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HISTORY
Foo Productions was founded in 2005 based in Toronto and headed by clown artist Helen Donnelly. Helen is joined by the following artists:

Directors: Susanna Hamnett and Michael Kennard
Lighting designer: Michelle Ramsey
Set designer: Lindsay Ann Black
Music composers: James Fisher and Matthew Reid
Stage Manager/special effects operator: Suzanne Roberts-Smith.

To date, Foo Productions has created and performed three professional productions: Posey’s Wig in 2005 and 2006, The Foo Talk Show in 2006 and 2007 and Feed the Foo has been performed at Toronto's Buskerfest and the Sunderland's Maple Syrup Festival 2008, 2009. (You can view "Feed the Foo" on UTube).

This summer, the newest show Inside the Clown Studio was performed which parodies the famous tv show "Inside the Actors Studio" with Neil Muscott as host, interviewing Helen's clowns Foo, Mildred and Miss Posey.

MANDATE
The mandate of Foo Productions is to create quality one-person theatrical clown shows that will:

• Entertain through the parody of existing theatrical genres
• Educate audiences and students of clown
• Challenge audiences with provocative themes expressed through clowning and physical theatre
• Reach a more multicultural and diverse audience by creating imaginative and accessible theatrical languages.