"Like a latter-day Lord of Misrule, the aptly named Dr Philistine regularly turns Convent Garden’s West Piazza into a celebration of the Carnivalesque. During the course of a dizzying 45 minutes, he effortlessly erases the boundaries between social groups, classes, ages and cultures. His audience metamorphoses into a single entity, joined in the universal folkloric laughter that has echoed in Covent Garden since the seventeenth century."

"Catch his show if you can, Dr Philistine’s kaleidoscopic performance brings together those societal elements that have, as Russian semiotician Mikhail Bahktin notes, ‘traditionally been kept distant and disunified’ in riotous, self-referential parodies of conventional social mores."
- Dr Lizzy Welby - Creative and Critical writer, University of East Anglia.

Skills
Slackrope Walking - (Rope can be tied to fixtures, or be held by 12 audience members.)
Juggling - (Clubs, Knives and Fire - on or off rope)
Balloon-modelling
Fire-eating
Comedy Routines - (with audience participation)

Dr Philistine is Family friendly
Dr Philistine is a member of Equity, and has public liability insurance.

Regular performances in Covent Garden - Please phone to check times.

Also available for:
Festivals,
Corporate Events,
Private Parties.
Weddings
Birthday Parties
Functions

All events considered.