Comedic Daredevil
The moment The Checkerboard Guy hits the stage he makes a point of breaking the fourth wall that so often separates audience and performer.
The playful nature of the show often starts with an unexpected interaction before the show even begins. Who is this unconventional usher helping you find your seat and why is he making me laugh before I’ve even sat down?
Be it deftly manipulating balls, clubs, axes, machetes and even stinky shoes, or riding a giraffe unicycle, or making balloon origami that will have you questioning the laws of physics, no matter what the skill that forms the basis of the play, audiences are immersed in an interactive arena that blurs the line between skill based comedy performance and game show, one in which the entire audience is invited to be a contestant.
Part Muppet, part stand-up comedian, part skillful circus performer, part live action cartoon character, the Checkerboard Guy is the architect of guffaws.
A Comedic veteran who has performed for a multitude of festivals, fairs, cruise ships, theatres, corporate clients, community & international events.
The world of imagination spun by this mischievous instigator is one part inspired insanity, one part interactive game, one part skillful demonstration, and one hundred percent infectious fun.
Unexpected enthusiasm and engagement. That’s what’ll stop you in your tracks as you walk up to one of The Checkerboard Guy’s performances, that and wanting to find out what everyone else is laughing so much about.
There’s an anticipation, a palpable ‘what’s going to happen next’ in every aspect of how this comic daredevil delivers his material and this suspense drives a curiosity that audiences around the world have been drawn to for over three decades.
Three completely different comic daredevil finales provide an immense diversity of performance options. Be it juggling dangerous objects atop a giraffe unicycle, manipulating flaming torches while standing on a slack rope or executing daredevil jumps on a motor scooter, the objective is always the same – Laughter.
It’s a knock down, roll around, bust a gut sort of spectacle that’ll leave audiences young and old clamouring for more and walking away repeating their favourite parts from the show over and over again.
