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"Adam provided a great hour of entertainment for my daughter's 6th birthday party. He started entertaining the children with some plate spinning to focus their attentions, even before the formally agreed 1 hour of entertainment that had been agreed, which the kids really enjoyed. After that, he got to work. It was funny and an engaging show and would recommend Adam for similar events."

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"If I could give more than 10 stars, I would. He made this boring political party fun. He showed everyone his magic touch (I got a little extra *wink wink*). He did leave a little bomb in the toilet though (skibidi toilet). I especially loved how he made himself look like the lorax for me (my one true love)"

Reply by Babaloo the Magic Clown
Who is this?

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"This isn’t the most sophisticated show on the Fringe and, strictly speaking, it is really a show for kids. But it is, without question the most enjoyable and almost impossible not to love unless misanthrope is your middle name. It starts behind a massive paper backdrop, as four clowns loom in silhouette. Soon they appear on stage and engage in a bit of conventional banter and knockabout comedy, with one of them - long hair, doleful face - clearly the stooge for the other’s mischief. At one stage, one of the clowns tries to read a map, borrows a pair of glasses from a member of the audience, gives them back to the wrong person, and, in turn, gives their glasses to someone else and suddenly a good 16 people are trying to retrieve their glasses from complete strangers. Our mischievous hosts meanwhile have moved on with the show. You can scoff all you like at fancy notions of breaking down boundaries between audience and performers, but when it works, there’s truly nothing better, and there is no greater proof for that than Mimirichi. By the time the clowns have ripped the set into vast armfuls of shredded paper and advanced towards the audience, it is clear what is to come and the audience is ready for what must be the biggest paper fight ever to have graced an auditorium. Later they will cower behind a paper goalpost as one clown arranges an impromptu penalty shoot-out complete with massive paper football and a goalie plucked from the front row. At heart, Mimirichi celebrate the human capacity for playing - the clowns engage in several slapstick vignettes that celebrate the transformative powers of paper (they use it to create horses, monsters, an Arabian belly dancer). One of them, meanwhile, develops a despotic appetite, and, dressed as a king, clambers through the audience throwing articles of clothing into his belly. Beneath the fun and games there is something profound - and profoundly moving - going on, crystalised in the tremendous finale. Quite simply, the show’s big heart puts you in touch not just with your own humanity, but with that of your fellow man."

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"I booked a party for my 3 year olds birthday with Susan.She was amazing not only did she keep kids laughing she made some of the most awesome balloons I have ever seen!She also Gave them really neat tattoos.She made sure each kid was happy.I would highly recommend her!"

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"Very sweet and patient with these crazy demanding kids. The kids had a great time.."

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"nominated for the CIRCUBA International Festival 2021 for having a unique musical number of its kind"

Reply by Tarekito Clown
Thank you, it is a pleasure to be nominated for such an illustrious festival, I hope it can be held since it was suspended due to covid19 conditions ... thank you.

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"We hired Mooncalf without knowing for sure what to expect. The front page image is what made us assume he'd be pretty good. He was better than pretty good! "

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"Pete "Vanilla Swirl" absolutely exceeded my expectations for our son's 4th birthday party. He was prompt, well prepared, hysterical and kept the kiddos entertained for over an hour! The time, care and preparation put into his show is evident; as is his expertise and ability to cater to kids of all ages. I can't recommend Pete enough! Thank you for a lovely memory:)"

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"amazing smile, absolute unit of a man, 100% recommend, only accepts pay in pancakes."

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"I hired Susan for my daughters 7th birthday party and she was awesome. She was punctual and showed up early to ensure she has time to set up before her time slot began. She was very patient with the kids who were in her face the entire time. She even took time to make balloon creations for the teenagers there because she had time in her hired window to do so. I highly recommend and her prices are very affordable."

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"The first time I saw Mimirichi, last year at the Edinburgh Fringe, I knew I would have to put them at the core of my fiendish and cunning plan for world domination. Mimirichi would leave everyone weak with laughter and begging me for more of the fun, and, of course, I would be a benign autocrat, sending Mimirichi out on a world-wide mission to sponsor their own brand of warm fuzziness and community spirit. In this cold, competitive world Mimirichi liberates hearts and minds and promotes participation and collaboration. The awful thing is that they are only at the Riverside Studios for TWO nights (until 1st July)! Please, please, rush down to Hammersmith and secure tickets for yourself, all your family (especially menopausal aunts and grumpy old men), your evil-minded neighbours, your traffic wardens and rouge traders, your bank manager and your boss. The four-man creative team at the heart of the mad, mad world of Mimirichi are superb physical performers who start off with some simple slapstick and build to a breathtaking break-dancing finale. But their secret lies in their generosity and the way they engage us with their world. This is a place where the imagination can transform paper into anything we want it to be and half of the fun is the delight in collaborating with them to make these transformations happen. It is a clown theatre for young and old alike, because it's full of the familiar and everyday. Mimirichi's Paper World is peopled with recognizable characters. There's the little guy with the broom overwhelmed by litter bugs on the rampage. And perhaps it's the same voracious paper-munching clown evolving into a despot who gets himself crowned with pomp and circumstance, and, to push the point home, also devours handbags and jackets from among the audience. I guarantee that by the end of the 85-minute show you will be shouting, screaming, pelting each other with paper, passing great swathes of the stuff back and forth and even eager to step onto the stage and be transformed into a goal-keeper for a paper football penalty or a beauty queen. At the core of this age-old humour there is an odd but recognizable logic at work, an absurd logic, or even illogical logic, perhaps, but once we accept the rules it all makes perfect sense (something like when Charlie Chaplin's starving tramp cooks his boots and eats them with perfect table manners and social etiquette). Mimirichi's gags are reminiscent of these extended comic scenarios from the Commedia lazzi and the silent movies. For example, a man desperate to find a public urinal is given increasingly complicated directions by a street cleaner in which each round of mimed instructions seems to take the longed for relief further away on a journey that includes swimming and punting across a river. Mimirichi put us in touch with a part of ourselves we don't pay much attention to these days. They belong to a long tradition of European clowning that includes the great zannis of Commedia dell'Arte, Chaplin and Keaton, Max Wall, Mayall and Edmondson and so on. This is an eternal and universal form of clowning, the carnivalesque, the Lords of Misrule, rather than the sanitized comic turns fed to children in 20th century circuses. In days gone by, this type of carnival event was considered dangerous by princes and municipalities, so that the travelling performers where often borderline outlaws. Happily, Mimirichi are completely legit, but they still can show us a few things that authoritarian rulers feared: that what usually passes for logic is suspect, and that a creative and imaginative response can present alternative solutions to traditions we take for granted. Perhaps, we should send them to the G8 Summit. If you cannot make it down to the Riverside Studios tonight go instead to a tattooist and have MIMIRICHI inscribed on your forehead, so that you will recognize their name should they come to a venue close to you at a future date."

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"MimiRichi-Paper World in Beijing will be held at Beijing Youth Theatre. Before their appearance on the world scene, the MimiRichi toured the territory of the Soviet Union. Victories and prizes gained at different festivals and competitions have brought a huge popularity to actors. They were granted the status of professional Theatre in the 1989. In 1991 they were included into the World Clown Association in Bognor Regis (Great Britain).The professionalism of the Theatre has been confirmed by the Gold Prize obtaining at the 1-st International Contest of Actors of a Variety show in Stuttgart. This event influenced the direction of their creative work. Later there were other countries and the competitions, new awards and the achievements, memorable meetings and joint performances with “Mini-Max”, Dimitri, Olli, Hardy Hatter, Jango Edwards, “Kolombaoni”, Polunin, “Licedei” and many other stars of the present. The MimiRichi name means a rich mimicry and plastic, they help actors not only to attract attention but also to be various in their shows in any country of the world, irrespective of an age category. The MimiRichi theatre of a plastic comedy has already obtained world recognition, touring and continuing to give concerts in the Europe, South America, Japan, Germany and other countries. A white sheet of paper is always considered a symbol of endless creative abilities, which gives an incredible freedom to the imagination. Many works of art begin with a clean sheet of paper. Mimirichi theatre proves that a sheet of paper conceals no fewer opportunities for the theatre. In their production Paper World it is transformed into a great source of acting and improvisation. That simply delights in being able to create their paradoxical images almost out of nothing."

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"Johnny G performed at my sons 7th birthday party this weekend. My son absolutely LOVED all of the acts, magic, balloons and dancing! All the children loved it and were entertained by Johnny for a solid hour and a half. Johnny was hilarious, entertaining and a great performer! Everyone had a fantastic time kids and adults! Thanks again for making his birthday party a good one!!"

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"Adam is very good with our children and families affected by Autism. Would recommend him for your event""

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"Susan came to our kid friendly adult event and she was the perfect addition to keep the kiddos entertained. Very talented balloon artist!"

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