Out Of My Mime: David Barker

This show combines several movement styles into a stunning program of mime, clowning and masks. Using contemporary and classical music--as well as the occasional spoken word--Barker creates an evening of separate vignettes, ranging from slapstick comedy to satire and compelling drama. "Out Of My Mime" includes performances of "Blockhead," a mask creature inspired by the famous mask troupe Mummenschanz, in which Barker rearranges his facial expression with the help of the audience. There is also "Daydreamer," the story of a mild-mannered bookworm with a penchant for fantasy and "The Bad Hair Day," a comic look at a common daily frustration. Barker, an alumnus of the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre in New York, and founder of the Aurora Mime Theatre in Arizona, has performed his mime show throughout the United States, Mexico and Shanghai since 1977 in a variety of venues including theatres, colleges, schools, malls, parks and prisons. He has been featured in several television commercials and publications. "Out Of My Mime" is appropriate for all ages and can be performed in just about any space from a fully-equipped theatre to an open room. www.davidbarker.org

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Mime
• Pantomime
• Solo
• Show
• Theatre

[ravewyk]

Ah bacon...sadly I have so little quality footage of my mime shows. Thanks so much! No offers yet to perform in DC. But always hopeful and trying.

[deadlineguy]

Please post a clip of "Bacon" from "Out of My Mime." It's one of the most inspiring bits of stage movement I have ever witnessed. David Barker is amazing.

When is this show coming to the DC area?