Joel Salom's Gadgets
Tour Producers
The irrepressible Joel Salom is an outstanding all-round comic, whether as a skillfully inept acrobat or artfully off-colour juggler … popping ping pong balls out of his mouth, flinging clubs impossibly fast … playing electronic percussion with bounced balls and executing an hilarious reversal on the old dropped-pants shtick. He’s also the genius behind the show’s other stand-up comic, a blithely satiric little robot dog named Erik.
Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, 07
Gadgets is non-stop entertainment! Join Joel Salom for an exciting rollercoaster ride through his world of technology with spectacular laser triggering, rhythm juggling and circus tricks that pulsate with energy.
High-tech, dazzling and hilarious, Gadgets combines circus feats and beats with Joel’s musical sidekicks, Marko Simec and Jim Dunlop creating a bizarre mix of pop to jazz fused with gypsy swing, sparking moments of hilarious improvisation and audience participation.
You’ll also meet Erik the Dog – a sharp, irreverent, smooth talking, remote controlled tin terrier with attitude! He brings the audience to their paws with his antics.
A mad mix of music, juggling and technology, Gadgets is fast, furious and completely kooky. Think moments of loud crashing music, maniacal laughing and fire, and you get the picture.
Adelaide Advertiser
The wittiest member of the crew is Erik the Dog, a remote-controlled tin terrier who rolls around the stage, chats up the front row and extols the joys of sniffing all my friends bums. Predictably, the kids squeal, the parents groan and the critics quietly shut their notebooks.
Time Out, New York, 04
Gadgets has performed at the Hoopla Circus and Acrobatic Festival and Glen Street Theatre (Sydney, Australia) Woodford Folk Festival and at the Taranaki Arts Festival (New Zealand). In 2008 the company embarked on an epic 4 month, nationwide tour supported by Playing Australia and Gadgets has toured internationally to the Keo-Chang International Theatre Festival (Korea), Festival O Gesto Orelhudo and Sai Pra Rua (Portugal), Karavaan, Cheese Market, Venlo Veerasst and Limburg Festivals (Holland), Kulturufer Festival, Friedrichshafen and Berlin Lacht Festival(Germany) and La Plage des Six Pompes/Buskers Bern (Switzerland).
Video Footage
Street Theatre Promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyP81_d5xOI
Theatre Show Promo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KRP8sk_f4
The Company
Joel Salom is an experienced, diverse and charismatic performer who is simultaneously a comic, rapper, juggler, gadget man and MC Extraordinaire. Joel has invented, for Gadgets, the JAMIDI system - a juggling activated musical instrument with a digital interface, triggering samples of beats, bass lines, voice and laser animations.
Jim Dunlop has toured the world with Circus Oz for the last four years showcasing his talent of blending character comedy and music. He has performed with an exciting mix of theatrical bands, mainly in the world of cabaret, and has produced his own big musical acts, including Butt Funky.
Marko Simec is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer. Marko has toured with diverse companies from Circus Monoxide and Plasticien Volante (France) to performing with live bands Wicked Beat Sound System and notorious gypsy funk band Waiting for Guinness. He regularly collaborates with film, theatre companies and the advertising sector.
Awards
Special Panel Award for Innovation - 2008 APACA Drover Awards
Contact
marguerite@mpproductions.com.au
On Tour
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Technical Requirements
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Photography by Jimmy Malecki