Upside Comedy
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer-Actor |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Introduction | Trained in theatre with George Luscombe at Toronto Workshop Productions, specializing in Physical Comedy (Herb Whittaker: "Steals the show, and indeed the whole evening.")Went on to freelance work with clown master Richard Pochinko and National Lampoon's Brian Shein. Founding director of Beach Bozos Comedy Troupe, Hoof'n'Snout Family Theatre, Downtown Clown, and Saugeen Theatre Workshop. Writer for Skit Row and Downsize Theatre ("The Common Stench Revolution -- A Clown Cabaret in One Desperate Act" 1996-98). Comedy characters for TV commercials: mad scientist (Crayola), whacky doctor (Playstation 2), Horror Marathon Host (Drive-In Classics). Full-length Comedy playscripts "Alfred Jarry's Circus Ludicrous Presents Boss Ubu" (5 productions) and "The Return of the Hardly Boys by Franklin W. Dick Jr. A Pseudonym" (4 productions). Reviews: "Inspired piece of zaniness, a little like a marriage between Satyricon and Monty Python" (Vancouver Province), "Biting satire, inventively directed" (Ottawa Journal), and "maniacal... gleefully defiant" (CBC Radio Arts National). |
| Interests | my 3 children (Laura, Aaron & Holly), interdisciplinary arts (visual,writing,performance), education, social justice, the spiritual journey, peace |
| Favorite movies | FILM: The Mission. Fargo. Joyeux Noel. The Grey Fox. The Meaning of Life. Duck Soup. Modern Times. TELEVISION: WKRP, Barney Miller, Soap, Mash, Benson, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Daily Show, The Colbert Repor' |
| Favorite music | leonard cohen, alan stivell, steeleye span, dead can dance, altemusik, telemann, rebecca campbell, cuban (& the best of the late 60's) |
| Favorite books | everything by Kurt Vonnegut Junior; Hesse: Narziss and Goldmund, Siddartha; Alan Watts: The Book, The Wisdom of Anxiety; psychology: James Hollis, Erich Fromm; Neil Postman: The Disappearance of Childhood, Amusing Ourselves to Death. Garrison Keillor, Richard Brautigan, Alden Nowlan. Joyce Carey's The Horse's Mouth. |
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