Ahhh daaahhlink, you look like you need a future…..now just relax, this won’t hurt a bit…

The world is fraught with dangers… bad hairs days, ingrown toe nails, high waisted pants, soy dandies parading as lattes, it’s a sea of obstacles designed to trip you up… but don’t worry; we can aide you on your journey through the wild ride of life.

• Have you ever wondered what the future has in store for you?
• Do you even have a future?
• Does it involve a walrus?
• Will Khalu the god of overheated curry visit your house… ever?
• Does someone else have the same mismatched socks as you?
• Do all Brazilians have Brazilians?

Performance details;

Roving entertainment – Highly interactive character Desmerelda is great for meet and greet, at festivals and events, as one on one roving entertainment.

Future booth – For a greater level of guest participation I can set up a future booth with a gorgeous table and zany props. Guests have readings which undoubtedly require their involvement in song, dance, or other silly shenanigans to appease a deity or two. Great for team building too!

MC – Available for all manner of corporate, community and social occasions, Desmerelda and Miso will bring magic and mystery to your event. With an assortment of lighthearted and intriguing segues on offer they can be as interactive or as minimalist as required.

Psychic Party Host – Would you like a party with a difference? With an emphasis on having fun and getting everyone involved, bring your event to life with interactive psychic games that will make you giggle and squirm and maybe even show you skills you didn’t know you had! Great for hen’s nights, birthday parties, corporate team building events, festivals, and psychic fairs.

Ritual – If you want to delve a little deeper we can co-create a beautiful ritual for the celebratory person or event, such as for someone having a birthday or celebrating an anniversary.

Past Shows;

Include; Jun 18, Old and Gold, Strumpet Salon, Brunswick Heads; Nov 17, Hen’s Party, La Di Da, Melbourne; Aug 17, Betwixt and Between festival, Wadeville; Jul 17, Splendour in the grass, Byron Bay; Mar 17, Melb Polytechnic Open Day, Greensborough; Jan 17, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Beaufort; Oct 16, Community Halloween Event, Officer; Jan 16, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Beaufort; Jan 14, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Beaufort; Jan 13, Dandenong Community Festival, Dandenong; Dec 12, Bon Bijou, Melbourne; Dec 12, Corporate Event, Melbourne Zoo, Parkville; Feb 12, Corporate Function, Sumac, Melbourne; Jan 12, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Beaufort; Mar 09, Bizarre Festival, Wangaratta; Nov 09, Private Party, Brunswick, Dec 09, Mont Albert Festival, Mont Albert

Biography;

After over fifteen years of theatrical involvement mainly behind the scenes, especially costume making, Tjoni took to the stage ten years ago after falling in love with the art of spinning fire. Since that momentous occasion, and the fiery obsession that sprouted from it, she has performed around in an eclectic variety of shows, including fire shows, clowning, bellydance, African dance, burlesque and physical theatre. 
 
Presently Tjoni’s focus is on exploring elements of performance art as a medium for healing, self-empowerment, spiritual growth, and social awareness. 

She is also passionate about education and has started running Creative Bootcamp programs in schools and festivals, fostering empowerment collaboration and community through the arts.

Technical requirements

MC – radio mic, music player if required.

Legal

Fully insured P/L up to $20M and P/I up to $10M.

Current WWCC

Contact;

Tjoni Johansen

Luxor, Egypt

Email; tjonij (@) outlook.com

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Earlier this year we were blessed to be back at Swifts Creek P12 School, this time with a performing arts intensive for the Year 6s and 7s.

In collaboration with the contageously joyous Chris James from The Dreaming Space and talented actor and teacher David Clisby, the students were immersed in a swell of creative classes. Chris and David spent more time on the physical aspects included acting, clowning, improvisation and singing, offering loads of technical skill interspersed with time for creative development and presentation. I offered creative movement, puppetry, and the creative production aspects such as script and story writing, facepainting, music in theatre and costume design.

We spent three days on skills development with the students, helping them get comfortable with ‘playing’, building trust and starting to formulate an idea for their end of year production .The last hour was a chance for students to get up on ‘stage’ and present something they had been working on – and everyone loved the puppets!!

Creative Movement with Tjoni

Acting and Improvisation with David Clisby

Puppetry with Tjoni

Puppetry Intensive

They loved them so much in fact we did another bootcamp a few weeks later, to bring back more puppets!; this time with the exceptional talent of puppeteer David Splatt. As well as being one of a small number of traditional puppeteers left in Australia, he is also very well known for playing a saw with incredible precision, with which he did very well on Australia’s Got Talent.

David worked with the students on honing in their puppeteering skills, as well as deepening their improvisation, mime and clowning hats. Meanwhile I was working with them to create story lines, pepping up their facepainting, and bringing in more creative movement.

In the last few hours the classes all came together to begin writing a story together in collaboration, following the trail of the Heroes’ Journey. The biggest challenge was trying to keep the characters out of politics (it was Trump time on the media and half the class wanted to do a piece on that!)… but we managed to steer it steeply back to something more appropriate!

The students are now well on their way with the help of their dedicated teachers and staff to create their own performance for the end of the year.

I’m super keen to hear how it all goes!!

Creative Bootcamp runs collaborative projects and workshops fostering creativity, wellness and sustainability.

If you are interested in a Creative Bootcamp please get in touch with Tjoni Johansen VIA tjonij (@) outlook.com for a free consultation on how we can generate an inspiring creative program for your organisation or event.

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