The Boy With Tape On His Face

BEST NEWCOMER NOMINEE EDINBURGH 2010

Shoes sing, empty dresses dance and electrical tape blossoms into roses. The Boy With Tape On his Face creates a world of possibilities where the only certainty is laughter. He transcends the barriers of language and culture.

Drawing on a heritage that includes silent film, mime, magic, puppetry, Motown and the films of Patrick Swayze, The Boy With Tape On His Face is a pensive, curious soul approaching every object and audience member as a potential friend - or plaything.

Wordless, expressionless, he conjures the heart-rending poignancy of Buster Keaton and mingles it with mischief, piercing wit and triumphantly realised postmodern references that leave an audience enraptured.

The world is a globe, but for The Boy With Tape On His Face, it's a snowglobe.

Come inside - he'll shake it so you can watch the flakes swirl.