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PEDRO TOCHAS – THE SCULPTOR CLOWN
Show description:
Pedro Tochas is The Sculptor Clown, a Portuguese master of crowd interaction who builds silent movies before your eyes, complete with love, heroes, and villains. Witness The Sculptor Clown craft a complete story from nothing more than his imagination and a touch of help from the audience.
A visual treat for all the family that will entertain and amaze.
Duration of performance: 45/50 minutes
For more information: tochas@pedrotochas.com
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Pedro Tochas’ small Biography:
Pedro is a regular street and stage performer, a past cast member for a popular Portuguese TV comedy series and a judge for a famous TV show in Portugal. He gained his prowess through studies in physical theatre and comedy at the Celebration Barn Theater (USA) and Circomedia-Academy of Circus Arts and the Physical Theatre (UK)
Awards:
Winner of best act at Landshuts 2. Internationales StadtSpektakel 2008 (Germany)
Winner of the Adelaide International Buskers Festival 2006 (Australia)
Winner of “Best Hair” award
The 19th Halifax International Busker Festival (Canada)
Winner of “Streets of fools” award “The Biggest Fool 2003” (Norway)
Second place in the International Busking Competition
Killarney SummerFest 2003 (Ireland)
Festivals:
2024
Festival Internazionale di Arti Performative – Artisti in Piazza (Pennabilli – Italy)
Festival PicoZen (Ilha do Pico, Açores – Portugal)
Jornadas da Felicidade e Bem Estar (Pombal – Portugal)
2023
Está tudo em Festa 2023 (Almada – Portugal)
Festa das Chagas (Sesimbra – Portugal)
Bread & Circus – World Buskers Festival (Christchurch – New Zealand)
2022
Pitch’d – Circus and Street Art Festival (Cork – Ireland)
Landshuts 16. Internationales StadtSpektakel (Landshut – Germany)
2nd Spektakel Rosenheim (Rosenheim – Germany)
Latemar Montagnanimata (Pedrazzo, Dolomites – Italy)
“Em quarto Crescente” (Mangualde – Portugal)
“Cenas na Rua” XVI Festival Internacional de Teatro e Artes (Tavira – Portugal)
Caminhos da Natureza (Vila de Rei – Portugal)
Internacional StreetFest 2022 (Ashbourne – England)
Nos Serões dos Claustros (Portel – Portugal)
Kulturhuset Parksteatern Cirkus (Stockholm – Sweden)
2020
Auckland Buskers Festival (Auckland – New Zeland)
2019
FesteG (Póvoa de Santa Iria – Portugal)
Out There International Festival of Circus & Street Arts (Yarmouth – England)
FOMe (Faro – Portugal)
Busan Comedy Festival (Busan – South Korea)
A Rua é Sua (Lisbon – Portugal)
Festival Internazionale di Arti Performative 23 Edition – Artisti in Piazza (Pennabilli – Italy)
Fremantle International Street Arts Festival (Freemantle – Australia)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Melbourne – Australia)
Adelaide Fringe Festival (Adelaide – Australia)
Joondalup Festival 2019 (Joondalup – Australia)
Adelaide Fringe Festival (Adelaide – Australia)
Southland Buskers Festival (Invercargill – New Zeland)
Bread & Circus – World Buskers Festival (Christchurch – New Zeland)
2018
Landshuts 12. Internationales StadtSpektakel (Landshuts – Germany)
Port Credit Buskers (Port Credit – Canada)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Kitchener-Waterloo Comedy Festival (Kitchener and Waterloo – Canada)
Burligton Comedy Festival (Burlington – Canada)
2017
Fórum Madeira (Madeira – Portugal)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
2016
Fórum Madeira (Madeira – Portugal)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
2015
Bolton’s Food and Drink Festival 2015 (Bolton – England)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Edmonton International Street Performers Festival (Edmonton – Canada)
The 15th Annual Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival
(Grande Prairie – Canada)
Red Deer Street Performer Festival (Reed Deer – Canada)
2014
Famous Humor Fest (Lisbon – Portugal)
Landshuts 8. Internationales StadtSpektakel (Landshuts – Germany)
Festival Roulez Carros! (Carros – France)
The Durham Streets Summer Festival 2014 (Durham – England)
Bolton’s Food and Drink Festival 2014 (Bolton – England)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Kristianstad Internationell Gatuteaterfestival (Kristianstad – Sweden)
Halmstad Internationella Gatuteaterfestivalen (Halmstad – Sweden)
Landskrona Gatuteaterfestival (Landskrona – Sweden)
PASSAGE Helsingor International Gadeteaterfestival (Helsingor – Denmark)
PASSAGE Helsingborg Internationell Gatuteaterfestival (Helsingborg – Sweden)
Winnipeg International Children’s Festival (Winnipeg – Canada)
Namur en Mai (Namur – Belgium)
Al Ghurair Centre’s Dub Fest International Street Theatre and Comedy Fair (Dubai)
The Taste of Tasmania (Hobart – Australia)
2013
FESTOLA 2013 (Carregosa, Oliveira de Azeméis – Portugal)
Festival de rue de Braine l’Alleud (Braine l’Alleud – Belgium)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Stockholm Street Festival on Tour (Umea, Lund, Varberg and Trollhattan – Sweden)
Stockholm Street Festival (Stockholm – Sweden)
Escola Zheng Guaniyng (Macau)
Namur en Mai (Namur – Belgium)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Melbourne – Australia)
Hoopla Festival (Sydney – Australia)
2013 UpTown Waterloo Comedy Festival (Waterloo – Canada)
World Buskers Festival (Christchurch – New Zealand)
2012
Landshuts 6. Internationales StadtSpektakel (Landshuts – Germany)
Festas de Paço de Arcos 2012 (Paço de Arcos – Portugal)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Dundas International Buskerfest 2012 (Dundas – Canada)
Festival i (Águeda – Portugal)
Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain)
2011
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Festival of Fools ( Burlington – USA)
Stockholm Street Festival (Stockholm – Sweden)
Festas do Almonda (Torres Novas – Portugal)
Festa do Teatro 2011 (Albergaria-a-Velha – Portugal)
Dubai Street Festival (Dubai)
2nd annual Southland Buskers Festival (Invercargill – New Zealand)
World Buskers Festival (Christchurch – New Zealand)
2010
MoodIndigo 2010 (Bombay – India)
Landshuts 4. Internationales StadtSpektakel (Landshuts – Germany)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Street Performance World Championship (Dublin – Ireland)
Street Performance World Championship (Cork – Ireland)
Cest is d’Best 2010 (Zagreb – Croatia)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Melbourne – Australia)
The Dubai Festival (Dubai)
2009
Landshuts 3. Internationales StadtSpektakel (Germany)
BuskerFest (Toronto – Canada)
Goteborgs Kulturkalas (Gothenburg – Sweden)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Spraoi Festival 2009 (Ireland)
Celebrating Coventry 2009 (England)
“Street of Fools” (Porsgrunn – Norway)
Waterloo Arts Festival (Canada)
Dundas Busker Festival (Canada)
Festival City (Dubai)
2008
Variety Street at Gavle (Gavle – Sweden)
Landshuts 2. Internationales StadtSpektakel (Germany)
Shrewsbury International Street Festival (England)
Streets of Play (Durham – England)
Festival of Fools ( Burlington – USA)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh – Scotland)
Sai prá rua (Valencia – Portugal)
Brighton Fringe Street 2008 (England)
Ashbourne International Streetfest (England)
Hat Fair (Winchester – England)
20th Annual Kingston Buskers Rendezvous (Canada)
Fremantle Street Arts Festival (Australia)
Adelaide International Buskers Festival (Australia)
Adelaide Fringe Festival (Australia)
Taste of Tasmania (Tasmania – Australia)
2007
Festival Aldeias Vinhateiras (Portugal)
Variety Street at Gavle (Gavle – Sweden)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007 (Scotland)
Sai prá rua (Valencia – Portugal)
“Heisses Pflaster” – Frankenburg (Austria)
Pflasterspektakel (Linz – Austria)
Cenas na Rua (Tavira – Portugal)
Festival of Fools (Belfast – Northern Ireland)
Fremantle Street Arts Festival (Fremantle – Australia)
Nelson Buskers Festival (Nelson – New Zealand)
World Buskers Festival (Christchurch – New Zealand)
2006
18th Annual Waterloo Busker Carnival (Canada)
Windsor International Busker Festival (Canada)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland)
Street Performance World Championship (Dublin – Ireland)
Festival Sudoeste (Portugal)
Grande Prairie Festival (Canada)
Edmonton International Street Performers Festival (Canada)
Spruce Grove Festival (Canada)
Rock in Rio Lisboa (Portugal)
X Mostra Teatro (Cem Soldos – Tomar – Portugal)
Joondalup Festival (Australia)
Adelaide International Buskers Festival (Australia)
Adelaide Fringe Festival (Australia)
World Buskers Festival (Christchurch – New Zealand)
2005
Festival R!R (Portugal)
FESTIVAL Y#03 – Covilhã (Portugal)
Epilepsy Toronto BuskerFest (Canada)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland)
The 19th Halifax International Busker Festival (Canada)
Sydney Busker Festival (Canada)
St John Busker Festival (Canada)
17th Annual Kingston Buskers Rendezvous (Canada)
2004
8th Singapore Buskers’ Festival (Singapore)
Festival R!R (Portugal)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland)
11th Street Art Festival in Villach (Austria)
Pflasterspektakel (Linz – Austria)
16th Annual Kingston Buskers Rendezvous (Canada)
Imaginarius (Portugal)
Adelaide Fringe Festival (Australia)
Fringe NZ Festival (New Zealand)
2003
Festival R!R (Portugal)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland)
Killarney SummerFest (Ireland)
Porsgrunn Internasjonale Teaterfestival (Norway)
Before 2003
“Clown and Mime Extravaganza” at Motionfest in Baltimore (USA)
Festival International de Theatre de Rue in Aurillac (France)
Lieden University Festival (Holland)
Festival R!R 2002 (Portugal)
EXPO 98 (Portugal)
Cities:
Bangor (Northern Ireland)
Covent Garden – London (England)
Bristol (England)
Stockholm (Sweden)
Milan (Italy)
And everywhere in Portugal