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MissingLinkProductions Newsletter Febuary 2004...
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Welcome to the February Missing Link Newsletter. I hope you have
been wrapping up warm during the cold spell (or not getting too
hot for those of you in Oz).
What a busy month January was! There was not a moment’s pause
between Xmas before we were straight into the launch party for Cirque
du Soliel's new show which was held at the Natural History Museum.
Guests were greeted by the gorgeous statues of Anonymous
and the sumptuous peacocks of Bolli
Darling and entertained with fire and stilts from The
Wrong Size . We also had Eye Kandi's models as an artist’s
body-painted canvasses. Thank you to all the performers for working
so hard and to Jo and Maria for being such trusting and calm event
organisers.
Days after that I went off to work at the Auto Expo in Delhi with
Feeding the Fish
- more details of this to follow.
Upon my return from India we were straight into the Events Show
at Olympia. It was really good to meet so many of you I have typed
to over the years! A huge thank you to all our performers who worked
so very hard for us at the show. We had fantastic stage shows from
contortionists Daniela
Zocchi and Delia
du Sol and their double act 'Jewel', our very own Diva
of magic Romany
and her cabaret magic show as well as one of our favourite street
performers, innovative portrait icon artist Jon
Hicks. Cyberstein
the giant robot was the talk of the show and Balloonatic's
large-scale carnival style balloon model costumes were also a big
hit. We had wallkabout appearances from a host of colourful characters.
One of my personal favourite stilt characters, Bridie the Irish
tea lady from Rin Tin
Tin who wooed all the gents at the show, as did Aerial
Roots' Moulin Rouge stilt ladies and Larkin'
About's stilt ballroom dancers. Los
Kaos showcased their brand new animatronic baby stilt
creature to go with their other beasties,
(T)hat Juggler charmed the event and Comic
Character Creations Company 'World Record Attempt at
Apathy', 'Ugly Tarts', 'Rich Beggars' and 'Tart and Vicar' caused
a stir. Caricatures
Galore's Sarah Bailey did fantastic pictures of visitors
and stall holders alike and caricaturist Andy
Davey did some fantastic comic depictions of people
- especially our very own much missed Luisa - it was nice to have
you back for the day lass. . The Complimentary
Compliments Service were flattering people left right
and centre, Still Living
Statues were shocking people with their beautifully
statuesque and lifelike human statues, juggler Sam
Veale was pleasing the crowds with his football juggling.
A real hit of the event was Creature
Feature's Gorillas who I had lots of fun playing with.
Kameylan
was there with her stilt walking naughtiness, Anonymous
and their beautiful statue and walkabout costumes graced our stand,
as did the beauty of Rob
Horsman's crystal ball manipulation.
An extra special thank you goes out to Magic
Matt, our favourite magician and pickpocket who worked
his wee socks off. Thanks you also to juggler Owen
Reynolds and our fantastic designer and video man Howie
Bailey.
Howie has made a gorgeous job of our new brochure, which is out
now. Please feel free to request a copy by clicking here.
And a different sort of congratulations to Lucy in the Sky, Claredeloon
and Bureau of Silly Ideas
for all having happy healthy babies! We in the office wish you all
lots of happiness and long nights sleep.
One last note for performers for this month - if your prices have
gone up for the new year please could you let us know now and then
we can be a little bit ahead of the game instead of waiting until
the enquiries come in. Many thanks.
And finally an apology to all of you who replied to the last newsletter
- for some reason we got none of the usual responses back from the
last newsletter - no bouncers, no unsubscribers, no comments, no
emails what so ever - so please accept our apologies and resend
any mail you may have tried to send through to the usual address
info@circusperformers.com.
Featured of the Month
This month's featured performers have a reputation as being some
of the nicest people in the business, easy to work with on every
job, stunning performers and simply lovely people as well as our
new cover stars - the wonderful Heir
of Insanity.
Heir of Insanity
have given a lot of love and support to Missing Link over the years
when she was fresh faced and just out of circus school and I remember
on a very personal level that the first booking I ever made for
them marked what I considered to be the first realisation that I
was actually really running my own business.
Heir of Insanity
have taken a lot more of a playful twist over the last year or so,
branching out into walkabout and creating some really funny new
shows. The gorgeous flirt-about bouncy stilt half-man (or lass)
half-goat characters are the new face of Missing Link and are on
the front of our new brochure.
They have the fantastic wood nymph and stilt tree walkabout entitled
"Treeo" who clamber around hiding and springing out and
adding that natural element to every event and making outdoor events
that extra bit magical.
They have a very innovative doubles hoop routine called "So..."
and are just about to be out and about with a brand new doubles
trapeze routine.
Heir of Insanity
are most well known for their balletic balancing act "Breathe"
which is a real treat to the eye and was a real hit when we worked
at WOMAD last year. They can perform their acrobalance on a revolving
podium emerging from an inflatable flower - a real treat for any
event.
And last but not least they have their large-scale dome rig show
which combines all their skills on a fantastic outdoor rig with
large scale inflatable - and I can honestly say I have not laughed
so much at an outdoor show for a long time.
Sound like I am selling them hard? It is because I love working
with them, they are a pleasure to deal with in everything from initial
phone enquiries to general rigging questions and I have never had
anything other then immaculate feedback from clients who have booked
them.
Website
With all my gallivanting there has not been time to add much to
the website this month, though there are lots of new pictures.
Los Kaos
have some new pictures of their stilt creatures added to their page.
Juggler and fire performer Browner
has a new picture on his page.
Stilt wardrobe extraordinaire Curious
Company have lost of new pictures of their page of
the website. My favourite being the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland
sitting on his mushroom!
The fantastic old time vaudeville jugglers Curious
Eyebrows have a new picture added to their listing.
Balloon modelling innovators Balloonatic's
have some new pictures on their page on the site not only of their
creations but also of some of the caricatures they make out of balloons
of guests at parties.
And finally we have at last added our very hard workers the Comic
Character Creations Company with their walkabout characters
for every event, they proved their own popularity by being such
a hit at the Events Show.
Gig of the Month
Gig of the month quite obviously has to be the absolute joy of working
with Showspace at the Auto Expo in Delhi this month. The performers
were treated with the utmost respect and the crowds coming to watch
the shows were phenomenal. Thank you to Feeding
the Fish for making the show such a success for TVS and to Hari and Bhaskar
for being such a joy to work with. If all my jobs made me smile
as much as this one I would be one very, very happy lady.
Quote of the Month
Said with a smile from everyone and anyone whenever the slightest
thing did not go according to plan in India:
"Ah well, next lifetime."
Enjoy your February's
Warmest Regards
Anna
MissingLinkProductions
ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTIONS
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