Entertainers Pics & Bios - Deerfield Beach

TRIBAL CIRCUS



The Tribal Circus is an exciting new age circus troupe. We specialize in a variety of skills including aerial acrobatics in fabric, trapeze, juggling, fire eating, stilt-walking, tumbling, partner balancing, rope-walking, hoop diving, live music, and interactive comedy/clowning. 

CHARRY GARCIA







CONRADO "CHARRY" GARCIA is from Chile and is an accomplished and sought-after multi-instrumentalist and recording artist. Charry specializes in the music of Central and South America and plays charango, pan pipes, birinbao and a number of equally exotic noise makers.

OWAIN PHYFE

Ancient music is a way of life for musician Owain Phyfe and the New World Renaissance Band, a musical ensemble which draws inspiration from the belief that a new, modern Renaissance will soon begin, typified by a rediscovery of the Renaissance spirit. Thus, the New World Renaissance Band has made it their mission to help bring about this awakening through their music.  



Vocalist, instrumentalist, and composer, Owain Phyfe grew up in a bilingual family where Welsh was a second language. Nourished by his grandparent's appreciation for song, Phyfe's study of languages in college and his travels abroad to England, France, and Spain as well as his experience later as a musician in New York City's Greenwich Village led to the kindling of his own Renaissance spirit.

KATHLEEN FINNEGAN-BLACKSHEAR







Celtic Harper - Kathleen Finnegan has studied classical harp, piano, and flute for most of her life.  Her passion is to share the beauty of the Celtic harp everywhere she goes with anyone - including waiting passengers on the New York subway system!  With Celtic roots and love of traditional music, Kathleen loves bringing new life to familiar and sometimes forgotten music of the British Isles.  

LADY MERILEE EFFINGHAM







Lady Merilee Effingham is proud to be England's first, best, last and only courtesan, and she means to show her country and the world that every woman is a goddess and every man craves her. She distracts and delights with entertainments and pastimes, either impromptu, or off-the-menu. With songs, poems, stories, jests, riddles, games, and countless other dainty sports, she entrances all who tarry in her company.

MooNiE

Philip Earl Johnson has been performing as MooNiE the Magnif’Cent for over 17 years at various festivals, theaters, clubs, colleges and private functions. After getting his degree in theater in 1986, he began performing MooNiE at Renaissance Festivals and acting in theatrical productions in Chicago.  Over the years he has combined acting in theatrical productions, television and film with over 4000 MooNiE shows.

BILL DARR - ARCHERY

The King's Royal Archer - Bill Darr                                                                                              Master Wil invites you to come see the wonders of the bow in action.  Daily, at the Field of Dreams, see demonstrations of the shooting and  history of archery.   See different weapons from  the Renaissance such as the English longbow and European flat bow crossbow.                                                                                                                                         

HISTORY OF CHIVALRY



Gallant Knights, Fair Maidens, Feasting & Fighting.  Join the History of Chivalry and experience the excitement of yesteryear!



 Live Steel Fighting daily!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

FAIRE STORIES



Faire Stories represents the blending of the magic and enchantment of traditional fairy tales, the joy and exuberance of the Broadway musical, and the unique interactive experience offered by renaissance faires and environmental theatre.  Created by Christopher Schultz and Jasmine Ready, and set to music from internationally acclaimed children’s composer David Payton, Faire Stories has taken the unlikely combination of period performance and musical theatre and created a genuinely entertaining and engaging self-contained theatrical production.

THE LOST BOYS

The Lost Boys are four high energy performers that have joined forces to bring the world a unique blend of original music, and traditional folk tunes, along with contemporary and classic rock n' roll parodies with a renaissance flair. Affectionately known as the Ren Fab Four the boys have endeared themselves to audiences across the southeast. It's Spinal Tap meets Shakespeare In Love, and fans of music with comedy and comedy with music will surely enjoy this musical insanity. Accept no substitutes: the Lost Boys!

NOBLE CAUSE PRODUCTIONS-JOUST TROUPE

Noble Cause Productions is a company specializing in jousting, stage combat instruction, fight choreography, and horse stunts. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality shows for our audiences and clients. Noble Cause is continually striving to reach new heights with breathtaking new show concepts.

Based out of San Antonio, Texas, Noble Cause has easy access to performance venues across the country. Our training facility and ranch provide us with the excellent opportunity to train year round. Noble Cause holds seminars with guest speakers and instructors in stage combat, equestrian stunts, and acting skills.

IVANOVICH!

"Ivanovich!  Ivanovich!  Ivanovich”

You hear the crowd chanting even before you can see what’s happening.  And when you move through the crowd you see it.  But you don’t believe it.

One man is doing something crazy.  Maybe he is swallowing a glass full of needles, eating some thread and then pulling the threaded needles out of his mouth.  Maybe he’s cutting open a lemon to find your signed $20 sealed securely inside of it.  Maybe he’s struggling desperately to get out of a straitjacket to beat a challenge before time runs out and audience members douse him with water.  But he’s surrounded by people chanting his name, laughing, and being dumbstruck by a show that can only be described as – magic!

BRET BLACKSHEAR - CURIOUS MAGIC

ROBIN HOOD

Patrick Franz has been on stage at over 50 faires (both Renaissance and other) since he began performing in California over 14 years ago. He is the director of the Sons of Anacreon, a Victorian comedy/singing group and has taken his act on the road. Over the years he has acted, sung, and fought on stages all over the country, often creating and recreating Shakespeare's work, as well as playing the bard himself on occasion. He has worked with many wild animals: Panthers, Falcons, and Children. 



He is both a director and fight choreographer and loves to make things to go boom. He has also founded "Presenters of Living History" teaching California students American History, Shakespeare, Commedia, and historical craft skills.

COBBLESTONE CHARACTERS

As you walk the paths of the good village of Playhaven, the streets become the stage when you meet the Cobblestone Characters :

• The Gardyloo Sisters - Privy Cleaners, masters of mirth and filth
• Mistress Pristine Christine - The Wife of Bath. Have you had your bath yet this year?
• Hugh and Crye - Village Byway Patrol - Don't get caught speeding!
• Grimly Grimes - The Unbefowler, Master of Trash Execution
• The Spell Checker - An expert in all spells and potions...if she can just remember them...

RENAISSANCE VAUDEVILLE - RICK STRATTON HYPNOTIST

Rick Stratton is a certified hypnotherapist, stage hypnotist, comedian and independent film maker. For the past fifteen years Rick has been traveling the United States making people laugh performing his comedy hypnosis show. With the utmost respect for his subjects Rick makes powerful and thoughtful statements as he explores the "human condition" in a very funny way! 

CELTIC MAYHEM