#21 - Clowning Around with the Loveable Kiki Lovechild

Published: Jan. 12, 2015, 4:50 p.m.

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\\nThis week, Rosie was thrilled to be chatting with Kiki Lovechild. Much laughter ensued, but also chat about: Furlesque;\\n400 Year Old Art Forms; Do Your Parents Know What You Do??; 4 Year Old Clown\\nCommander; Performance Seeking Missile; Song to Silence; Classical Charts into\\nMagic; Not Traditional School; Angela de Castro; Do It Properly!; Being a\\nPerformer is Being a Business; Happy Accidents are the Best; Sweaty Accidents\\nare Better; Chance Can Give You More Ideas; Vaudeville History Holds the Key;\\nKiki the Writer!!; Disturbingly Positive; Street Performance; Audiences are\\nMysterious; Christmas Audiences are\\u2026 Different\\u2026; Giants of Negativity VS\\nMiniature Positive Incidents; Psychology Confessional; Convoluted Passages to\\nPerformance; Escapology and Children\\u2019s Parties; Balloon Model Hoover; Kiki\\u2019s\\nLobotomy Business; If Something Scares You, You Should Probably Do It (Maybe);\\nVariety of Fringes; Post-Its; Free Show Outside Kiki\\u2019s House; The Worst Show\\nBecame the Best Show; How to Respond When You Make Bad Things; Living Up To\\nExpectations; Flabby, Uninspiring Jesus; Experiencing Art Through Posters; Can\\nYou Tell If It\\u2019s Funny?; Video Your First Outing; NSFW Fan Dance Surprise;\\nVaudeville Factoid: Break A Leg; Very Superstitious; Idols Watching Your\\nFailures; You Can Accept the Applause. 
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\\nAbout Kiki
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\\nKiki is a multi-skilled silent clown. Based in London, UK, he has performed his unique routines around the United Kingdom and abroad. 
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\\nOver the years thousands have enjoyed his tried and tested routines, which draw upon his training and experience in a variety of skill-sets, including mime, physical theatre, puppetry, illusion, escapology and more. 
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\\nKiki is probably best known on the UK cabaret circuit for introducing the world to Furlesque - his quirky puppet burlesque creations. These routines have made him a regular at high profile burlesque events.
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\\nA natural performer and attention seeker, Kiki had his first regular paid performance job at the age of 8, and has polished and refined his craft a little since then. He has trained in mime with celebrated physical theatre tutor Desmond Jones, clowning with the world famous Angela de Castro, puppetry with The Little Angel Theatre and circus skills at Circus Space. While all of these have proved invaluable, nothing has taught Kiki more than years and years of experimentation in front of real world audiences. 
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\\nAfter many years of performing short cabaret routines, in 2013 Kiki launched his first hour long solo clown show. A brief preview of the show at Madame Jojos in February met with an enthusiastic audience response, and the run of the show at Brighton Fringe attracted good audiences and 5 star reviews, followed by a successful run in Grimsby. 
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