Clan

What happens you send a fifteen year old pyromaniac to act in a festival where he meets circus performers? Well, he comes back with a pair of fire poi and his older brother decides he likes the look of this stuff and makes a fire staff out of a tree. Later the older brother starts performing on the street with some friends helping out on safety. One of the friends gets interested and buys her own fire poi. Meanwhile the older brother discovers rope darts and learns to use that and gets another one of his friends hooked. Slowly they add more to their group. An entire family is infected with this pyromaniacal circus disease. Two jugglers and an entire band are dragged in. They end up travelling to the hill of Tara regularly, Djembe drums are added, Singing bowls and throat singing become mainstays. All of this is added to the years of theatre training each member has already had. The group develops a committee structure. They decide to purchase a big top, they are booked for festivals, they make their own equipment, they are asked to give lessons, they perform on the street once a month. This is Clan McKickass. I am that older brother, better known to the world as the Eyeball Kid, or Stephen Cullen to the less tutored. We're gypsyesque circus performers. Thr group consists of: The Eyeball Kid, Stephen, Director. Ropedart, staff, poi, fans, meteor hammer, scythe, axe, sword, throatsinger, ringmaster, djembe drum. Gwendolyne of Many Colours, Gwen, PRO Ropedart, sword, fans, singing bowls, singer. Dr. Penguin, Ali, Secretary Poi, ropedart, sword, axe, singing bowls. Avven, Grainne, Treasurer Juggler, poi, clowning, djembe drum. RobHand, Rob Staff, ropedart, sword, guitarist, singer. Zebbedee, Dylan. Juggler, clowning. We make circus gear for anybody that's willing to buy it and will perform for anybody willing to pay us. We stick, however, to the agreed Irish rate for fire performers of about twohundred per hour per performer.