 Stunts and Thrill Shows in Winnipeg

Juggling, Hula-Hoops

The "Teakle Family Circus" consists of 3 super-talented teenage siblings with some crazy good juggling and hula-hooping skills. The boys (Jonny and Jacob) are among the best jugglers in Canada - in fact, Jonny won Gold in the junior division of the World Juggling Federation's 2017 competition in Las Vegas! Their sister Sarah is a certified HoopLove Coach and is well known in the hooping community around the world as one of the best young "Circus Style" hoop performers. She was one of only 6 finalists for global Youth Hooper of the Year in 2016.

They have been performing around Manitoba for the last few years (birthday parties, large festivals, fringe, ambient/roving, etc.) and now have a great 30-minute stage/street show that was extremely well received on the 2017 Fringe Festival main stage and at numerous festivals and events ever since!

They always bring their unique brand of sibling antics combined with truly world-class skills to every performance - leaving every audience both entertained and inspired! Contact us now for more information.

Hoola Hoop Artist

Christina is a hula-hoop entertainer from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. She's been hula hooping since she was 5 years old. For more than a decade she has been entertaining audiences across North America. Her smile has gained her the international title of “smile with legs” (from her father). Her energy, enthusiasm and interaction with the audience make for a fun experience every show. 

Christina grew up in Brandon Manitoba and started hula-hooping after going to a circus in her hometown. She decided she wanted to be in the circus and picked hula-hooping as the best way to get there. Christina is seen hooping while talking on the phone, making sandwiches, doing homework, and many other things; and her tricks and routines are made from this nonstop action. She enjoys hula-hooping and is often found hooping with her brothers and sister in the front yard.

Christina has performed on Canada's Got Talent, Winnipeg's Comedy Fest, Westman's Got Talent, Breakfast Television, and Winnipeg Global News. She has also performed at the Brandon Fair, Tim Horton’s Camp Day, Shoppers Mall, Westman Baby and Family Fair, National Family week celebration, schools, community fairs, corporate events, birthday parties, and many other venues.

She recently was featured on the Ellen Degeneres Show and won 1st place in Ellen's "Here's my Talent" competition hula-hooping 70 hoops at once. This fame has gotten her many TV, radio, and newspaper interviews including CBC Newsworld, CTV News, Canada AM, and many others.

High Energy Circus Duo

Clowns and also real circus. Hoop and Hat is a variety comedy show that reinvents traditional circus by pairing the fun-loving clownery of Chris without the Hat with the aerial mastery of Carla Cerceau. This high energy duo show contains a multitude of characters and quick-changes. Audiences will be amazed by lions, lion tamers, ringmasters, jugglers, aerialists, clowns, and fire performers all played by Chris and Carla. So come one, come all, and join us in this off-kilter summer circus spectacular that is filled with audience participation and big laughs under the big top.

This show uses fire.
This show uses a rig.

Contortionist

The human body is far more amazing than it’s often given credit for. While natural ability can help, anyone with a strong desire to learn and the will to practice ruthlessly can attain seemingly impossible or unnatural, awe-inspiring feats.

“It’s that ability to make your body listen to you,” contortionist Samantha Halas says. “That takes a lot of building, a lot of strength and a lot of patience.”

She’s just returned from breakfast on a day off after performing in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s show, Manny Tuba Goes to the Circus. Halas became infatuated with the performance art while hitchhiking across Canada, an excursion she has undertaken every summer since she was 17.

At a crossroads and feeling uninspired by the notion of going to university, Halas was introduced to contortion by a woman who had just attended a clown school in France. “I fell in love with the idea of working on your body while at the same time making art,” Halas says. “It’s very interesting to be able to do both at once, to be both active and creative.”

Halas began her training at 22, a late start, which invited a lot of criticism and disbelief. Most contortionists begin intense and specific instruction at the age of five or six. With no experience behind her, entering a school to begin her practise proved difficult. Eventually, Halas found an institution in China that would take anyone who could pay.

“When I was in China I would get bugged and laughed at for being bigger,” Halas says. “They thought there was no way I could do it. I got ignored by my teachers for months until they started to realize that I was getting better and a lot of that came from how badly I wanted it.”

After suffering through a misplaced rib while working at correcting her alignment, Halas went on to train in San Francisco, Mongolia and Vancouver. She followed teachers she respected and whose work she felt connected to.

Halas, now 30, is the only professional contortionist working in Winnipeg, Apart from performing, Halas also teaches both youth and adult classes and workshops to a growing number of students. An observation she’s made through sharing the art form is how little natural ability has to do with success.

“I’ve seen a lot of people come a long way through the strength of the human will,” Halas says. “Sometimes the most gifted and flexible people get lazy because they can show off easily and feel good about it so they don’t work as hard.”

Halas enjoys just about every part of performing - from costumes to makeup and choreography - but is especially delighted by shock.

“Some people I find don’t like to watch because it freaks them out,” Halas says. “But I just love it when I hear people gasp.”

Magical Daredevil Comedy Show

Bet you have never seen a show like this before!

The James Johnson’s Comedy Balloon Show involves the bizarre and fabulously weird stunt that puts members of the audience to climb inside a giant 6-foot latex balloon!

James Johnson has spent the last decade travelling around the world performing variety comedy for thousands of people in Fiji, Dubai, Qatar, China and North America!

His World Record Balloon Stunt has been featured on the Discovery Channel and has been in countless TV and radio broadcasts around the globe.

This is your chance to check out this fast-paced high-energy enthusiastic comic daredevil and enjoy upbeat music, fun props and lots of laughs. During the show, James Johnson weaves comedy magic, stupid stunts and fun audience participation that’s hard to believe is possible.

It’s an interactive hilarious performance you don’t want to miss!

One Man Circus

The One Man “Mr. Circus” Show is an exciting spectacle of juggling, comedy, volunteer participation, and more! This show has something for everyone, from kids to adults, and is great for family-friendly events.

Mr. Circus is also available for stilt walking characters, family shows (non-fire), circus activity workshops, and ballooning.

Multi-talented Performer

All-Ages Shows

The Chris without the Hat Big Prop Show (45 min)

The Chris without the Hat Big Prop Show is a full stage all-ages circus juggling show filled with choreography, audience participation, dangerous stunts and comedy. The laughs are suitable for all ages and can be custom-tailored to suit the needs of an adult-only audience upon request. Chris uses juggling pins, machetes, fire and a chainsaw in his act and balances on top of ladders while doing it. The Big Prop Show features Chris without the Hat’s larger toys including the dangerous “See Saw of Doom” (a seven fire torch finale trick).

The Chris without the Hat Show (30 min)

The Chris without the Hat Show is the standard all-ages circus juggling show which includes three amazing juggling tricks, audience participation and comedy. Juggling machetes, fire torches and a chainsaw are all used in the show. As always, at the end of each of these shows, Chris without the Hat is hit with a cream pie!

Kids Shows
The Science of Juggling with Chris without the Hat (45 min)

Chris without the Hat explores the fundamentals of Newtonian Physics by using juggling as a teaching aid as he explains how objects go up and down, why juggling equipment is balanced the way that it is and the science behind each of the featured danger stunts. Expect choreographed juggling, vaudeville, audience participation and a whole lot of fun. Juggling clubs, machetes, fire torches and a chainsaw are all used in this show.

The Chris without the Hat Egg Show (30 min)

Chris without the Hat juggles five eggs in this highly improvisational and interactive juggling show. First, one egg is juggled, then two, then three, then four and finally five. Each egg is named by the audience and given an emotion. The egg’s face is drawn on it during the show before it is juggled with other eggs or with dangerous juggling props. No egg is dropped during the show. Juggling machetes and a chainsaw are used in this show.

Juggler & Fire Thrower

One of Canada’s top jugglers, Robin’s skills as a performer and comedian have taken him around the continent from cruise ships in the Bahamas to festivals and fairs across the country. Now a National Juggling Champion Robin specializes in bringing his family brand of Laughter and Excitement to corporate, festival, and showroom audiences. His charming yet sharp-witted personality combined with world-class juggling skills make for hilarious interactive entertainment. This all adds up to a more memorable and therefore successful event for you the client. You’ll have people thanking you, even your boss!

This interactive comedy show features some world-class juggling that you can't find anywhere else in the country. Robin's award-winning (two-time Canadian Juggling Champion, top-ranked Canadian at world championships) performances keep audiences spell down.

Upbeat music, unbelievable skills, and hilarious audience rapport are all thrown into one amazing show that'll keep any crowd jumping. You'll see anything from a seven ball juggle to an amazing catch of a burning torch, to fire eat or tall unicycle balance, and since Robin has added his signature mini basketball routine, the show often results in a standing ovation!

How to bring laughter, excitement, and education to your next school assembly!

Comic, juggler, and showman, Robin Chestnut has been entertaining and educating for 15 years. And with a university degree (English and Psychology) and a Canadian Juggling Championship under his belt, you can rest assured you have found a quality presenter. Enjoy the same hilarious and engaging show that so many others have, including Norway House School, Yellowquay School, Edward Shreyer School, Argyle School, Ecole Sainte Germaine, and the list goes on and on.

Get a Dynamite Show and Have It Tailored to Your Needs

With a background in Street Theatre, Robin's interactive style and conversational tone can be put to work for you. Robin craft's each performance around your school's theme for the week or any other important message that you'd like conveyed, so the experience is both entertaining and educational. Each occasion is therefore unique to your audience and creates a much more memorable event.

Kids relate well to Robin so they listen and remember.

The idea behind any school assembly is to create a positive and lasting learning opportunity for your children. Robin grabs your audience with world-class juggling skills and keeps them riveted until the very end. But his show is more about triumph over adversity then about showing off. His underdog character is someone your kids can cheer for, relate to, and laugh at all at the same time. This powerful combination creates the perfect setting for your kids to soak up the right message. Contact us for more information

Bizarre Spectacles, Aerial Arts, Striptease, Juggling

When strange and curious meet and make their odd bedfellows on stage, you have the Caravan Of Creeps. Hailing from Vancouver, B.C. this circus-sideshow collective invites you to the extraordinary and bizarre spectacles that they specialize in. Combining classic sideshow with a contemporary twist, aerial arts, juggling, escape acts, striptease and more, this velvet showcase is a decadent throwback to thrilling stunts and surprising sensations. With members of the Sweet Soul Burlesque collective to Helilazapoppin' alumni. As seen in VICE, Penthouse DE, Playboy, and Fangoria magazines.

Wakeboard Stunts

This show has been a sensation all over the United States. Bring the sensation to Canada!

The show features the top competitive wakeboarders and rail sliding technicians. Some athletes currently available are Parks Bonnisey, JD Webb, Kyle Albert, Jimmy Wolf and many other top names.

Pros are available for shows and demos and are available for autographs and photo sessions as part of any package.

Freestyle Motocross

The Brigade FMX is a rider formed company to bring the exciting spectacle of freestyle motocross, freestyle quads, or freestyle snowmobiles to your next special event! Be it a local demo at a county fair, a huge corporate event for your company, a monster truck show, biker rally stunt show, music festival, the Brigade FMX can tailor make a show for any occasion.

Snowboard Stunts

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Sword Swallower

Lindsay May enjoys shocking people with odd skills. Some of the skills she has acquired are truly insane, earning her the nickname 'linzsanity.' After falling in love with arts and the movement found in her hula hoop she began a creative journey that she is still on today. The stage is where she was meant to be, creating an experience with spectators. She hopes to spend more time challenging the boundary between the performer and the audience developing interactive art. Challenging her every day to develop new skills and can often be found dancing at bus stops and freaking people out at parties. She embraces many facets of artistic expression, with a passion for photography, painting, makeup and a degree in landscape architecture. Her exploration of beauty, theatre, performance and the arts is only beginning and it will only get crazier from here.

Acrobatic Duo, Fire Juggling, Contortion

We present street circus: a complete circus spectacle! Our show embodies everything great about going to a modern circus and everything fun and spontaneous about street performing. We bring the whole circus experience to you, performing over 100 tricks and stunts throughout our show including cyr wheel, hand to hand acrobatics, hula hoops, handstands, contortion, fire juggling and of course comedy! As two award-winning performers with over thirty years of combined world-wide performance experience, we bring immense and youthful energy to the street, with non-stop, high energy, upbeat circus entertainment! 

Our show is family-friendly and is great for entertaining not only children but the adults that bring them. Our show has been "road-tested" all over the world and in several different languages. We can perform indoors and out and also have material to fit almost any time frame, from shorter corporate acts to full-length shows. We are also able to perform aerial sets provided there are good rigging conditions.

Live Electronic, Drum, Acrobatic and Dancing Acts

Beauty and the Beats can be summed up in one word: energy. This performance act packs a punch of unadulterated live sound and visual stimulation that rocks any crowd. The sounds are electro and progressive house mashed with 80's & 90's rock, pop and R&B, classics. Virtuosic vocals are performed by the enigmatic and exotic Christina Sing, a true diva and world-renowned singer and writer. Bobby James manoeuvres his way around a hybrid acoustic/electronic drum kit, percussion, and DJ rig with the revel of a child and the energy of Tarzan in the jungle. A veteran drummer who has toured with the likes of Kid Rock, Metallica and Scorpions, this man is a master of his instrument. Using the latest technology and production, Beauty and the Beats blends the anthems of yesterday with chart-topping tracks of today, scored lighting, scripted visuals, lasers, hybrid instruments, contortionists, dancers and custom themes to take the party to the next level.

Extreme Sports Thrill Show

One of the largest extreme sports shows in the world is bigger than ever and ready to thrill millions of more spectators. The show has crossed Canada from coast to coast and performed at major fairs, festivals, exhibitions, special events, amusement and theme parks. Well-travelled, the Craz-E-Crew Stunt Team is now recognized internationally and has had the opportunity to tour in the United States and the privilege of being the first show of its kind to perform in China, Saudi Arabia, Oman, India and Nigeria.

Featuring

Pro-Class Extreme Sports Athletes

In a spectacular and high action world-class show. Performers are always pushing to go bigger, faster and higher. Reaching heights of 18 feet above the ground they showcase the most difficult and daring of stunts.

High Energy and Super-Charged Stunt Show

The team has over 23 years of experience entertaining for large audiences. All athletes are professional performers and have competed professionally in some of today’s biggest international contests. With this exposure, the performers are well known and have made appearances in internationally distributed alternative sports videos and magazines as well as in newspapers, television and radio shows.

Audiences will be thrilled by the Craz-E-Crew’s interactive stunt shows. Our team performers have all been selected for their experience, talent and attitude and create a good bond with audiences of all kinds by taking time after each performance to answer questions and of course to sign autographs.

They are highly motivated and devoted to entertaining your guests in every performance.

These are a few reasons why audiences around the world call the Craz-E-Crew Stunt Team one of the best shows they’ve ever seen!