HARRY LA VANDER

Q: What does tap dancing on still, the musical saw, ventriloquism, mime, magic and a straight jacket have in commn? A: Nothing! Except when performed in one show by the zany Harry La Vander The show is a journey of visual slide splitting comedy. stilts Opening the show with some explosive tap-dancing on stilts. Choreographed to thrill the audience heightening their sense of expectation. Mime and magic Illusions and comedy created beyond words. Hilarious sight gags.

Impersonations sleight of body, sleight of hand, and situation comedy. Music From the musical saw recital to the charted musical score the performance has a feel of a full variety show. Ventriloquism Throwing his voice and just about everything else in this unique version of the worlds oldest artforrns.

Escapology Dislocating body parts is a theme throughout the show and especially necessary to escape a strai@acket in this hilarious comedy routine. Created by Steven Bishop, Harry La Vander is the character who brings to life a myriad of skills of over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. sti" 5 Professionally trained in Paris in 1988 by Pascal laurant 0 Toured Europe with Pascal and stilt performance company Frisches m Returned to Australia and established Stilt'N'Comedy Mime and magic m Studied:- Mime and dance in London with Desrnond Jones and Lindsay Kemp; In Paris physical theater, mask, clown and circus at Ecole Jacques Lecoq; Magic at the L'Academie de Magie a Performed in French theater fbr five years m Member of Psychic Entertainers Association and the international Brotherhood of Magicians Music m Trained in:- Piano; Drums; Didjeridoo (far North Queensland tour in 1992); Musical saw (California - Saw Players Associaton); Numerous novelty instruments Ventriloquism m Member of the international Ventriloquist Association a Performing in the las Vegas Ventriloquist Festival 2000 Escapology 5 Recipient of an Australian Council Grant to research and develop a show based on Ha" Houdini 0 Successfully escaped Corn - a straight jacket suspended upside down from a crane, handcuffs, locks and chains on national television(Tonight live),100 foot of rope from a lifesavers reel m Publicity stunts on the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Dreamwodd Some previous clients a Conrad Casino television promotion a Aristocrat promotion - stage show for Dulux, Arnerican E)