Yes Person
Yes Person.
Quintessential new wave, new wonk circus. Experimental, physical, fashionable, and satirical work by Inka and Imogen of the contemporary circus company Based on Kimberly.
While Ted and Kimberly bask in the delusion of their own stardom, Ryan and Ken rap about hands, an entire bird disco unfolds, and some ideas are simply eaten alive. Built on relentless “yes-saying” and far too many ideas that should have remained killed, Yes Person drags its old darlings back from the grave and back on stage. Part stand-up circus, part performance art, it is a collage of fantastically terrible ideas— shamelessly embarrassing, stupidly high-level.
Yes Person will be performed in Edinburgh this August as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performances running on 25–31 August. The performance will travel to London’s Jacksons Lane on 9–10 October. These performances are supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland. Other partners and supporters include: CIRKO - Center for New Circus in Helsinki, Subtopia, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, European Union and the Goethe-Institut, Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Photo: Andrejs Storkin
People behind the project
Based on Kimberly
Based on Kimberly is a company created by Imogen Huzel and Inka Pehkonen. Their desire is to uncompromisingly and unpretentiously commit to their vision of what circus can be, and make things happen!