Boat Rocker Entertainment

08/16/2022

Late summer fun with Acrobuffos
WATERBOMBS!

August 18 – 21 Les Escales Fantastiques Shawnigan QC Canada
August 26 – 28 Kremické gagy Slovakia
September 22 – 25 Amman Jordan
September 30 – October 2 Charlotte Arts Festival

08/03/2022

Boat Rocker Entertainment – International Performing Arts

to paraphrase Gerald Ford our long national nightmare is at an end...BoatRockerEntertainment.com is back!

https://boatrockerentertainment.com

08/01/2022

Air Play hits show #350.
Great run

07/29/2022

Surprising museums and stunning Kiwi sunsets: Hannah Smith's life in travel

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/kiwi-theatre-stars-best-and-worst-holidays-and-international-travel-memories/ASCVGZSJW7D7L46EBMY4FYR2QQ/

Hannah Smith of Trick of the Light Theatre on the road again...

Where can you find a collection of hundreds of taxidermy frogs in 'everyday positions'?

07/28/2022

The Griegol by Trick of the Light

The Griegol by Trick of the Light

07/28/2022

Photos from Acrobuffos's post

07/23/2022

Review: ACROBUFFOS' AIR PLAY at The Broad Stage

"this might be one of the most beautiful performances you will ever see."

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Review-ACROBUFFOS-AIR-PLAY-at-The-Broad-Stage-20220723

Acrobuffos Aurora Nova Boat Rocker Entertainment BroadStage

What did our critic think of ACROBUFFOS' AIR PLAY at The Broad Stage?ACROBUFFOS’ AIR PLAY tells its own story of friendship and fun with a little competition in between through fans and props. It is silly and tender, and one of the most beautiful performances you will ever see.

07/22/2022

PARADISE

A contemporary spin on the ancient art of silent physical comedy, asking big questions without saying a word.

A work in progress by Acrobuffos, Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone / United States

From the world-renowned makers of Air Play, comes a new comic fantasia replete with spectacular beauty, metaphor, and humor.

It’s the end of the world.

Or the beginning of a new one.

https://boatrockerentertainment.com/portfolio-item/paradise/

07/02/2022

Lighting workshop commences on PLASTIC: A Clown Opera.

06/30/2022

Air Play @ BroadStage

Air Play @ BroadStage

06/27/2022

Support IPAY's return to live showcase, organized by Kathryn Westoll

Please help support IPAY and theater for young people.

Will you join us in making a difference? We're raising money to benefit IPAY, … Kathryn Westoll needs your support for Support IPAY's return to live showcase

06/23/2022

Public showing of our new work-in-progress.

06/06/2022

Please help IPAY

It's LAUNCH Day! We need your help, IPAY Community!
We're asking for your support as IPAY prepares its relaunch. All donations to this campaign will go towards existing operating expenses so we can end our fiscal year with a positive balance. It will also provide seed money for the next in-person Showcase. Please give what you can so our community can continue to provide high-quality performances for young people all over the globe!

Ways you can help:
--donate
--share our GoFundMe on social media
--encourage your friends, colleagues, and organizations to donate
--post a photo or short video of an IPAY memory that brings you JOY and tag us!

The IPAY community is the best community in the world.
WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

http://gofund.me/c19b9fc0

PS--This is one of many joyful memories of IPAY for me. Exquisitely performed, but the jubilant laughter of people I care about as we watched this together is something I'll never forget! --Wendy

05/11/2022

Photos from Baccala'- Compagnia's post

05/11/2022

Photos from Baccala'- Compagnia's post

05/09/2022

https://www.chicoperformances.com/artists/2022/pss-pss.php

Tuesday, May 10 | 7:30 p.m.

05/09/2022

Pss Pss

Pss Pss

CSU Chico Performances: Our mission is to present to the audiences of Chico State, the town of Chico and the Greater North Valley culturally diverse, nationally acclaimed performing arts programming, including dance, music, theater, and lecturers

04/27/2022

04/24/2022

Hotel Paradiso - Familie Flöz - May 2022 - PEAK Performances

The gloriously talented masked thespians Familie Flöz make their US debut May 5 to 8 at
PEAK Performances @ Montclair State University

https://www.peakperfs.org/event/hotel-paradiso-familie-floz/2022-05-05/

Using clowning, acrobatics, magic, and improvisation, Familie Flöz makes its highly anticipated U.S. debut after delighting European audiences for more than 20 years with captivating theatrical experiences.

04/22/2022

Editor's Pick: Air Play By Acrobuffos - Metro Weekly

Editor's Pick: Air Play By Acrobuffos - Metro Weekly

In Air Play, performers set in motion common objects and materials, from swatches of colorful silk to packing peanuts.

04/21/2022

FRIDAY NIGHT 6PM

04/13/2022

Ending a 3 week residency on our new show Plastic: A Clown Opera.

03/16/2022

Congratulations to our very good friend Dave Brown.

Congratulations to former Patch Artistic Director Dave Brown for his Adelaide Festival Centre Walk of Fame award! A Walk of Fame star is being installed outside the Dunstan Playhouse in celebration of Dave's extensive contribution to children's theatre and the co-creation of Patch's Me & My Shadow.

03/11/2022

BWW Review: NASSIM at The Overture Center

"In this time of not only country wide, but worldwide division, Nassim brings people together with a commonality in this multi-media presentation. In his beautiful autobiographical tale, he manages to capitalize on human experiences that relates to most people. The love of a mother, the longing for home, the nostalgia of what once was, and the quest for more."

https://www.broadwayworld.com/madison/article/BWW-Review-NASSIM-at-The-Overture-Center-20220310

Nassim Soleimanpour Productions Aurora Nova

I cannot imagine the bravery of the actor in last nights performance of NASSIM. The premise is simple. One actor on stage performing a never seen script.

03/05/2022

02/25/2022

NASSIM Comes To Overture in March

https://www.broadwayworld.com/madison/article/NASSIM-Comes-To-Overture-in-March-20220224

Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour brings an audacious new theatrical experiment to Overture Center's Promenade Hall on Tuesday, March 8 through Saturday, March 12. In NASSIM, each night a different guest performer joins the playwright on stage, while the script waits unseen in a sealed box.

02/25/2022

Just did show #300 of Air Play. 76 different theaters around the globe. Thanks for the cupcakes

02/25/2022

Congratulations to Acrobuffos Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone and Todd A. Little and Flora Vassar and Mary Rose Lloyd and the whole New Victory team on Air Play Show's 300th performance today!

02/23/2022

Timeline photos

After two years and thousands of hours of development, we're just two weeks away from our Mt Gambier premiere season of Seven Little Wonders. With just over 1,500 booked to see the show over 15 performances across two weeks, we can't wait to "get it on!!"

02/23/2022

The New York Times loves Air Play...

“Something wonderful is in the air.” - New York Times. They even call us “expert clowns”. Two more weeks

02/12/2022

We're excited to be featured in the 2022 Australia-Korea Art & Technology Talk Series on 24 & 25 Feb. This two-day online talk series reveals how arts leaders, including our very own Geoff Cobham, combine art and technology in their work.

Book your free ticket here: https://bit.ly/Art-Tech-Talks

Hosted by UniSA Business & Korean Association of Arts Management and supported by the Australia-Korea Foundation.
📸 Mark Gambino, The Lighthouse

02/09/2022

Opening on Friday.

02/08/2022

02/07/2022

BWW Interview: Meet the Acrobuffos of AIR PLAY at The New Victory Theatre

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/BWW-Interview-Meet-the-Acrobuffos-of-AIR-PLAY-at-The-New-Victory-Theatre-20220207

Acrobuffos New Victory

AIR PLAY, written, created by, and starring Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone, the Acrobuffos, is set to run at the New Victory Theatre from February 11th until March 6th. It features air sculptures in collaboration with Daniel Wurtzel and direction by West Hyler. With knowing smiles and suitcases fu...

01/25/2022

Air Play | 2021-22 Season | New Victory Theater

https://www.newvictory.org/tickets-and-events/2122-live-performance-air-play/

Acrobuffos AIR PLAY returns to New Victory February 11 to March 6

Circus and science collide as the Acrobuffos transform ordinary objects into uncommon beauty and make really high art out of the very thing we breathe.

01/25/2022

https://www.mcpherson.edu/programs/theatre/season/
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
By Nassim Soleimanpour

January 28 – One night only! Mingenback Theater
McPherson College

01/23/2022

What I'm Reading: Ralph McCubbin Howell

Things I don’t know what to do with when being photographed: my face, my hands, this book.
Bill Hammond’s great. Here are some books what I read.
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts Auckland Arts Festival Auckland Theatre Company
Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival

Trick of the Light Theatre

When the playwright isn't rehearsing his new show, you'll find him reading this "haunting and delicate" art book cover to cover.

01/21/2022

On the 13th of March we offer a free license to the play
WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT by Nassim Soleimanpour to theaters around the world for FREE, so that this play will be performed and watched by actors and audiences everywhere.

After the huge success of our LET THERE BE THEATER last year, with almost 100 venues taking part all over the world, we want to repeat that event on the 13th of March every year, until it has been played in every country in the world - and we would love to have you as a partner.

In March 2020 most theaters closed their doors because of the pandemic. With the initiative "Let there be theater” we celebrate the resilience of our sector as a global community and the importance theaters play for their audience and society at large. In 2021, 92 theaters in 33 countries took part in this initiative and performed the play on the same day. We hope that in 2022 it will be even more!

A quick reminder about the play and the part you would play:

With no rehearsal, no director, a different actor each night, and a script waiting in a sealed envelope on stage, internationally acclaimed “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour, is an audacious theatrical experiment and a potent reminder of the transgressive and transformative power of theater. Nassim Soleimanpour was denied a passport in his native Iran because of his status as a conscientious objector. Unable to travel, he decided to write a play which could travel the world in his place. This makes for a unique, thrilling experience for all, as the audience joins a different performer each night on a journey into the unknown; stumbling upon the “personal and profound, riffing on the limits of liberty and exploring where theatre can take you, with or without a passport.”

For you producing this play would mean finding an actor who is willing to read and perform a script, they have never seen before, in front of a live audience. The performance can happen in any kind of venue, large or small, indoors or outdoors, whichever is permissable under local Covid restrictions. Venues will keep income they receive for the performance. We encourage producers to donate a portion of the takings to a worthy cause, to aid someone in their community in need of help. Although it also would be completely fine if that someone is the producer. The performer can be of any gender or occupation (it doesn't have to be a trained actor), but it is imperative that they do not know the play or see the script before performing it in front of an audience.

We would love for you to join us on the 13th of March 2022 and produce White Rabbit Red Rabbit at your venue. If you are interested please message us or send an email to [email protected]

Apart from the 13th of March we can also offer you a license for the play for a single show or a longer run.

If you are interested or have any questions, I would love to hear from you.

FAQ

- Can I read the play before I decide whether or not to produce it? Yes. We will send you a script upon request by email, with a disclaimer that you are not allowed to share, publish or reproduce it yourself.

- Can I perform the play myself? If you’d like to perform the show yourself, you need to find a producer, who we then send the script to, because you will not be able to receive or read it before the show.

- Do you have the play translated in my language? The play needs to be performed in the local language. We have over 30 translations available, and we will try and assist you in getting a translation in your language, should it not yet exist.

- What do you expect in return? All we require from you is to communicate with us the location of the performance and the name of the performer and to send us a stage report after, which informs us of the starting and finishing time of the performance, the number of people present and whether anything unexpected occurred during or after the performance.

- What if besides myself, someone else wants to stage the show in my neighborhood? To avoid confusion and unfair competition, we aim to license the show only to one person per town, or per city district. We aim to be transparent and try to avoid conflicting interests, but you will not be able to get an exclusive license for any larger territory for the day of March 13th.

- Can the performance be streamed online? No. We want this to be about the live theater experience. However there is one exception: should your show be threatened to get cancelled due to a sudden change in pandemic restrictions, we will allow you to put up a streamed version for your audience. This will have to be communicated with us, as certain adaptations will need to be made and we want to make sure that the streaming is live only.

- I’m not interested in producing myself, but I know someone who could be. Can I share this email? We would love if you would forward this email and share it amongst suitable producers

Aurora Nova Nassim Soleimanpour Productions

01/19/2022

The Garden Theatre Presents WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT This Month

https://www.broadwayworld.com/houston/article/The-Garden-Theatre-Presents-WHITE-RABBIT-RED-RABBIT-This-Month-20220118

RABBITS IN HOUSTON!

Nassim Soleimanpour Productions Aurora Nova

Houston's newest theatre company, The Garden Theatre, has announced its plans to bring White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour to the MATCH. The show with no sets, no costumes, no rehearsal, and no direction will run January 21-30, 2022 at Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (3400 Main St...

01/19/2022

Tröll

Blinking heck - a show we first performed on our staircase is heading to the Sydney Opera House.
Very excited to take across the ditch this April. Crossing all our fingers that the world plays ball.
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/.../Kids.../2022/troll.html#

Tröll is a lo-fi wi-fi fable about things that go bump in the night. It combines storytelling, music, and puppetry into an uncanny tale from the twitchy edges of the digital age.

01/19/2022

HoME | ZOO MUNDO

https://www.zoomundo.org/
Thaddeus Phillips, Steven Dufala, Tatiana Mallirino, Steve Ciuffo

ZOO MUNDO:
"An exhilarating spin through time and across continents"
- The Guardian

ZOO MUNDO is fantastic voyage of Live Theatrical Cinema in which 3 stories take spectators on a voyage from Ethiopia to Antarctica and eclectic points in between from the creators of the acclaimed Zoo Motel. Includes a interactive dream within a 1970´s game show, illusions, magic and miniatures. Pe...

01/15/2022

Leaving behind the Tumble Down Scum Hole

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/renting/127149320/leaving-behind-the-tumble-down-scum-hole

Trick of the Light Theatre's Hannah & Ralph are scum hole vacaters...

This central Wellington couple fill their apartment with pieces from sets and op shop treasures - and there's not a hint of Aro Valley damp.

01/11/2022

Five stars as The Pulse defies gravity and leaves audience gasping

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/theatre/exhilarating-amyl-and-the-sniffers-light-a-fire-under-sydney-fest-20211231-p59l1j.html

"Five stars as The Pulse defies gravity and leaves audience gasping" at Sydney Festival Gravity & Other Myths

It wouldn’t be summer in Sydney without the Sydney Festival, featuring a diversity of cultural events throughout January. Here our critics review the opening week’s gigs, dance and theatre.

01/07/2022

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

https://matchouston.org/events/2022/white-rabbit-red-rabbit

White Rabbit Red Rabbit in Houston

Nassim Soleimanpour Productions

White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a worldwide phenomenon that was first produced in 2011. The contemporary play is unique in that there is no set, no costumes, no rehearsal, and no director. Ten actors will take on performing the show, one at each performance. The actors do not see the script until they pe...

12/30/2021

Happy New Year.

12/21/2021

Bump in to the Australian National Maritime Museum for Sydney Festival is go! Sea of Light is set to be bigger and more magical than ever before 🐙

12/20/2021

A great opportunity to present Trick of the Light Theatre's The Griegol, an eerie, elegant wordless tale about death, love, grief and monsters.

The 2022-2023 Performing Arts Global Exchange Roster has been announced! Presenters across the U.S. are eligible for support. This year's roster features artists from Australia and New Zealand. National Endowment for the Arts New England Foundation for the Arts Arts Midwest Mid-America Arts Alliance South Arts WESTAF https://www.midatlanticarts.org/grants-programs/grants-for-organizations/-arts-global-exchange

12/17/2021

The PaperBoats US created show Gimme Please was remounted in Egypt recently as part of the Hakawy International Children’s Festival. Congrats to Megan Alrutz, Sam Provenzano, the Alliance team in Atlanta and The PaperBoats wizkid Jim Weiner for developing this partnership so successfully. International co-creation is at the heart of The PaperBoats philosophy and practice and the relationships that develop from these ventures are an absolute joy!! Yay to the folks at the Hakawy IAFC too!!!

12/15/2021

Photos from Trick of the Light Theatre's post