My Name is SUMIKO
Fringe @ What Lab (1814 Pandora St.)
60 minutes
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Sept. 5th - 6:45pm *1/2 price
Sept. 7th - 5:00pm
Sept. 8th - 8:30pm
Sept. 11th - 6:45pm
Sept. 12th - 8:30pm
Sept.14th - 3:15pm
Sept. 15th - 8:30pm
My Name is SUMIKO a new clown performance created by New(to)Town Collective premiering at the Vancouver Fringe Festival! My Name is SUMIKO interweaves clown turns, J-Pop tunes, and Japanese variety show games into an unstoppably zany, East-meets-West comic experience. Sumiko invites the audience into her dark, twisted, and magical world where she meets Death, falls in Love, and battles her inner demons. My Name is SUMIKO is a delightful exorcism of our deepest fears, shame, and taboos.
Fringe @ What Lab (1814 Pandora St.)
60 minutes
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Sept. 5th - 6:45pm *1/2 price
Sept. 7th - 5:00pm
Sept. 8th - 8:30pm
Sept. 11th - 6:45pm
Sept. 12th - 8:30pm
Sept.14th - 3:15pm
Sept. 15th - 8:30pm
My Name is SUMIKO a new clown performance created by New(to)Town Collective premiering at the Vancouver Fringe Festival! My Name is SUMIKO interweaves clown turns, J-Pop tunes, and Japanese variety show games into an unstoppably zany, East-meets-West comic experience. Sumiko invites the audience into her dark, twisted, and magical world where she meets Death, falls in Love, and battles her inner demons. My Name is SUMIKO is a delightful exorcism of our deepest fears, shame, and taboos.
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Zero Heroes at Vines Art Festival
6 PM - 6:30PM David Lam Park The Zero Squad is an unlikely group of heroes that believe they can save the planet and bring emissions down to 0%. By day they are Eco-Heroes but by night they are just ordinary people struggling to reconcile their own relationship to the climate crisis. Part confessional, part open debate, and all clowning, this performance explores the complexities and hypocrisies of trying to live sustainably in the current climate crisis. We ask ourselves and the audience, “when are you an Eco-Hero and when are you an Eco-Villain? What’s your personal battle? Day of the show, audiences are welcome to contribute at any time their anonymous “Green Triumph” and/or “Eco-Shame” to the show’s backdrop installation. |
Aug. 15, 2019
6pm - 9pm Trout Lake
By donation (suggested $10 - 15)
In this Training Jam you will:
• Learn how to engage a public audience through improvisation;
• Learn how to gather a crowd;
• Experiment with different characters in a public space;
• Work with a group to create a clown romp!
Join this Training Jam and you will be invited to perform with New(to)Town Collective in the Clown Parade at The 5th Annual Vines Art Festival on August 17th from 1pm - 1:30pm at Trout Lake! This is your opportunity to apply the skills you have gained at the Training Jam and perform at the Vines Festival!
Bring yourself and an open mind. Bring water and clothes you can move in and fun costumes to play with!
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Regardless of your experience level, artist or non-artist, there’s always room to hone your craft. Training Jams offer space for exploration, curiosity, and connection to community. This class will focus on “Embodied Awareness,” playing with exercises, and utilizing one’s awareness in relation to performance and daily life.
6pm - 9pm Trout Lake
By donation (suggested $10 - 15)
In this Training Jam you will:
• Learn how to engage a public audience through improvisation;
• Learn how to gather a crowd;
• Experiment with different characters in a public space;
• Work with a group to create a clown romp!
Join this Training Jam and you will be invited to perform with New(to)Town Collective in the Clown Parade at The 5th Annual Vines Art Festival on August 17th from 1pm - 1:30pm at Trout Lake! This is your opportunity to apply the skills you have gained at the Training Jam and perform at the Vines Festival!
Bring yourself and an open mind. Bring water and clothes you can move in and fun costumes to play with!
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Regardless of your experience level, artist or non-artist, there’s always room to hone your craft. Training Jams offer space for exploration, curiosity, and connection to community. This class will focus on “Embodied Awareness,” playing with exercises, and utilizing one’s awareness in relation to performance and daily life.
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My Name is SUMIKO by New(to)Town Collective
Fringe @ What Lab (1814 Pandora St.) 60 minutes TICKETS COMING SOON. Sept. 5th - 6:45pm *1/2 price Sept. 7th - 5:00pm Sept. 8th - 8:30pm Sept. 11th - 6:45pm Sept. 12th - 8:30pm Sept.14th - 3:15pm Sept. 15th - 8:30pm My Name is SUMIKO a new clown performance created by New(to)Town Collective premiering at the Vancouver Fringe Festival! My Name is SUMIKO interweaves clown turns, J-Pop tunes, and Japanese variety show games into an unstoppably zany, East-meets-West comic experience. Sumiko invites the audience into her dark, twisted, and magical world where she meets Death, falls in Love, and battles her inner demons. My Name is SUMIKO is a delightful exorcism of our deepest fears, shame, and taboos. Who is SUMIKO? Sumiko is an unabashed, hyper-kawaii, J-Pop wannabe bouffon character created and performed by June Fukumura. Sumiko is an assemblage of all of the “taboo” parts of June's identity as a second generation Nikkei (Japanese-Canadian) woman. Sumiko is extremely kawaii (cute/innocent), unabashedly sexual, commands attention, speaks with a thick Japanese accent, and she is overly proud of being Japanese. She is a larger-than-life manga character come to life. Sumiko has been described by an audience member as ‘a cute, fuzzy plush toy with razor sharp claws. She lives in the tension between the innocent and experienced; ingénue and trickster; kawaii and grotesque; light and dark; sacred and profane. She is a character which defies all expectation of the stereotypical Japanese icon’. Created with support from What Lab's Summer Residency http://whatlab.ca/summer-2019-artists Media design by Chris Stache |
