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In this episode Gherkin is joined by Derique McGee and they discuss Make A Circus, Hambone, Body Precussion, and Minstralry Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode Gherkin is joined by Steve Smith, Natasha Kaluza, Jamie Coventry, Amelia Van Brunt, and Ross travis for a round table discussion of what it means to be a clown, what a clown is, hecklers, and working with directors, amongst other topics.   Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with John Gilkey about life in the Pickles, Cirque Du Soleil, Wet the Hippo and The Ididot wrkshops. You can find more of his work here:https://www.theidiothub.com Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Lorenzo Pisoni about growing up as a Pickle, Cirque Du Soleil, Acting in New York, and his upcoming Documentary Circus Kid. You can find more of her work here:http://www.lorenzopisoni.com Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with William Hall, co-founder of BATS Improv and Fratelli Bologna, about the importance of improv, commedia, mask work, and acting while clown. You can find more of his work here:http://www.improvgames.com/ and http://www.fratellibologna.com/ Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Helen Donnelly, an award-winning professional theatrical, circus and therapeutic clown artist about Cirque Du Soleil and Hospital Clowning in Canada. You can find more of her work here:http://www.helendonnelly.com/ Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Josh Routh, about his career as a professiona clown starting at the age of 12, up through today where he runs a remarkably successful entertainment business with his wife. You can find more of his work here: http://www.circuskaput.com/ Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Slater Penny, about his career, winning an emmy, the Submarine show and taking his show to the Edinburg Fringe. You can find more of his work here: http://www.submarineshow.com Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with David Melendy, about his time with Circus Monti, The Dimitiri School, and being an American clown working in Europe. You can find more about David and his group at lesdiptik.com Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Jill Vice, about her life, career, Improvisation and touring a one woman show. Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Snatch Adams, Clown and Burlesque Dancer about her life, career and the places where clown and burlesque overlap.  Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Jamie Coventry of the Duo Coventry and Kaluza, Sweet Can, Circus Bella, the New Pickle Circus, and the band Tin Sandwich, on music, clown life and partnering. Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this Episode we speak with the amazing Steve Smith, Clown, Proudcer, Director, past dean of the Ringling Clown College, and Director of Big Apple Circus, and many other shows.   Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode we talk with the amazing Christina Lewis, career clown and educator who directs San Francisco's oldest clown school, and has done so for 15 years. You can find more about her work at www.clownschoolsf.org   Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we talk to Auteur, Playwright, Mime, Clown, Buffoon, and Acrobat Ross Travis, about his career, his education, political satire, and his new show Bucko Whaleman.   Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

Dan Griffiths of Clown Lab and Clown Zero medical clowning, talks about his career, West Coast clowning, and the Influence of German Expressionism on his work.    Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In this, the second episode of our conversations with clowns, we speak to Natash Kaluza, of Coventry and Kaluza, Sweet Can Circus, and Circus Bella, about her life, career, and clowning from the heart.   Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com

In the first episode of Ridiculous:Life of a Clown, we speak with Jeff Raz, Star of Cirque du Soleil, The Pickle Family Circus, The New Pickle Circus, Founder of the Medical Clown Project in San Francisco, and the Clown Conservatory at San Francisco Circus Center, and Author of "The Secret Life of Clowns" available for purchase now at www.secretlifeofclowns.com.   Please check out our Patreon to help support the show, and our website, Picklewater Industries, to find more of our offerings!   Theme Music by Kevin McCloud of incompotech.com