Something Interesting Must Happen Every 10 Seconds

Something Interesting Must Happen Every 10 Seconds

Red Bastard is a dangerous seductive comedy monster. America’s number one bouffon spreads through the audience like a big red virus, challenging everyone to play along. Red Bastard brings his show to the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in Wellington for the first time with shows on May 10 – 14.

Audiences should be prepared for anything to happen in this interactive show in which he engages the audience in raw conversation, provocations, traps, rewards and catch 22’s – encouraging risk and personal discovery.

Red Bastard demands that we be “bigger”, that we “go beyond.” He commands, “risk, and you are rewarded.” The audience finds itself changing seats, yelling, posing, singing – as he delicately leads them through a no-holds-barred show demanding to know nothing less than the existential query, “Who the hell do you think you are?”.

Red Bastard is Eric Davis. In 2011, he created the role of Allen Smithee in Cirque Du Soleil’s Resident Hollywood show, Iris. In 2010, Mr. Davis won the Golden Nose for Clown of the Year in New York. In addition, he was a Finalist for the NY Comedy Festival’s Andy Kaufman Award, and the award winning director and co-writer of The Bouffon Glass Menajoree, which was nominated, for Outstanding Director, Script, Ensemble and Production by the NY Innovative Theatre Awards. He is the co-writer and director of Kill Me Loudly: A Clown Noir. And a co-founder of the NY Clown Theatre Festival. The show has been created under the direction of Sue Morrison with continued direction by Deanna Fleysher.

"...Bizarrely hilarious...has to be seen to be believed.... he cruelly assumes we love him and want to be like him, which by the end of his set turns out to be true – a cult favorite" TIME OUT - NEW YORK

"Jaw dropping symphony of gasps and giggles…I am still tingling at the memory." - THE SCOTSMAN (UK)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D45yX3_2tvU

WELLINGTON
Dates: 10 May – 14 May, 7pm
Venue: VK’s Comedy & Blues Bar
Tickets: Full $27, Concession $22, Group $23
Bookings: http://comedyfestival.co.nz/venues/vk-s

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