About Avner the Eccentric
A clown and master of subtle physical comedy, Avner Eisenberg, known as Avner the Eccentric, has brought his unique brand of physical humor to theatres around the globe for the past three decades. Using juggling, mime, magic and general clowning talents to become a leader in "New Vaudeville" movement, Avner is well known across America and Europe. On stage, Avner is a shy show-off. With the audience as his protagonist, he creates artistry out of obstruction. His act, he says, "is largely based on the theory of accidents. Every action has a terrible and opposite reaction."
As a serious actor, Avner Eisenberg has appeared in roles as diverse as The Jewel, the scene-stealing holy man, in The Jewel of the Nile, co-starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner and as a co-star in Lincoln Center's production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.
Avner is often a featured performer at comedy, magic and theatre festivals, which in past years have included The Edinburgh Festival, where he won the New Faces of 1991 Award, and was a finalist for the Perrier Award, the Israel Festival, the Montreal International Comedy Festival. He has also appeared at the London International Mime Festival, the Festival of American Mime, the New York Clown Theatre Festival, the Fool's Festival, the New York Magic Symposium, the Hudson Clearwater Revival, and the International Movement Theatre Festival. Avner has won special jury awards at The International Festival du Cirque in Monte Carlo, Arosa International Humor Festival, Barcelona International Clown Festival, Leipzig Lach Messe, St Gervais International Theater Festival where he won both the public and the jury awards. Avner was recently inducted into the International Clown hall of Fame.
In 2004 Avner appeared for three months in a sold out run at Theatre Fontaine in Paris. In addition to a busy performance schedule, Avner has taught master classes in clowning and Eccentric Performing in the United States, France, Germany, Japan and Spain.
About Mark Jaster
In the tradition of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and the circus of yesteryear, this high-energy show features an eccentric mute conductor who makes musical mayhem with the audience as his orchestra. Inspired by the great musical clowns of the early 20th century like Grock and The Fratellini Brothers, "The Maestro" is a concert of hilarity
