The Accidental Circus Cast
Directed by Jester of Muncaster, Paolo Garbanzo, Accidental Circus is timeless cabaret, promising danger, humor, beauty and song all in the first act. Bring your loved ones to dazzle them. Bring your enemies because, well, anything is possible when 5 knives are in the air.
These collaborators have been working together since 2002 and maintain professional careers across the full arts spectrum: juggling, music, fire, dance antics, the fine arts and the sideshow arts.
Made up of national & international artists, the Accidental Circus is touring intensively in January 2011. Inquire within."
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 Paolo Garbanzo – Director
Paolo Garbanzo (aka Paul Hudert) tours throughout the US and Europe, performing his feats of knife-wielding daring and comedy to international audiences in English, Italian, and German. His shows are hilarious misadventures, winning him a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Juggling Association. He also won the 2007 International Jester Competition, making him the Official Jester of Muncaster Castle in England, the first American to be an Official Jester of a European Castle in all history.
Paolo has been a member The Flying Karamazov Brothers, taught at FLIC, the circus school in Turin, Italy, and has won many other awards all over America. He has directed juggling and acrobatic shows for many festivals and made a name for himself street performing from as far west as San Francisco's world famous Pier 39 to the farthest reaches of Eastern Europe.
He's been the Benevolent Dictator of the Accidental Circus since the dawn of the Neo-Circus Revival.
www.garbanzojuggling.com
 Mab, Just Mab
Currently, Mab can be found monkeying around with the rest of the Cheeky Monkey Sideshow, which happens to also be DC’s longest running theatrical sideshow. Mab believes that every single person has superpowers. One of Mab’s super powers is the ability to find the shortest lane in at a toll booth. The others include the ability to walk on broken glass and to hammer spikes into her face.
Mab is a freak. You probably shouldn’t try that at home.
www.mabjustmab.com
 The Mezmer Society
The Mezmer Society was founded in the Autumn of 2007 and fits loosely within the Tribal Fusion genre. Some of the elements that are fused include belly dance, cabaret performance, Romany music, foppish occultism, unapologetically pretentious Belle Epoque café living, goodwill, bad behavior, misappropriated pop songs, and the horribly misguided notion that one can try and squeeze an entire Balkan brass band into one accordion.
Every Mezmer Society tour delivers a thick roux of dance and music workshops, performance, and extreme festivity.
www.mezmersociety.com
 Sidetracked
The brain-child of Shoshanna Hill and Kimberlie Cruse. Since 2004 this comedic duo have been gracing the streets and stages with their vaudeville-style storytelling. Their acts include: “Bag Lady Theater,” “Wandering Gypsy Theater,” and “Faerie Ring Theater.” They have performed across Pennsylvania in Fringe and Street Festivals, and most recently at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival. In 2005 they started working with Sunday Revival Burlesque and in 2006 Cabaret Red Light in Philadelphia and it was for Cabaret Red Light they created their burlesque characters, “Fire and Brimstone.”
www.sidetracked.biz
 Darbuka Dave
Considered an excellent instructor and performer by his contemporaries, known for his technical precision and emotional expression Darbuka Dave has performed and taught at international festivals, workshops and shows throughout the country. You can often find him playing with Lumani or the Day Late/Dollar Shortkestra. He currently resides in Huntsville, AL but travels widely.
www.DarbukaDave.com
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