, che sarà poi replicato al Museo Egizio di Torino. Si continua con i balletti del teatro dell’Opera di Chelyabinsk (dalla Russia, in collaborazione con il Teatro Carlo Felice) e dell’Opera di Kiev (Ucraina); i franco-catalani Chicos Mambo con l’esilarante Tutu (24 feb), per la prima volta a Genova.

  Nomi internazionali anche per la rassegna “Teatro come Sport” (24 mar/5 mag), grande novità di quest’anno: il Théâtre de La Mezzanine (Francia) con Le nègre volant, dedicato a “Major” Taylor, il primo ciclista afro-americano a vincere nel 1899 un titolo mondiale; la delicata clownerie ‘a pedali’ di Jessica Arpin (Brasile), le coreografie calcistiche di Vero Cendoya (Barcellona) che porterà la sua Partida nello stadio San Rocco di Recco, e il Funky su ruote della band catalana Ladinamo. Che fra il teatro e lo sport esistano da sempre profonde affinità e anche forti rivalità, è cosa nota. Da una parte gli sport possono essere considerati un genere di spettacolo dal vivo, dall’altra il teatro ha sempre contenuto una dimensione agonistica, a cominciare dal fatto che nella Grecia antica le tragedie e le commedie venivano presentate in vere e proprie gare, con tanto di vincitori e di premi. La rassegna – che prevede eventi in sala ma anche nelle vie e nelle case di Recco e Camogli e non solo – nasce dall’idea della direzione artistica di Maria De Barbieri che sia possibile abbinare e mescolare il lato “colto” e quello popolare. Realizzata con la collaborazione del Comune di Recco, del Comune di Camogli e di Fuori Luogo Teatro (La Spezia), la kermesse è stata pensata proprio per allargare la platea di riferimento, in sintonia con le forze più vive della regione: una scelta popolare e insieme collocata in un orizzonte artistico di livello.

  Il divertimento è ‘intelligente’ e garantito con ospiti come Antonio Ornano (Horny – 17 nov); i burattini firmati Luzzati&Cereseto di Alì Baba (19 nov); Moni Ovadia (Dio Ride – 1 dic); Michele Cafaggi e il suo Omino della pioggia (8 dic); i Lucchettino (Maghi per una notte il 28 dic, grazie a Associazione Sarabanda e Circumnavigando Festival); Ennio Marchetto e i suoi mille personaggi in Carta Canta per festeggiare insieme il Capodanno; la mitica Baistrocchi che presenta in anteprima a Camogli il suo nuovo spettacolo, Su e giù… per le scale (26 gen); il Govi di Jurij Ferrini (Colpi di Timone – 4 gen); I Sacchi di sabbia con I quattro moschettieri in America (3/4 feb); Gabriella Picciau (28 feb); Enzo Paci (9 mar); Lella Costa ne Il Pranzo di Babette (18 mar), il coloratissimo ‘teatro dei piedi’ di  Laura Kibel (24 mar) e i Manezzi pe’ maja na figgia della Compagnia I Villezanti (18 mag).

  Mare e letteratura tornano protagonisti con Igor Chierici in Moby Dick (14 dic), mentre uno spazio particolare sarà dato alla memoria, con due spettacoli che hanno ottenuto ovunque grande successo di pubblico e di critica: La banalità del male di Hannah Arrendt con Paola Bigatto (16 gen) e l’Esodo di Simone Cristicchi (10 feb). Poesia pura per i più piccini, con Lunatica di Scarlattine Teatro, il 19 marzo, per festeggiare insieme la Festa del Papà.

  Tanta la musica in programma – classica, contemporanea e jazz – grazie alla collaborazione di GPM – Gruppo Promozione Musicale Golfo Paradiso e GOG – Giovine Orchestra Genovese. È a cura di GPM lo straordinario concerto multimediale di Giovanni Bellucci al pianoforte (Giochi Proibiti – 27 ott) che reinventa “Jeux” di Debussy, con proiezioni digitali e danza. Tecnologie all’avanguardia e intelligenza artificiale anche nella Sfida alla tastiera, tra il robot Teotronico e il pianista Roberto Prosseda (31 ott). Tra le proposte GPM anche gli Auguri… in Jazz della Monday Orchestra (2 gen); Il Coro Monte Cauriol  con I canti della Grande Guerra nel centenario della sua fine (4 nov); La vedova allegra di Franz Lehár (17 feb), diretta dal M° Stefano Giaroli; Marimba e Pianoforte in concerto con il Duo Bissanti-La Manna, e il progetto didattico Le mille e una nota di Dario Bonucelli (12 apr). Sono a cura della GOG i concerti di Giulio Plotino al violino e Christian Pastorino al pianoforte (24 nov); il Vivaldinjazz di Across Duo (15 dic) e Andrea Bacchetti al pianoforte (5 gen).

  La stagione 2018/19 è realizzata con il sostegno della Compagnia di San Paolo nell’ambito dell’edizione 2018 del bando “Performing Arts” e ha ricevuto il sostegno di Comune di Camogli e Comune di Recco. Si ringraziano per la collaborazione GenovaTeatro e Coop Liguria.

www.teatrosocialecamogli.com

Biglietteria del Teatro Sociale

Piazzale Matteotti 5, Camogli tel. 01851770529

  biglietteria@teatrosocialecamogli.it

info@teatrosocialecamogli.it

  Orari apertura biglietteria

Mercoledì dalle 11.00 alle 12.30, venerdì dalle 17.00 alle 18.30

nei giorni di spettacolo 1 ora prima dell’orario di inizio.

Nelle giornate di spettacolo un’ora e mezza prima dell’orario di inizio

Ufficio stampa

Marzia Spanu

Cooperativa Battelieri del Porto di Genova

NetParade.it

Quezzi.it

AlfaRecovery.com

Comuni-italiani.it

Il Secolo XIX

CentroRicambiCucine.it

Contatti

Stefano Brizzante

Impianti Elettrici

Informatica Servizi

Edilizia

Il Secolo XIX

MusicforPeace Che Festival

MusicforPeace Programma 29 maggio

Programma eventi Genova Celebra Colombo

Genova Celebra Colombo

29 set. Ivano Fossati festeggia il Teatro Sociale di Camogli TEATRO SOCIALE DI CAMOGLI Inaugura Ivano Fossati Sabato 29 settembre ore 21 (ingresso libero ad esaurimento posti) …

[monjio]

I love this, so poetic and amazing!!