Ophaboom
Ophaboom Criminally insane comedy.

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    Ophaboom's Interests
BooksOphaboom has been featured in a number of books and journals, including:

Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes by John Rudlin and Olly Crick

Faust: Icon of Modern Culture by Osman Durrani

Shakespeare Survey: Shakespeare and Language by Stanley Wells

New Theatre Quarterly edited by Clive Barker and Simon Trussler

We also recommend The Innamorati by Midori Snyder, a novel inspired by Commedia dell'Arte. (A French edition is available here.)

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Links to other sites featuring Ophaboom Theatre Company members:

Howard Gayton:

HG Biography: on the Endicott Studio site

Fairy Tale Theatre, The Art of Transformation: The Journal of Mythic Arts, Spring 2007

Mask & Movement: The Puppet Centre Trust

The Selkie Bride: Wild Theatre

Daughters of Elvin: medieval music and dance

Running:
video by the Stereo MC's

Trix Press: HG poetry publication


Sarah Ratheram:

Penny Dreadful Theatre Company

The Bitches Ball

CastNet: SR biography


Links to sites featuring Ophaboom collaborators:

Owen Powell: writer and performer

Ninnian Kinnear-Wilson: mask maker


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Zodiac Sign:Capricorn



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About me:

The Ophaboom Theatre Company, founded in London in 1991, specializes in creating and performing contemporary works in the Italian Commedia dell' Arte tradition.

In its earliest form, Commedia married the rough entertainments of traveling mountebanks and street peddlers with the masks of carnival and the classicism of Greek and Roman drama -- using stock characters to create a vibrant physical spectacle performed on high trestle stages in crowded squares or piazzas. The popularity of Commedia dell' Arte spread across medieval and Renaissance Europe with profound results. Its themes can be found time and time again in the works of Shakespeare, Moliere and other great European dramatists.

Drawing on medieval theatre and the origins of Commedia, Ophaboom set out to create a style of theatre in the manner of strolling players that would resonate with a modern audience. Although we sometimes perform in traditional theatre spaces, we also set up our trestle stage at festivals, on street corners, in village halls, in bowling alleys and many other less conventional venues -- for Ophaboom is dedicated to bringing theatre to audiences who might not otherwise go to see it.

We draw on the themes of familiar stories (Richard III, Robin Hood, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Faustus, etc.) and make use of traditional Commedia techniques, but our shows are not museum pieces from a bygone age. Ophaboom brings the trickster spirit of Commedia into the 21st century, creating shows that are socially and politically topical...as well as slapstick and hilarious!


We perform in a variety of languages (sometimes within the same show!), and have toured extensively through France, Spain, Italy, Holland, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and throughout the British Isles. We have also toured in North America and South Korea. We were honored to be asked to perform four times at Venice Carnival; and we were the first English company to appear at the Medieval Festival in Le Puy-en-Velay.

'Criminally insane comedy.' -- Time Out

'The actors are masked, the action is loud and the satire is topical. The four-strong company generate a winning warmth.' -- The London Times

'Ophaboom have preserved the spirit of Commedia dell' Arte whilst developing it into a form which is very much of today.' -- British Theatre Guide


The Ophaboom Theatre Company:

Geoff Beale: Co-founder and Artistic Director
Howard Gayton: Co-founder and Artistic Director
Sarah Ratheram: Performer
Claire Jones: Performer

Go to the Ophaboom Theatre Company page for more information on the members of the company.

For performance or workshop booking information, contact James Seabright Theatre Productions.

Who I'd like to meet:

Performers and fans of Commedia dell' Arte, physical theatre, mask theatre, and puppetry. Tricksters, jesters, heyokas, pahkolas, sacred clowns, coyotes, scamps, wise fools, Punch and Judy, Captain Jack Sparrow, Homer Simpson, and all who believe in the power of laughter to delight us, outrage us, and change the world.


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Sophia Brumfitt

Sophia Brumfitt



Aug 27 2009 12:05 PM



Orpheus Britannicus- A Dance of the Hearts

Mercurius
Company are presenting a celebration of Purcell's 350th Anniversary, in
a fully staged performance of some of his most inspired music,
including excerpts from operas and incidental works.  With period
instruments, costumes and dance.

This is a totally
independently produced and funded. Let's show all that despite economic
uncertainty, financial crisis and turmoil there are people who still
dare to dream and produce something exciting and inspiring.


Clinton T. Hobart

Clinton T. Hobart



Jun 20 2009 2:49 AM

Greetings
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Apr 12 2009 12:12 AM

Wishing you and yours a Happy Easter holiday.


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Circus Maniacs

Circus Maniacs



Apr 1 2009 10:24 PM

Don’t forget!!!

Easter Intensive Course
* 6th - 10th April 2009

Evening classes recommence:
* w/c 24th April 2009

Our next Taster days are:
*Sunday 10th May 2009
*Sunday 14th June 2009
*Sunday 12th July 2009

2 Week Summer School
* 3rd - 14th August 2009

Visit our MySpace for more details.

Meanwhile, please enjoy our slide show of various training programmes offered for adults at Circus Maniacs.
[Tasters, Teambuilding, Community, Recreational & Professional Training, Cabarets]

We hope to see you!!! And tell your friends !!!! xxx

sugeily

sugeily



Mar 21 2009 5:20 AM

Happy World Puppetry Day!!!!
March 21...
Lisa Mantchev

Lisa Mantchev



Dec 25 2008 5:48 PM

The Théâtre Illuminata thanks you for your patronage and friendship!

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Sergio Schiavini - Arlecchino

Sergio Schiavini



Aug 26 2008 3:23 PM

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Greetings from Venice - Italy
Sergio " Arlecchino"
KRIZO

KRIZO



Aug 26 2008 9:21 AM

hello, bonjour à vous !
très heureux d'être parmi vous. je vous est rencontré en 1990 ou91 à meung sur loire (45-région centre,près d'Orléans), sur le festival Masques et Bouffons. et j'ai rigolé, j'ai rigolé, j'ai rigolé...
Clinton T. Hobart

Clinton T. Hobart



Aug 2 2008 3:49 AM

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Finlay Cowan - Fantasy art

finlay cowan



Apr 10 2008 10:45 AM

Have a hilarious weekend,
Finlay
delphi oracle sketch 28.03.08
leonardo

leonardo



Mar 5 2008 6:39 PM

Wow! Thanks for the add. I'll be really looking forward to catching one of your performances, when I make it to England, later this year. All the best...
ROPA+SALON+ARTE+MUSICA

Marina Osuna



Feb 11 2008 2:24 AM

Pon fotos sin limite en slide.com GRATIS!!!

Pon fotos sin limite en slide.com GRATIS!!!
Midori Snyder

Midori Snyder



Dec 30 2007 8:51 PM

Happy New Year Ophaboom and big hello to the masks!
Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts

Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts



Dec 28 2007 12:43 PM

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Dec 22 2007 12:09 PM

Thank You Always for Your Belief

MSceramics

 MSceramics



Nov 18 2007 7:27 PM

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Tanith Hicks



Aug 19 2007 9:46 AM

Many Thanks for the add:) I love what you do, keeping the art alive and making it take on new life as you do is a wonderful thing!!
Best of luck with all your projects
Tanith :)
else

else



Aug 16 2007 4:08 PM

thanks for the add! I just love love love Commedia Dell' Arte! If you ever comes to Belgium, please let me know! Greetings from Antwerp! else
Midori Snyder

Midori Snyder



Aug 16 2007 1:39 PM

Ciao Ophaboom! Thanks for the add. I hope you guys have a great year...and that maybe, I can see you perform again--though Venice 1995 was a pretty memorable gig.
Taiko Maria

Taiko Maria



Aug 7 2007 7:33 PM

Ooops! What I *meant* to say was "So you should check out that picture of the mask that I got when I first saw Ophaboom preform in Venezia back in 1994!"
Taiko Maria

Taiko Maria



Aug 7 2007 7:32 PM

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Carles Gomila

Carles Gomila



Aug 6 2007 9:43 PM


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Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts

Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts



Jul 31 2007 7:29 PM



The Summer Issue of the Journal of Mythic Arts is now online. Our theme this time is myth and mythic fiction for Young Adult readers, with contributions from Christopher Barzak, Steve Berman, Holly Black, Gwenda Bond, Neil Gaiman, Will Shetterly, Catherynne M. Valente, and many others. Please join us!
cutlery bowl

cutlery bowl



Jul 24 2007 12:57 PM

hi ophaboom! you guys look wondersome. thank you for finding us, and for sharing your valuable space with us ;)

i'm off to brazil to explore and play for the next few months - on my return i'll be sure to be in touch - let me know what you're up to...

cheers,

imogen and the cutlerybowl
Maite Cruz

Maite Cruz



Jul 18 2007 3:23 PM

Hello Ophaboom!!
Thanks for request!
It cheers to me to have variety of artists between my friends and comedians you are first…
I wish all the luck You of the world in your work…
I hope that you like my works!!!
A hug from Spain!!
Maite Cruz-Digital Art

Myspace Maite Cruz
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