Fool’s Gold

“Fool’s Gold” ticket prices:

Adult – $26.00 Child – $13.50

PLEASE NOTE the name on the Invoice will be DAVID EVANS

Fool’s Gold is the K.I.S.S. Arts Festival’s headline act. Seven of Australia’s best circus variety performers come together to create a show that will pick you up, shake you, amaze you, kiss you, gently pop you back into your seat and leave you to marvel. You will see trapeze, acrobatics, unicycling, axe juggling, slack-rope walking, sword swallowing, whip cracking, magic, hula-hooping, stunt car jumping, pogo sticking, roller-skating all rolled into a side splitting comedy show.

Tamara Campbell – “Shirlee Sunflower” and Artistic Director

Shirlee Sunflower is the loveable, cute and hilarious Australian clown on a mission to find the perfect man. Shirlee performs amazing, interactive tricks and stretchy stunts. She will make you laugh so

Dave Evans –”Pascal” and Artistic Director

Dave Evans, AKA Pascal has the task of herding the other members of Fool’s Gold through the show, desperately trying to maintain his composure in the face of the cast’s impending mutiny. Coming from a by-gone era when a silver suit, cheesy grin and a sleeve full of variety routines was all you would need, Pascal is clearly out of his league when it

Charlie Truscott – “Aerial Artist”

Charlie is one of the most dynamic, energetic and committed circus performers that you will ever meet. Her love for her art form has lead her to perform around Australia and to teach at both young and old at Circus Monoxide’s training space in Fairy Meadow. She approaches her work fervently and prides herself on nurturing an open attitude.

J-P McKendry – Artist “J-P”

JP is a graduate of Wollongong university theatre studies. He has been performing since he was sixteen and is known as a master of the old style truly engaging theatre. Few people can manipulate an audience like JP. He is a man of exceptional improvisational abilities and a loveable honesty. He is also the liaison officer between Sydney street

Eloise Green – Artist “Anne Marie”

At age thirteen, Eloise was cast in her first professional production, Galaxarena, a stage adaptation directed by Nigel Jamieson for the Adelaide Festival. Eloise completed a Bachelor of Circus Arts in 2003 and went on to co-create and perform in the comedy duo

Julian Bell – Artist “Ernest The Magnifico”

Since 2001 Julian has performed in 16 countries around the world. Has worked with Opera Australia and Legs on the Wall. Winner of The Applause festival. Highly trained in Clown and Physical theatre, attended Playspace school of clown and physical theatre and trained in the Lecoq method of acting, and Linklater vocal techniques. In 2004 founded his own

Nigel Martin – Artist “Enrico the Clown”

With a background in classical dance and inspired by Vaudeville greats Enrico Rastelli, Francis Brunn and Bobby May, Nigel Martin has focused on developing high level skills, fluid movement and his own quirky style of comedy.

Kiki – Artist

Kiki. Artist? Assistant? Kasadorian bombshell? Luckily for you, she’s all three. Born in the unknown eastern European country of Kasador, Kiki is a legend in her home town. Having never managed to find her hometown again, Kiki has been on tour with her partner Pascal, for the last 25 years. London, Paris, New York… Kiama! Kiki will worm her way into your
heart too, no matter how long it takes. Bringing to the stage a dizzying array of talent… well, a tennis racket contortion routine, Kiki is the one that your eyes, and ears are drawn to. Always the perfect Assistant? Maybe. Easy on the eye? Perhaps. Funnier than Pascal? Definitely! By the end of the evening you too will want to shove her in a box and stick swords into her. In a loving way of course.

Helen Cassidy – Dramaturg

Trained in both traditional and physical theatre as an actor at Ecole Phillipe Gaulier and QUT Academy of the Arts. Performed for ABC TV movie “Sisters of War” and in several productions with The Queensland Theatre Company and La Boite Theatre, including
devised and improvised productions. She has also performed with Bell Shakespeare and at the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne Comedy festivals with “La La Parlour”. Helen was part of the street theatre duo “Grin and Tonic” and has skills in physical comedy, slapstick, mime and devising. Helen has worked in Film, commercials, music videos, theatre, Panto and voice overs.

Scott Wit – Artistic consultant

Scott has been working in stage, television and film for over twenty-five years in that time he has been acting, fight directing, directing and or clowning for Sydney Theatre Company, Company B, Opera Australia, Merrigong Theatre Company, La Boite Theatre, Queensland