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• Let's Redress Stress

	Let's Redress Stress has "left crowds of adults in hysterics." Moose Jaw Times-Herald Responding to the worldwide anxiety attack of the Millennium, Major Flapps offers audience volunteers a chance to try his "International Stress Reduction Techniques" in this witty and delightful lampooning of our obsessions with health, fitness, looking good and material gain. "Non stop appeal." CBC
	The workshop [also offered as a Conference presentation entitled: "Humour: a Spiritual Second Wind" with Psychologist Sally Glover] powerfully demonstrates how the clown uses humour to provide breakthroughs to audience participants in overcoming fear, resistance and managing change positively in their lives.

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• Custom Shows and Workshops

Depending on the client’s needs, we can design performances and workshops for:
Team Building
Theme Enhancement
Animating Special Events Environments
Interactive/Roving Clowning
Improvisational Techniques for Enhancing Creative Thinking

A selection of Customized Presentations we have offered: • Molson Indy 500 (Crowd Animation as Clown Mechanic, Traffic Controller), • Shaw@Home Computer Presentation (Internet Man) • Expo ’86 (Stand-In-Line Square Dances) • Canada Winter Games, Jasper Alberta (Skiing and Line-Up Animation) • World Earth Day, New York City: (Sunny Palm: Talking, Interactive Tree) • Vancouver International Airports Conference (Clown Flight Controller) • Canada Pavilion: Expo 86 (Major in the Maritimes Show) • Victoria Harbour Festival Technology Tent (Virtual Reality Fiddler) • Southwest Alberta Teacher’s Conference, Lethbridge (Drama for the Terrified)

[ See the complete list of custom performances | Contact to book a show or workshop ]

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• On Site Performing

The world’s only human airplane, Clown Aviator Major Flapps, talks with a kazoo as he enlists passerbys (2-l0 people) as his signaler and flying crew for a brief flypast. He can also delight the crowd with performances of 'The Fiddling Clown Aviator", "The Clown Mechanic", "A Fiddling Maritime Fisher, and the very cool "Snow Show".
[ Find out more about characters and shows | Contact to book a performance ]

• Drama for the Terrified

Where do you start if you’ve never taught drama before? How do you work with students who are inexperienced, resistant, shy or as anxious as you? This workshop offers strategies, exercises, techniques and a philosophy of play for beginning drama teachers, community leaders or anyone who is interested in exploring the fun and benefits of theatrical play. Stuart incorporates live and recorded music, movement, games, mask and theatre sports to engage participants sense of fun. Ideal for team building and strengthening trust of learners.
[ Book this workshop ]

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• Acting Styles of Comedy

Using examples of television, film and stage comedians, participants will practise how to powerfully deliver comic routines using physical comedy, parody, rhythm, attitude and intention.
[Book this workshop ]

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For more info on any of these shows or workshop:
Contact Tears of Laughter Productions


Watch a video of Flapps talking about his shows!
If you have a fast Internet connection enjoy this 2 minute movie

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