This award-winning, slapstick comedy, circus routine takes the household wheelie bin to new heights, delivering a dump-truck full of hilarity!
Winners of the best Children’s presentation at the Adelaide fringe festival 2015, the Trash Test Dummies are as full of laughs as their bins are full of surprises.
Nominees of the 2015 Perth Fringe World Circus Award, and winners of the Gas works Circus Showdown 2014, the Trash Test Dummies is a family friendly, circus comedy show like no other. “Delightfully intelligent, highly entertaining” Herald Sun ★★★★½
Returning with rave reviews and sell out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this award winning, sidesplitting slapstick comedy routine takes the household wheelie bin to new heights, and delivers a dump truck full of hilarity! “Circus and acrobatic show perfect for families.” Edinburgh Festival For Kids ★★★★★
Thomas McDonald, Leigh Rhodes and Amy NIghtingale-Olsen are highly skilled circus performers that can trash talk with the best of them. these dexterous dummies take the audience on a journey into their playful imagination, where they invite them to take a fresh look at the humble household wheelie bin. "Three men took to the stage with their wheelie bins, what happened next blew our minds.” The Funny Tonne ★★★★★"
For audiences of all ages be prepared for a great time.
- Venue Format
- Theatre, Hall, Black Box Venue, Outdoor
- Technical Rating
- Touring Party
- 3 performers and 1 technician
- Considerations
We do not need to build or construct anything for our set. We have a simple set they we can bump in ourselves in 1 hour and off the stage within 20 minutes if required. Optimally we would use a smoke machine, however it is not essential.
Winners of the best Children’s presentation at the Adelaide fringe festival 2015, the Trash Test Dummies are as full of laughs as their bins are full of surprises. Nominees of the 2015 Perth Fringe World Circus Award, and winners of the gas works circus showdown 2014, the Trash Test Dummies is a family friendly, circus comedy show like no other.
With rave reviews and sell out shows, This award winning, sidesplitting slapstick comedy routine takes the household wheelie bin to new heights, and delivers a dump truck full of hilarity!
Jamie Bretman, Jack Coleman and Simon Wright are highly skilled circus performers that can trash talk with the best of them, showcasing a stunning array of the highest jaw dropping acrobatics, juggling and stunt work, these dexterous dummies take the audience on a journey into their playful imagination, where they invite them to take a fresh look at the humble household wheelie bin.
For audiences of all ages be prepared for a great time.
- Company Website
- dummiescorp.com
Unique Selling Point
The Trash Test Dummies is very accessible and caters for a large cross section of the community including the deaf. It is a highly engaging and visual, great quality circus and physical theatre performance that encompasses impressive feats of strength and agility whilst being comical and touching. The show includes many pop culture references and is extremely easy for everyone to follow and relate to including audiences that might not otherwise engage in the arts.
Marketing Materials
We are multi award winning
- Winners of the best children's presentation award, Adelaide Fringe 2015
- Winners of the Gasworks Circus showdown , Melbourne 2014
- Nominee of the best circus show, Perth Fringe World 2015
- Highly commended Circus and Physical theatre award, Adelaide Fringe 2014
We have great branding and marketing designs including, posters, postcards, magnets, stickers, mini wheelie bins and full size banners. We have a website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and a great Promo video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHWaN-S7Beg
Our merchandise are mini wheelie bins filled with lollies, which have great appeal to our family audience.
Community Engagement
The way in which we engage with the community is we run a variety of interactive circus workshops, our approach emphasises accessibility, teamwork and positive interaction.
Our circus workshops include; warm up, human pyramids, juggling, object balance, hula hooping, clowning and performance, cool down.
Comments/Reviews
Edinburgh Festivals For Kids - 24/08/2015
Media Review
A Trio of loveable clowns takes the audience on an enthralling adventure in this wonderful family circus show. TTD perform an inexhaustible number of tricks with the mundane wheelie bin, much to the delight of the crowd. Add some juggling, classic clowning, music and drumming to the mix and it’s clear to see why the audience love it so much.
Joe Calleri - Herald Sun 2014
Media Review
****1/2 Trash Test Dummies is a near-perfect, laugh-out-loud blend of physical comedy, old-fashioned vaudeville slapstick, mime, dance, juggling, clown capers and circus performance. And it’s like nothing I’ve previously seen. Our three fearless, finely muscled, charming, and highly skilled Dummies have developed a delightfully intelligent, highly entertaining routine , with skills you’d see during shows by Cirque du Soleil . (Read More)
Kasia Ozog - Adelaide advertiser 2015
Media Review
****T hey use wheelie bins as the main props in their show but they are anything but rubbish. designed as a children’s show, the performers had the kids laughing in delight and joining in throughout. But it was also entertaining for the parents and grandparents who had come along with some jokes thrown in just for them. (Read More)
Mika Tsoi - Funny Tonne MICF 2014
Media Review
***** Not content with merely being terrific acrobats, wonderful clowns and being able to juggle, these guys wrote a cohesive and engaging show. What was most impressive though was how they went from a child stage invasion riot one minute to calming the children down to continue with a quiet segment. Top notch everything, appealing to and entertaining everyone. (Read More)