2023 Workshops: Celebrate Your Ridiculous and Make a Show
Shannan Calcutt is sought after as a performer, comic act designer, director, writer, instructor, and show creator. A multi-award winning performer and instructor, she has conducted workshops in clown and play worldwide. Her critically acclaimed solo shows were broadcast on CBC Radio and Canada’s Bravo! network. CBC declared her “a national treasure.” Calcutt has played an eclectic range of venues from the Sydney Opera House, to San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club, to Saskatoon’s Wash ‘n Slosh Pub. Millions of spectators witnessed her attempting to sell her homemade breast implants—Scotch Baggies—during her fifteen-year run at Cirque du Soleil’s sensual sensation, Zumanity. She has designed and directed comic acts for Cirque du Soleil, Spiegelworld, the philanthropic event One Night for One Drop, and Berlin’s Friedrichstadt-Palast, the world’s biggest theater stage. Most recently, Shannan joined the cast of Spiegelworld’s Atomic Saloon Show at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Shannan has a master of fine arts in writing for dramatic media (UNLV), a bachelor of fine arts in performance (UVIC) and is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. She is fluent in English and sarcasm. More blah blah blah about Shannan at shannancalcutt.com.