Website of Contemporary Circus Company Kompani Paradiso
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Website of World Class Innovative Creator and Performers Jan Unestam and Magnus Jarlöv!
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Kompani Paradiso has just had a first run with the new production “Toto The Clown and the Circus Director” (“Clownen Toto & Direktören”) combined with workshops/classes for staff and students for “Skapande Skola”, a national program for bringing more cultural activities into the school system.
Jan Unestam is an actor and a circus artist. In 1995 he was one of the founding members of the famous Swedish company “Cirkus Cirkör” and has through the years contributed to 11 of that company’s productions which has brought him all around the globe.
Jan has worked as an actor and a circus artist at most of the major theatre institutions in Sweden: Stockholms stadsteater, Göteborgs stadsteater, Göteborgsoperan, Malmö stadsteater, Östgötateatern, Helsingborgs stadsteater…
Magnus Jarlöv is a circus artist, a teacher and a comedian. He has founded many companies through the years, such as the jester and clown group “Jauvet”, “Clownen brinner” (“The clown is on fire!”), “Verbalista” and “Burnt Out Punks”.
Magnus has also been on the board for “Clowns Without Borders” and has worked around the world as its Project Manager. For a number of years, Magnus was instrumental in building Cirkus Cirkör’s function for people with disabilities.
Magnus has also performed at many major arenas around Scandinavia, such as the Stockholm Globe Arena and the famous Skansen Open Air Museum.
A performance for family and children filled with humour, interaction, magic and a lot of love! The Circus Manager is too cheap to pay his artists, so everybody, except Toto The Clown, leaves him. Toto does not care about money – he just wants to play and fool around. But the Circus Manager demands order …
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In a tribute to Surrealism, this street act is built on comedy with many surprises and tender-hearted actions. Two well-dressed men without heads are out for a stroll. But why without heads? Could they be aliens? Or are they simply a couple of shy and modest gentlemen? Suddenly they stop in front of a group …
A family show filled with comedy which is a tribute to the history of Circus, Varieté & Vaudeville! The clown duo Totto and Gunnar believe they can do everything a circus can offer: Fly out of a cannon, build a human pyramid (together with the audience), tame lions, balance 8 wine glasses on their heads, …