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Jos Houben

JOS HOUBEN

  
Nationality:    Belgian
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Jos Houben's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Jos Houben's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Art Of Laughter, The         Bewilderness         Do You Come Here Often?         Marcel         Moby Dick - An Unreliable Version         Quatre Mains (Four Hnds)

Art Of Laughter, The

Synopsis:
the legendary Jos Houben - original member of Complicite and director of 'the Right Size' - delivers a witty and engaging performance/demonstration in the mechanics of laughter. Unmissable!

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Jos Houben (Belgium)

1st Published:
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Music:
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Bewilderness

Synopsis:
A comedy about two men down the back of a sofa. Holding an impromptu seance to kill time during a power cut, Hamish and Sean are flabbergasted when a voice, claiming to be the Father they never met, calls to them from the back of the sofa. Putting natural scepticism aside, the two men slip between the cushions and disappear into a terrifying upholstered underworld. . ..This epic comic odyssey of impossible tasks could be described as a fusion of Morecambe and Wise and Dante's Inferno. Whatever, it's unmissable!

Notes:
written And devised by Sean Foley, Hamish McColl And Josef Houben.

1st Produced:
Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre     13 Feb 2001

Organisations:
the Right Size

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
music Chris Larner

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Genre:
Comedy Show

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Do You Come Here Often?

Synopsis:
Two total strangers find themselves mysteriously stuck in a bathroom for 25 years. To make matters worse, they can't stand each other. But as they are resigning themselves to ending their days in a pastel-shaded prison, it occurs to them that there might just be a way out..

Notes:
Written by Sean Foley, Jozef Houben And Hamish McColl

1st Produced:
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford     07 Feb 1997

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Marcel

Synopsis:
An entire performance history lurks behind this ticklish two hander, the opener for the London International Mime Festival, created by Jos Houben and Marcello Magni, two of contemporary theatre's greatest clowns. This funny, heart-breaking show celebrates the pair's relationship stretching back to the early 1980s with Complicite and ground-breaking shows such as A Minute Too Late and More Bigger Snacks Now. It also draws on the history of clowning from commedia dell'arte to the slapstick of 19th-century music hall and early 20th-century film. . .the show continually reaches out to the audience, playing us with a knowing sweetness. It's a brief hour that gives the kiss of life to the ancient art of the gag. - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

Notes:
created by Jos Houben and Marcello Magni

1st Produced:

Organisations:
C.I.C.T./Theatre des Bouffes du Nord. London International Mime Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
mime

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Moby Dick - An Unreliable Version

Synopsis:
It's shorter than the book, its funnier than the book, its's got more visual gags, ventriloquist's dolls, disco dancing sea creatures and singing mermaid mastheads than the book.
- Dominic maxwell, the Times

Notes:
Play By Jos Houben from novel by Melville

1st Produced:
[as "Whale"] Chichester: The ShowRoom     23 Apr 2009

Organisations:
Spymonkey

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Quatre Mains (Four Hnds)

Synopsis:
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Notes:
devised by Houben / Dawson. London International Mime Festival. The first Festival took place at The Cockpit Theatre and Arts Centre, London NW8, in January 1977. In that year the event was called The Cockpit Festival of Mime and Visual Theatre. It is now the longest running festival of its kind in the world. With the exceptions of 1983 and 1986, the Festival has taken place each year, featuring, in addition to workshops, films, debates and special events, performances by the following artists and companies.

1st Produced:
London International Mime Festival     1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
mime

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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