HKJC PRESENTS SIMPLE GIFTS OF JOY 2023

Funny Business

HKJC PRESENTS SIMPLE GIFTS OF JOY 2023

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Circus Camp for Professionals – Master Class by Fraser Hooper the Clown

Date & Time

16 - 26 Dec, 2023 16 - 17.12.2023 I 1pm – 1:40pm & 5pm – 5:40pm
23 - 26.12.2023 I 1pm – 1:40pm & 4:30pm – 5:10pm

Location

Parade Ground

Price

Free of charge

General

The highly anticipated and internationally award-winning funny man Fraser Hooper has come all the way from the UK to Hong Kong. Wherever he goes, he shakes the local boxing scene; not exactly with his punching techniques, but his own unique way of making funny loops of jokes like a chain of punches that make the onlooking audience bend over and laugh till their stomachs hurt.

This hilarious show features a stunt duck, a human fish, eccentric dancing, and the silliest boxing match you have ever seen. So get a ringside seat for a belly aching knockout performance.

For the first time in history Boxing’s Biggest Baddy Fraser Hooper will dare to challenge all comers in a three round bout of pure comedy carnage. This is a must see for all sport and comedy fans everywhere. Get a ringside seat for a spectacular belly aching knockout performance.

Creator and performer: Fraser Hooper (UK)

 

Remarks

  • Performance Duration: 40 minutes
  • Suitable for all ages
  • Activities are subject to change without prior notice. Tai Kwun reserves the right to make the final decision regarding the arrangements.

Biography

Fraser Hooper

After a glittering career in menswear, Fraser Hooper gave it all up to follow his dream and become a clown. Thirty years on his unique brand of award winning comedy has delighted thousands of audiences in over forty countries worldwide. His shows take audience participation to a new level, his routines are hilarious, clowning classics with elements of mime and knockabout comedy that pay homage to his heroes, the great silent clowns. In New Zealand he won The Iron Chicken Award at The Bread and Circus World Buskers Festival for Best Act, Bronze at The Wuhan International Acrobatic Festival China, Best Act at The Landshut Festival Germany and in France he won Silver at Saint-Paul-Les- Dax Circus Festival and People’s Choice at The Festival International du Cirque du Val d'Oise. In the UK he regularly performed his show at the National Theatre London, the Glastonbury Festival and was an original cast member of the highly acclaimed West End variety show Slightly Fat Features.

Fraser is a popular clown tutor at Circus Schools and Theatre Festivals across the globe and throughout the 90's was the regular clown tutor at The National Centre for Circus Arts London the UK’s premier circus school.

As a theatre maker he has directed shows for clowns, street performers, actors and puppeteers across Europe, Australia, and Canada. At present there are no plans to go back to menswear.

www.fraserhooper.com