howitts_done
06-19-2007, 08:51 PM
I just came across this on Facebook:
http://www.hahaha.com/toronto/street.html
Friday, July 27, 2007 7-11 pm
Saturday, July 28, 2007 5-11 pm
Location: Yonge - Dundas Square
Street: http://www.hahaha.com/toronto/street.html
City/Town: Toronto, ON
The world's most prestigious comedy festival will be transforming Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square and an additional two city blocks, into a wonderland of colour, sound and light on July 27 and 28. This must-see event, featuring some of the most astounding performance troupes from across the globe, will take place Friday, July 27 from 7:00 – 11:00 pm and Saturday, July 28 from 5:00 – 11:00 pm.
Artist: Russell Peters
Country: Canada
Russell Peters knows how to draw a crowd. He has been nominated for four Gemini Awards, has been featured as host of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour in 2004 and at the Festival in Montreal four times as well as HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and many others across the globe. His TV appearances include two one-hour Comedy Now! specials on The Comedy Network. His Comedy Now! performance in 2004 was one of the network’s most popular shows of all time and became one of the hottest viral videos on the net, gaining him world-wide visibility. He’s performed sold-out shows all over the world including: China, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Jamaica, St. Maartens, Trinidad, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates and will be the first North American comic to tour India. His movie credits include the comedy Quarter Life Crises, My Baby’s Daddy, martial arts flick Tiger Claws III and the forthcoming bank heist thriller The Take with John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez.
Artists: Theatro Pavana
Show Title: Colours
Country: Italy - Holland
Colors is a magical, musical and – of course – colorful aesthetic experience. Stilt-walkers, acrobats, musicians, and dancers perform in mystical masks and gorgeous costumes inspired by the Carnival of Venice and commedia dell’arte. They become otherworldly beings who twirl their multi-hued wings in synchronized choreographies, striking poses and flaunting their dazzling beauty.
Artists: La Belle zanka
Show Title: Les Muzes Dynamo
Country: France
Combining street and circus arts, this performance features a group of “goddesses” mounted on stilts and defying the laws of gravity; at their feet, on pogo sticks, are “demi-gods” at play, interacting with the audience and illuminating their procession with colourful smoke and fireworks. The spectacular parade is a divine comedy, punctuated by dancing, choreographed ballet and stirring music that takes the audience on a sonic journey
Artists: Bängditos
Show Title: The Guardian Angels
Country: Germany
The Guardian Angels is a topsy-turvy tale of volunteer firemen who are more like pyromaniacs, quick to start fires where none existed. Their efforts to intervene only cause disaster. Their fire truck, far from dousing flames, breaks down, spits fire and then showers the audience with water. When you play with this kind of fire, you’re bound to get … laughs. Prepare yourselves for a one of a kind adrenalin-pumping production complete with nerve-shattering explosions and massive pyrotechnic displays.
Artists: La Balloovitch Artists
Show Title: Les frères Balloovitch
Country: France
Baro and Harchi are Les Frères Balloovitch (the Balloovitch Brothers). They craft the world’s most extraordinary balloon sculptured hats. Forget poodles, snakes and other little animals, this duo will cover you in intricate balloon figures and designs that will take your breath away.
Artists: Bam Percussion
Show Title: BAM - eXplosion
Country: Québec
BAM’s characters seem to have walked straight out of a madcap cartoon, with their side-splitting physical comedy and savage drumming virtuosity. They also communicate in a language all their own – BAMspeach – spoken only by them but understood by everyone from ages 3 to 83. The award-winning Canadian troupe has been recruited to collaborate with such companies as Cirque de Soleil and has visited all the continents of the planet, having toured Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
Artists: Les Vernisseurs
Show Title: Joyeuse Pagaille
Country: France
A spectacular, playful, friendly, beautiful, colourful, sparkling, outrageous and unpredictable procession! Five characters dressed in “work uniforms” invade the streets with their improvisational antics. Once they’ve established a heightened festive ambiance, the machines come roaring in, culminating in a storm of confetti and ribbon.
Artists: Théâtre de la Toupine
Show Title: Les Champignons
Country: France
Two mischievous mushrooms join forces to explore their new urban surroundings and meet all kinds of new friends. Whether playing in the streets, in bistros or in restaurants, they’ll drum on anything they can lay their hands on (road signs, tables, lampposts, you name it…). These performers will definitely grow on you and are sure to make everyone around them laugh out loud.
Artists: dotComedy
Show Title: misInformation
Country: UK
Lost? Need help? The misInformation Tent will supply all the (wrong) answers to life's questions. Complete with misleading maps, indiscernible diagrams and ridiculous public service announcements. Plus, it's staffed by the most helpful but ill-informed volunteers available. The dotComedy style is to mix realistic characterisation and situations with bizarre and surreal overtones to produce cutting edge street art shows which delight and at the same time confuse their audience.
Artists: Circus orange
Show Title: The Aviator
Country: Canada
The Aviator is a brand new 45-minute long outdoor spectacle production by Circus Orange. Featuring performer, stage and high-level pyrotechnics, theatre, dance, circus and stunt performers as well as stunning crane based aerial routines and contraptions. Imagine a pedal powered pyro-fueled gyrocopter flying over the crowd with an aerialist suspended beneath! The Aviator is an hommage to one of the group’s favorite movies - Mad Max. This show features scripted actors along with an extraordinary cast of pyro performers, aerialists, dancers, circus and stunt performers.
Artists: Big Nazo
Country: USA
Big Nazo is an international touring group of visual artists, puppet performers and masked musicians whose bizarre and hilarious larger-than-life characters generate outlandish and utterly entertaining environments. Immerse yourself in this irreverent party combining comedy, go-go dancing, live rock'n'roll music and hysterical audience interaction.
Artists: Team Ryouko
Country:Canada
Team Ryouko is an Extreme Performance Team. Inspired by the achievements of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen and many others, the team was founded by veteran Martial Artists, Break Dancers, and Stuntmen, with the single vision of exploring the limitations of the human body. Armed with a diverse background of skills, Team Ryouko has developed their own unique style to leave their mark in the world. Today the team has become a fast paced, action-packed fusion of martial arts, acrobatics and break dancing, resulting in an unique extreme experience. The team consists of professional dancers, actors, and stunt artists who trained for stage and film. Each team member is unique and brings with them a vast vocabulary of knowledge in varying disciplines. Ryouko has become synonymous with explosive entertainment.
http://www.hahaha.com/toronto/street.html
Friday, July 27, 2007 7-11 pm
Saturday, July 28, 2007 5-11 pm
Location: Yonge - Dundas Square
Street: http://www.hahaha.com/toronto/street.html
City/Town: Toronto, ON
The world's most prestigious comedy festival will be transforming Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square and an additional two city blocks, into a wonderland of colour, sound and light on July 27 and 28. This must-see event, featuring some of the most astounding performance troupes from across the globe, will take place Friday, July 27 from 7:00 – 11:00 pm and Saturday, July 28 from 5:00 – 11:00 pm.
Artist: Russell Peters
Country: Canada
Russell Peters knows how to draw a crowd. He has been nominated for four Gemini Awards, has been featured as host of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour in 2004 and at the Festival in Montreal four times as well as HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and many others across the globe. His TV appearances include two one-hour Comedy Now! specials on The Comedy Network. His Comedy Now! performance in 2004 was one of the network’s most popular shows of all time and became one of the hottest viral videos on the net, gaining him world-wide visibility. He’s performed sold-out shows all over the world including: China, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Jamaica, St. Maartens, Trinidad, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates and will be the first North American comic to tour India. His movie credits include the comedy Quarter Life Crises, My Baby’s Daddy, martial arts flick Tiger Claws III and the forthcoming bank heist thriller The Take with John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez.
Artists: Theatro Pavana
Show Title: Colours
Country: Italy - Holland
Colors is a magical, musical and – of course – colorful aesthetic experience. Stilt-walkers, acrobats, musicians, and dancers perform in mystical masks and gorgeous costumes inspired by the Carnival of Venice and commedia dell’arte. They become otherworldly beings who twirl their multi-hued wings in synchronized choreographies, striking poses and flaunting their dazzling beauty.
Artists: La Belle zanka
Show Title: Les Muzes Dynamo
Country: France
Combining street and circus arts, this performance features a group of “goddesses” mounted on stilts and defying the laws of gravity; at their feet, on pogo sticks, are “demi-gods” at play, interacting with the audience and illuminating their procession with colourful smoke and fireworks. The spectacular parade is a divine comedy, punctuated by dancing, choreographed ballet and stirring music that takes the audience on a sonic journey
Artists: Bängditos
Show Title: The Guardian Angels
Country: Germany
The Guardian Angels is a topsy-turvy tale of volunteer firemen who are more like pyromaniacs, quick to start fires where none existed. Their efforts to intervene only cause disaster. Their fire truck, far from dousing flames, breaks down, spits fire and then showers the audience with water. When you play with this kind of fire, you’re bound to get … laughs. Prepare yourselves for a one of a kind adrenalin-pumping production complete with nerve-shattering explosions and massive pyrotechnic displays.
Artists: La Balloovitch Artists
Show Title: Les frères Balloovitch
Country: France
Baro and Harchi are Les Frères Balloovitch (the Balloovitch Brothers). They craft the world’s most extraordinary balloon sculptured hats. Forget poodles, snakes and other little animals, this duo will cover you in intricate balloon figures and designs that will take your breath away.
Artists: Bam Percussion
Show Title: BAM - eXplosion
Country: Québec
BAM’s characters seem to have walked straight out of a madcap cartoon, with their side-splitting physical comedy and savage drumming virtuosity. They also communicate in a language all their own – BAMspeach – spoken only by them but understood by everyone from ages 3 to 83. The award-winning Canadian troupe has been recruited to collaborate with such companies as Cirque de Soleil and has visited all the continents of the planet, having toured Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
Artists: Les Vernisseurs
Show Title: Joyeuse Pagaille
Country: France
A spectacular, playful, friendly, beautiful, colourful, sparkling, outrageous and unpredictable procession! Five characters dressed in “work uniforms” invade the streets with their improvisational antics. Once they’ve established a heightened festive ambiance, the machines come roaring in, culminating in a storm of confetti and ribbon.
Artists: Théâtre de la Toupine
Show Title: Les Champignons
Country: France
Two mischievous mushrooms join forces to explore their new urban surroundings and meet all kinds of new friends. Whether playing in the streets, in bistros or in restaurants, they’ll drum on anything they can lay their hands on (road signs, tables, lampposts, you name it…). These performers will definitely grow on you and are sure to make everyone around them laugh out loud.
Artists: dotComedy
Show Title: misInformation
Country: UK
Lost? Need help? The misInformation Tent will supply all the (wrong) answers to life's questions. Complete with misleading maps, indiscernible diagrams and ridiculous public service announcements. Plus, it's staffed by the most helpful but ill-informed volunteers available. The dotComedy style is to mix realistic characterisation and situations with bizarre and surreal overtones to produce cutting edge street art shows which delight and at the same time confuse their audience.
Artists: Circus orange
Show Title: The Aviator
Country: Canada
The Aviator is a brand new 45-minute long outdoor spectacle production by Circus Orange. Featuring performer, stage and high-level pyrotechnics, theatre, dance, circus and stunt performers as well as stunning crane based aerial routines and contraptions. Imagine a pedal powered pyro-fueled gyrocopter flying over the crowd with an aerialist suspended beneath! The Aviator is an hommage to one of the group’s favorite movies - Mad Max. This show features scripted actors along with an extraordinary cast of pyro performers, aerialists, dancers, circus and stunt performers.
Artists: Big Nazo
Country: USA
Big Nazo is an international touring group of visual artists, puppet performers and masked musicians whose bizarre and hilarious larger-than-life characters generate outlandish and utterly entertaining environments. Immerse yourself in this irreverent party combining comedy, go-go dancing, live rock'n'roll music and hysterical audience interaction.
Artists: Team Ryouko
Country:Canada
Team Ryouko is an Extreme Performance Team. Inspired by the achievements of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen and many others, the team was founded by veteran Martial Artists, Break Dancers, and Stuntmen, with the single vision of exploring the limitations of the human body. Armed with a diverse background of skills, Team Ryouko has developed their own unique style to leave their mark in the world. Today the team has become a fast paced, action-packed fusion of martial arts, acrobatics and break dancing, resulting in an unique extreme experience. The team consists of professional dancers, actors, and stunt artists who trained for stage and film. Each team member is unique and brings with them a vast vocabulary of knowledge in varying disciplines. Ryouko has become synonymous with explosive entertainment.