Flamebuoyant Productions
- Portland, OR
- Circus Entertainment
- 11 Verified Bookings
Christine D. said “She arrived on time and very prepared. She entertained the crowd with age groups spanning from 6 years old to 60! Very professional! Thank you!”
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Brendan Ramsden: Costumed Character-Actor/Physical Comedian/Acrobatic Dancer/Mime/Juggler/ Stilt-Walker/Tarot Card Reader/Variety Performer/Clown. 25 yrs. working in the San Francisco-based industry. Energetic. Focused. Original. Professional. I supply everything necessary.
Jester was great in entertaining kids.
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 60 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
Playfulness, Originality Professionalism. The primary focus and unification of my many years of training in acting, clown, buffoon, mime, topeng, butoh, yoga, paratheater and dance has been physical theater and physical comedy. So, apart from whatever fanciful, kooky or specified character-costuming I'll be wearing, you will see exaggerated, focused and stylized vocalization and movement expressed toward bringing that character to larger-than-life animation. As an interpretational performer I take being a rock, a flower, an animal or a historic person/fictional character very seriously. So if I'm meant to be playing Sherlock Holmes, you will see an equal attention to detail of his mannerism, walk, accent, poise, attitude and intentions. "A thing is a thing, not what is said about that thing." So, to be a flower, do only as the flower would do. Moment by moment, the simplicity of blowing lightly in the wind accounts for the flower's substance, indeed, it's very meaning. Sherlock Holmes gets done thoroughly and convincingly.
Brendan Ramsden: I am a character-actor/impersonator and circus-variety performer and have been in the entertainment industry for 25 years. I am also an actor, director, dancer, choreographer, physical comedian/clown, play write & teacher specializing in radical clowning, ritual-technology and movement-based awareness practices. In the San Francisco Bay Area I was a professional character actor with Skyana Entertainment, Cast of Thousands, Velocity Circus & others. In the last twenty years I have studied and performed with Monterey Peninsula College Drama(acting), Umo Ensemble(buffoon), Julie Oak’s Real Play (improv. theater), Hiroko Tamano (butoh), Nita Little’s Mind in Motion(dance-theater), Mir & a Company(dance-theater), The Labyrinth Project(acting), Ana Halprin(dance), ParaTheatrical ReSearch (paratheater), Fu Fu Ha!(troupe), The Shamanic Cheerleaders(troupe), Flying Actor’s Studio(clown & mime), The Burly Sisters(troupe), Diego Pinon’s Butoh Mexicano (butoh), PAN (improv. theater) & Pacific Repertory Theater(acting). I was a clown for The SF Buffoons(troupe), Clown Conspiracy(troupe), The Mystic Family Circus and Xeno (industrial circus)in San Francisco. I have created & directed the troupes: N’ensemble, Clown Bootcamp, The- What Is Erotic?- cabaret/fundraiser (Santa Cruz), The- Pre-Destrians(Santa Cruz), GroundSWELL (Oakland) & The Jester Terrestrials (in India). In Bali, I trained in Topeng, their masked, cultural story telling tradition. I hold a BFA in visual & performing arts from the San Francisco Art Institute. I am currently performing, creating and leading radical-clowning and movement-based awareness workshops in Portland Oregon.
I work under any conditions except heavy rain. I also like having the lighting technicians throw colors my way.
Sesame Street. The Muppet Show. Charlie Chaplin. Buster Keaton. David Bowie. The Blue Man Tube. Lucille Ball. The Marx Brothers. San Francisco Mime Troupe. Mump and Smoot. Laurel and Hardy. Avner The Eccentric. Many Cirque du Soleil actors and clowns. Daffy Duck and Duck Dodgers.
If my costuming is complicated, a dressing room or private area.
If my costuming is extensive, a dressing room or private area.
If I'm going to be on my stilts, a table with a chair on top of it helps a lot.
Christine D. said “She arrived on time and very prepared. She entertained the crowd with age groups spanning from 6 years old to 60! Very professional! Thank you!”
Courtney D. said “I hired Dr. Delusions to perform at my son's 6th birthday party. He was very professional from the start, responding to my inquiries and emails quickly…”
Stacy H. said “I had a Havana house party with over 80 guests. These guys were very entertaining to watch. A lot of ooohs & aaaaahs. I had the fire eating too! We…”
Tara J. said “Holly is fabulous! Direct yet compassionate, excellent communication and listening skills and she is very accurate! I highly recommend her!”