Fritz Grobe is half of EepyBird, best known for their viral videos featuring the explosive combination of Coke and Mentos that have been seen over 100 million times. He has appeared on Letterman, the Today Show, Ellen, and Mythbusters, and performed live in London, Paris, Istanbul, Las Vegas, and more. Since 1991, Fritz has also toured internationally as a juggler and eccentric performer. He has won 5 gold medals at the International Jugglers Championships and held a world record for juggling way too many objects. Fritz was a lead actor and featured solo clown in the original cast of Birdhouse Factory, a touring Cirque du Soleil spinoff. He likes pancakes. www.eepybird.com
Fall Show in Hardwick
Friday October 4, 2013 @ 8pm AND
Saturday October 5, 2013 @ 1pm & 8pm.
VV Awarded Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council
We just received word that we were awarded a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council! This grant will make possible a Winter Vermont Vaudeville tour throughout the state. Yaaahoooo! Look for tour dates and venues this fall. And if you’d like to bring Vermont Vaudeville to your town, let us know.
Guest Performer Additions
After we printed the poster we got some great news!
- The incredible Eric Bates (Circus Smirkus Alumnus currently touring the world with Seven Fingers) will make a guest appearance Friday & Saturday night!
- Vermont clown, teacher, director, Shakespearean (and much more) Peter Gould will join the show Friday (May 10th) night!
- Wacky Chad, out of Boston, will be at the show with his extreme pogo stick stunts, but ONLY Saturday night (May 11th).
Clip of Eric Bates in Sequence 8
THE SPRING SHOW @ The Hardwick Town House
Friday May 10th & Saturday May 11th, 2013 @ 8pm
Noah Nielsen
Noah lives in Montpelier, Vermont and will tour with the Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour this summer for his 4th year. He attended Smirkus Summer Camp for 3 years prior to being selected as a Big Top trouper. Specializing in diabolo and object manipulation, Noah has also performed Chinese pole, wall tramp, acrobatics, hoop diving, and unicycling under the big top lights. Noah will receive his Certificate in Sustainable Building & Design from Yestermorrow Design/Build School in May and will graduate from Montpelier High School in June. He has been admitted to École Nationale de Cirque in Montreal where he will train for a professional circus career and pursue a degree in Circus Studies beginning in August.
Wacky Chad Promo Clip – 40 seconds
A promo clip from Wacky Chad, one of our guest performers for the show at the Hardwick Town House. Absolutely wild stunt comedy! Chad will be in the Saturday, May 11th show only.
Sarah Olmsted Thomas and Alex Vernon
Sarah and Alex have been making original movement and puppetry pieces together since 2010. Long before they met, Alex was a fire-breather and knife juggler at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival and Sarah was a clown at Le Samovar, Ecole de Clowns, in Paris. In recent years they have performed at the Kennedy Center, the Shakespeare Theater Company, Black Cherry Puppet Theater, D.C.’s Clown Cabaret, and even the White House. They are also company members of Happenstance Theater, with whom they devise original, full-length productions. They are thrilled to be joining Vermont Vaudeville this spring!
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We bring community-centered, live entertainment to the theater spaces of Vermont and beyond. Our all-ages shows feature local talent and world-touring professionals performing circus, comedy, magic, puppetry, music and more. Every show is different, admission is by suggested donation, and anyone is welcome!