The Flying Karamazov Brothers
From: Thursday, 9th June 2011
To: Saturday, 20 August 2011
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Synopsis
Take four entertainers who are musicians, comedians, acrobats, dancers, jugglers and philosophers. Add kilts, moustaches, musical instruments, two thousand cardboard boxes, tutus, topical satire and the ability to juggle anything. Who are they? The Flying Karamazov Brothers. They don't fly, they're not Russian and they’re not brothers. But they are the 'funniest, most thought-provoking, kilt-wearing, clever idiots in town.'
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 21 June 2011
Some things, however good, are just past their sell-by date, and those famed hippie jugglers, the Flying Karamazov Brothers, seem locked in a time warp of 1970s street performers, musical interludes with trumpets and cornets and lukewarm audience participation.
Their vaudeville at the Vaudeville is quite trying in the backchat department (“Are you laughing with me or at me?” “At you.” “Gesundheit”) and takes time to warm up. But a sequence of Indian club juggling as a jazz quartet with inbuilt recovery of dropped clubs and technical advice is absolutely mesmerising.
Founder and director Paul Magid is still the leader, and he still sports a bushy ponytail and moustache. He and his confreres first came here in 1981, to the old May Fair, visited the Edinburgh Festival in 1987 and were last seen in London seventeen years ago at the Criterion.
The act hasn’t changed much. The set is a pile of cardboard boxes which they em...
Latest User Review
Racen Baine - 28 June 2011:
Minetta Theater made a big mistake. We love this show. This summer they will try a silly "West Texas " Play. Jeez. ...
Cast
Mark Ettinger (Alexi)
Rod Kimball (Pavel)
Paul Magid (Dmitri)
Stephen Bent (Zossima)
Creative
Paul Magid (Author)
Jeremy Meadow (Producer)
Paul Magid (Director)
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