Dr Jones and Professor Barnard’s Medicine Show
Purveyors of the finest ‘Tosh’, an elixir of youth and vitality; the esteemed intellectuals Jones and Barnard have unleashed their own brand of quackery, healing and duplicitous doctoring on an unsuspecting audience.
See with your own eyes as the bland, bald and bucolic are miraculously ‘cured’. Based on established medical procedures, and steeped in proven theory, this is an event that needs to be witnessed to be believed.
In the great tradition of the travelling medicine show, a series of entertainments and distractions will be presented in addition to the demonstrations in the form of occasional songs, dancing and jokes.
Creams, balms, scents and liniments included.
INFO
Duration: 40 min
Age: From 5 years
Language: English
CREDITS
Performers: Gareth Jones, Matt Barnard
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Jones and Barnard are street and cabaret performers. Together for nearly 30 years, they began on the hallowed cobble stones of London’s Covent Garden. They perform escapology, juggling, magic and comedy, and have performed at Adelaide Festival Australia, Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury and the famous London Palladium. See more: www.foolsparadise.co.uk/companies/jonesandbarnard/medicineshow
Purveyors of the finest ‘Tosh’, an elixir of youth and vitality; the esteemed intellectuals Jones and Barnard have unleashed their own brand of quackery, healing and duplicitous doctoring on an unsuspecting audience.
See with your own eyes as the bland, bald and bucolic are miraculously ‘cured’. Based on established medical procedures, and steeped in proven theory, this is an event that needs to be witnessed to be believed.
In the great tradition of the travelling medicine show, a series of entertainments and distractions will be presented in addition to the demonstrations in the form of occasional songs, dancing and jokes.
Creams, balms, scents and liniments included.
INFO
Duration: 40 min
Age: From 5 years
Language: English
CREDITS
Performers: Gareth Jones, Matt Barnard
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Jones and Barnard are street and cabaret performers. Together for nearly 30 years, they began on the hallowed cobble stones of London’s Covent Garden. They perform escapology, juggling, magic and comedy, and have performed at Adelaide Festival Australia, Edinburgh Fringe, Glastonbury and the famous London Palladium. See more: www.foolsparadise.co.uk/companies/jonesandbarnard/medicineshow