CelticFest Performer Bios

Academie Duello's performance team will bring you through the history of the sword from the medieval warrior to renaissance noble. Come enjoy a spectacle of skill and panache!

Academie Duello is North America's largest and most successful school of European Swordplay and Martial Art. Based in downtown Vancouver. Duello specializes in the noble art of the rapier, sword of the musketeer, sidesword and longsword, weapons of the knight, as well as poleweapons and unarmed combat.

www.academieduello.com

The Juggling Jollies come together to tell an epic adventure story of abduction and rescue on the high seas.  This three man troupe is able to portray a vast array of characters and situations through the use of costuming and physical theatre.  Throughout the spectacle, the Jollies perform amazing acts of gravity defying manipulation and balance.  Using a touch of social commentary, the Jollies spice up the show with hilarious situational comedy.  These three Jugglers and acrobats have been working together for the last four years to create amazingly impressive shows, seamlessly blending theatre and circus at its best. 

www.dreamsciencecircus.com

Robert MacDonald Bio

Storytellers from Tickle Trunk Players, invite you to explore through music, rhythm and rhymes the gaiety that connects the stories of the Old World to the New.

The Tickle Trunk Players have been delighting audiences in BC for five years! Their unique blend of theatre and education is highly engaging and interactive. The Players are skilled storytellers, writers, performers and educators. Whether singing about being ‘Hooked on Hockey’, telling stories about chickens who compete in the Olympics or presenting plays featuring ‘Meaning Messers’ and ‘Cowboy Wizards’, the Tickle Trunk Players are sure to capture your imagination! They have performed at more than 300 schools and festivals including the Vancouver International Children’s Festival, the Word on the Street Festival and the Esquimalt Storytelling Festival. The Players feature Kari-Lynn Winters author of the picture book “Jeffrey and Sloth” (Orca Book Publishers 2007) and PhD student at UBC and Lori Lee Sherritt who has performed on international stages as Anne in “Anne of Green Gables” and the Snow Queen in “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.” They are pleased to bring the magic, traditions and lively characters of Irish Folklore to life through original music and familiar stories for you this year at CelticFest!

www.tickletrunkplayers.com