Comedians, Comedy, Physical Performers, Performers Tucker Hazell Comedians, Comedy, Physical Performers, Performers Tucker Hazell

S10 E24 AVNER EISENBERG: The Authentic Eccentric

Hailed as one of the greatest clowns of all time, Avner Eisenberg is often a featured performer in comedy, magic, clown, and theater festivals. His performances defy the barriers of language and culture, making him a global theatrical barnstormer. Avner studied with Jacques Lecoq from 1971 to 1974. Since then, he has developed a unique physical approach to comedy and acting that he teaches in workshops around the world. He has been described by New York Magazine as “a clown for the thinking man.” His show Avner the Eccentric was a hit of the 1984–85 Broadway season. He appeared again on Broadway in Ghetto and The Comedy of Errors. Avner is widely known for his scene-stealing portrayal of the holy man in the Michael Douglas film The Jewel of the Nile. Avner continues to tour his one-man show internationally and has won awards at the Edinburgh Festival, the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival, and the Festival Internacional de Pallassos in Barcelona. He won the “Snow Star” for comedy in Switzerland and the “Lachmesse” award in Germany. During the pandemic Avner has taught over three hundred students from thirty-four countries in a series of online Principles of Eccentric Performance.

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S10 E23 AMY GORDON: Amy-G Whiz

An Olivier award-winning physical comedian who has worked in theaters, films, tv, festivals, circuses, cabarets burlesque and variety shows in over 40 countries, and performed her material in 6 different languages. Forged from vaudeville stock, classical training, and an endless international tour circuit, Amy G is a deluxe weirdo extraordinaire.  Her credits include two of her own shows at Broadway's New Victory Theatre (Writer/Asst. Director/Lead in AntiGravity's Crash Test Dummies, and Daredevil Opera Company's Cirkus Inferno), Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, Adelaide International Festival, Festival International de Teatro de Bogota, Montreal's TOHU, Macau Centre for the Arts, and Taipei, Hong Kong and Okinawan Arts Festivals.  As co-director and co-star of the Daredevil Opera Company, she created and toured original pyrotechnic physical comedy shows for 6 years, doing over 600 shows in 33 different countries. In NYC, Amy’s many solo shows (Entershamement, Round She Goes, Loving Abroad, and On A Roll) have played at Joe's Pub, Dance Theatre Workshop, Symphony Space, The Deluxe at Spiegelworld, The Duplex, NY Intl Clown Theatre Festival and the Bard Spiegeltent. Internationally, she has performed solo shows in theatres around the UK including London's Hippodrome and Southbank Centre, Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe, Australia: Adelaide & Melbourne Cabaret Festivals, Ireland: Bosco Theatre, Germany: Dresden's Schaubudensommer, France: Versailles Festival de Rocquencourt, Antibes FestiFemme, Austria: Vienna's Metropol, Stadtsaal and Innsbruck's Festival of Dreams, Czech Republic: UFFO, and the Seychelles: Kempinski Resorts. She lives in Red Hook, NY with a husband but calls anyplace with keys and a bicycle (or Vespa, or rollerskates, for that matter) home.

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S10 E16 PUSH: Physical Storytellers

An award-winning physical theatre company internationally recognized as masters of physical storytelling.
Pushing the boundaries of traditional theatre and expressing what it means to be human: the joy and sorrow,
humor and tragedy, the big questions and the simple things.

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S10 E1 BRIAN KILEY: Comedy Contributor 

A two-time Emmy Award-winning comedian and writer who’s been a fixture in late-night TV for decades. He’s made multiple appearances on The Late Show with David LettermanThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and can still be seen performing regularly at comedy clubs around Los Angeles. For 27 years, Brian was a staff writer for Conan, winning an Emmy in 2007 for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy/Variety Series and getting nominated 16 times. Kiley also worked on the final season of Ellen, picking up a Daytime Emmy in 2022.

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