http://www.animaltalkrescue.org/

 

This is my favorite circus and I'm taking my mom on Sunday nite at 7pm (they have a special kids show every Sunday...apparently some circus' have performances that aren't suitable for for kids my age....I can't imagine what they do) but I still love this show anyway!!!

http://www.circuscontraption.com/

 

  This is the coolest piece of theater to hit town since before I was born!

Take your mom!

I’m taking my mom Saturday night…we already have plans on Mother’s Day but if you don’t GO SEE THIS SHOW! They even have brunch on Sunday! Don’t miss it!

http://www.seattleinternational.org/seattle/performers/aurelia.html

		Aurélia’s Oratorio

France


Special Pre-Festival Event May 7-11

In the twisted tradition of Shockheaded Peter, Tim Burton and Edward Gorey, Seattle International Children’s Festival, in partnership with Seattle Repertory Theatre, presents Aurélia’s Oratorio.  A dazzling display of stage illusion and circus theater spectacle. 

Aurélia’s Oratorio is inspired by European circuses and medieval drawings depicting upside-down and inside-out worlds with altered states. Nothing is as it seems as the impossible happens. Furniture has a mind of its own, trains go through people and, at times, the puppets are in charge.

Creator and performer Aurélia Thierrée has performed as actress and illusionist since early childhood, initially with her parents Victoria Thierrée Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thierrée, the pioneers of new circus in the famous Cirque Invisible (Seattle Rep, 1997) and Cirque Imaginaire, and more recently with Tiger Lillies Circus of Shockheaded Peter fame.

“Grab the kids — not too young — and treat yourself to 70 minutes of the most fun you’ll have in a theater this year.” –Post and Courier, Charleston  

“A magical slice of theatrical trickery”
–Metro

“It is an absolute spellbinder”
–Daily Telegraph

“It is a bewitching 70 minutes in which the nightmarish and the dreamy meet and disintegrate in a puff of smoke and the whistle of a train.”
–The Guardian

http://aureliaoratorio.com/

 

Here is a picure (taken on a camera phone) of me, Mr Winkle Jr, and Lara Jo Regan at their screening of Big Top Winkle last Saturday. It was my first silent film(37 minutes) and I loooved it! Plus they gave away free Mr Winkle calendars and I got to hold Mr Winkle Jr two times! Look for the film to be distributed later this year or on their website at: http://www.mrwinkle.com/index1.htm

My personal picks for the remainder of the festival are as follows: The Robber Hotzenplotz (Sun Feb 3rd at 3:30pm); Luna: Spirit of the Whale (FEB 3, Sunday at 11:30am); and Hansel and Gretel (FEB 2, Saturday at 5:30pm). Plus I like all the groupings of short films…I’d be there all week if my mom let me.

Be sure to check out their website: http://www.nwfilmforum.org/childrensfilmfest/schedule.htm

The festival is good for kids of all ages!

The NW Film Forums Children’s Film Festival is always on my list of things to do, and this year is definately no exception!

Mr Winkle is coming! I loooove Mr Winkle. I’m begging my mom to buy tickets tonight for the Jan 26th screening cause he’s gonna be there live in all his beautiful dog glory…

JAN 26, Saturday at 1pm; JAN 28, Monday at 10am; FEB 2, Saturday at 11am
Meet Lara Jo Regan, director of BIG TOP WINKLE, and Mr. Winkle, Jr at the Jan 26 screening!
Best Friends Forever
(Various directors, 71 min)

Pound (Evan Bernard, USA, 2006, 2 min)
Rindin the Puffer (Len Simon, USA, 2007, 8 min)
Miriam’s Theatre (Priit Tender, Estonia, 2007, 5 min)
What Makes Me Happy: Tommy’s Film (Annie Gibbs, UK, 2005, 10 min)
Multi From Mushnaka (Michael Monteleone, USA, 2005, 4 min)
The Little Shooting Star (Kai Hafemeister, Germany, 2006, 5 min)
Big Top Winkle (Lara Jo Regan, USA, 2007, 37 min)

Best friends laugh with us, listen to us, and help us to discover what is best in ourselves. This collection of animated and live-action films introduces you to unforgettable new friends: an adorable mutt who saves a ragtag circus, a little boy who invents a friend from outer space, a shooting star that reminds us why being last is sometimes best, and other warm and wonderful characters.
Recommended for all ages

More information & tickets at Seattle Childrens Film Festival.

February 23 & 24, 2008
Northgate Community Center

Troupe Hipnotica is proud to host the first ever workshop event focusing
entirely on the use of Improv Choreography within Tribal Belly Dance.
Workshops will range from beginner to advanced and will address many of the topics that arise when learning and applying improv choreography. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from those who pioneered this style as well as up and coming troupes.

Even better, come and show us your moves at the Saturday night show featuring all improv performances and of course lots of shopping!

Workshops:
Saturday 9-5pm
Sunday 9-3pm

http://www.troupehipnotica.com/cues/index.html