PERSONAL PROFILE:
I work as an artistic circus director and producer for circus and theatre, and am co-founder producer/director of Bassline Circus.

I also run a successful entertainment agency “Entertainers Unlimited”.

I provide shows, workshops and children’s parties around Britain and Europe. My specialist acts include acrobalance, fire shows, illusion acts, magic, children’s entertainment and stilt shows.

I also work professionally as a TV/Film child wrangler, assisting child cast members in acting well to camera.

CIRCUS PERFORMER:
Skills include: Acrobalance, Capoeira, tumbling, trampolining, stilt walking, ladder walking, angle grinding.

Mime/Physical theatre: Clown, physical theatre, mime artist, ring mistress, compare, story telling.

Fire manipulation: Fire chains, swinging clubs, fire skipping rope, rope poi, staff, fire eating/breathing and fakir.

Family entertainment skills: Juggling, magic show, balloon modelling, face painting, clowning.

Production: I currently work for the production company “Loki Ltd” as a second assistant director. Recent work includes the Sony ‘Eye Toy’ commercials.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Bassline Circus: Director of shows incorporating multimedia such as circus, DJ’s, VJ’s, and lighting. This being for site specific shows for Bassline circus in the UK, Poland and Spain.

Circus Rapscalion: Designed, choreographed and directed their 2004 show.

Walt Disney: Various shows for Disney Special Events.

BBC Television: Children’s Fimbles parties.

The Ministry of Fun: Numerous character-based guerrilla marketing campaigns and entertainment events.

Meridian Television: Acrobalance “Bubble and Squeak” show.

Global Gathering: “Bubble and Squeak” show, fire, angle and stilt walking.

Glastonbury Festival: Acrobalance, “Bubble and Squeak” in the circus big top.

Mipanas Festival: (Barcelona) Designer of their circus show.

Brighton Festival: Acrobalance “Bubble and Squeak” show.

Betty Banana: Children’s Christmas show in over fifty schools in London.

Robodock: (Holland) Angle grinding and fire with Convoy Exceptional.

Circus Ricardo: (4 years!) Show incorporating fire and tumbling. Also clown, ring-mistress, and worked as the sound engineer. Worked in all areas of general circus management.

No Fit State Circus: Performed on the ‘Immortal 1’ show - acrobalance, capoeira, fire, dance and physical theatre.

COURSES AND SCHOOLS:
Circelation directorial course with Sue Broadway/ Polichinello Acrobatic Circus

The Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre

International Workshop Burlesque Course

The Ministry of Fun University of Street Theatre

Clown tuition: Angela De Castro, Circelation - Avner the Eccentric, Mick Barnfarther (Theatre de Complicite) and Gerry Flannagan.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Full driving licence to 7.5 tonnes, own lorry. Sound engineer and DJ. Experienced in tent erection, LX, and Pyrotechnics. I enjoy travelling and new challenges. Qualified first aider.

REFERENCE
Andy Boughtflower
The Ministry of Fun (Unit 1 Suffolk Studios, 127/129 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 IPP)
Tel:0207 407 6077. E-mail andy@ministryoffun.net