Ramshacklicious

Mr Burn

Anarchic, solo, musical, clown disaster show

Meet Sandy Burns - the warm up guy. And Mr Burns - the big guy. An explosive, chaotic, offbeat Vegas double act with a touch of disaster about them

A man in an electric blue suit holds a small, puppet version of himself on a plinth. Both the man and the puppet have microphones on stands.

A large audience watch a man in an electric blue suit. He dances inside a circular playing space, in a sunny town square.

A man in an electric blue suit and pink shirt clutches a squashed banana in one hand. His mouth is open in a joyful shout. He stands in front of a metal palm tree, surrounded by various instruments and microphones.

A family grab tortilla chips from the rim of a proffered bolero hat.

A large audience watch a man lying on his back. He has no trousers on and the floor around him is strewn with mess. A small fire burns by a speaker.

A crowd watch a man in a pink, ruffle-fronted shirt break a colourful pinnata above his head. Sweets explode from its body.

A man in an electric blue suit embellished with a treble clef and white cowboy boots, stands with one foot resting on a stool. He plays a baritone ukulele and sings.

A man in an electric blue suit stands on an empty street and blows into a tuba. The huge brass instrument covers his upper body and his cheeks puff out with the effort.

A man in a pink shirt and embellished jacket reels back from a cigar he is holding. Red flames erupt from its end, whilst a smiling audience watch.

A man with slicked hair and suave electric blue suit holds a bass ukulele and poses on a street. Clustered around him is an assortment of instruments and microphones, whilst above, a metal palm tree opens its fronds to the sky.

Creating an anarchic world of surprises where anything can and will go wrong!

Built around an oddly comic, musical world played and looped live on trombone, tuba, baritone uke and electronic drums. Into this mix add clowning, puppetry, fire and pyrotechnics. Originally created in 2017 and still going strong. Mr Burn has toured to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and also ventured into Europe - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Holland, Germany & Poland

Mr Burn can be presented in many different settings - town centres, street festivals, music & green field festivals and cabarets and is suitable for family audiences.

Project Credits

Co-created by Jack Stoddart & Flick Ferdinando

Performer/Musical director/Producer - Jack Stoddart
Director - Flick Ferdinando
Set design/construction - Martin West
Additional set fabrication - Colin Eales
Costume design/set dressing -Tomasin Cuthbert
Puppet design/creation - Pickled Image
Fire/pyro design consultation - And Now
Pyro firing system - Martin King
Produced by Ramshacklicious

Visual content creation
Photos - Paul Blakemore
Video - Garth Williams

Funded by Arts Council England
Co-commissioned by Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts & Glastonbury Festival
Created at 101 outdoor arts creation space

Creating an anarchic world of surprises where anything can and will go wrong!

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