![]() Tickets, priced £18, are available here or from the Box Office on 01642 525 199. Tape Face is the moniker for Sam Wills, a young mime from New Zealand who performs a stand-up routine without talking (while wearing a strip of duct tape across his mouth). "Tape Face is funny, magical, innovative, spectacular and inspiring - be sure to grab yourselves a ticket!” Graham Ramsay from promoters Ten Feet Tall said: "It’s fantastic to welcome Tape Face back to Teesside as, before his big break in America, he played some amazing nights at Stockton, Saltburn and Middlesbrough. Supporting him on his night in Stockton will be Jonny Awsum of Britain’s Got Talent fame. ![]() In 2016 Tape Face reached the final of America's Got Talent and went on to present his debut seasons in Las Vegas as well as extensive tours of the UK and America. He delighted audiences and critics alike, clinching the Foster's Comedy Award nomination for Best Newcomer. Sam Wills first launched his wonderfully unique creation, Tape Face, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010. ![]() He will be at ARC Stockton on Wednesday September 11, at 7.30pm, with tickets priced at £18. Great fun, although I have to say I think I preferred it when it was much simpler.Silent comedy sensation Tape Face returns to the UK this Autumn with a brand-new show coming to Stockton.Īfter storming into America with appearances on America's Got Talent and a residency in Las Vegas, Tape Face is heading back to the UK. If you don’t know him there are plenty of videos on YouTube and I would certainly recommend seeing the live show. There are elements of Mr Bean as well as Buster Keaton and all the rest but Tape Face has hit upon a winning formula which has sustained him for nigh-on fifteen years. He claims his on stage persona is that of a nine-year-old child, that it is the innocence and sense of wonder that fuel his act. There are a series of mysterious and dramatic phone calls after which he tries in vain to fly a kite and there is a prolonged, maybe too prolonged, sketch in which he tries to catch a tennis ball shot at him while blindfolded. It’s all done in the best possible taste, like the guy who was asked to sit on a whoopee cushion followed inevitably by a good couple of minutes of full-bellied farts only for it to be revealed that Tape Face had removed the cushion before he sat down. And, most importantly, the stooges are not humiliated or made to look stupid. He gets unsuspecting – no, suspecting and willing audience members up on stage to assist him in the various pranks – and very funny they are to. His act consists of what amounts to a series of practical jokes. Emily Lynen, 29, and Amber Lynen, 35, had every intention of having sex on their wedding night. Whereas before all his props used to be in his shoulder bag, now he has a stage full of them, plus a lot of big lighting and smoke effects. But there are lots of unofficial ones too, imposter performers going round claiming to be Tape Face.īut the universal success and acclaim is not all that has changed. I showed up the next day to face the board, which was made up of about seven guys. Performing in Vegas last year was a dream, but to be able to return and perform in my very own custom venue in Vegas is beyond words, said Sam Wills, Tape. They learn to perform an exact scripted copy of the act and on they go. I'd walk in there with a tape recorder and tape the entire proceedings. Don’t tell anyone, but I actually order all of my expressions from eBay. The Tape Face “industry” employs other guys who don the costume and the tape. How did you develop your facial expressions Did you practice in a mirror They are spot-on and lend so much to the comedy. ![]() How can he be in three places at once? Simple, there are more than one of them, rather like Father Christmas and, I suspect, Nana Mouskouri. Apart from the TV shows he has a show running permanently in Las Vegas and another in Australia and is currently on tour in Holland and Belgium. Hence the name – Tape Face.Ī lot has happened since I first became aware of him. But what makes you remember, what makes him stand out is that he has greased spikey hair, a lot of heavy black eye make-up and, rather conspicuously, a strip of black gaffer tape across his mouth. Slung around his neck is a leather shoulder bag. The guy comes on wearing an ordinary jacket, jeans and striped t-shirt. Original, clever, funny and, most of all, simple. Through simple, clever and charming humour aimed at. Tape Face is a multi-award winning silent comedy phenomenon who became a viral sensation thanks to his Americas Got Talent audition and labelled as a. I first saw the act on television in the UK four or five years ago. Every once in a while, something magical reminds us that we all have an inner child that must be fed. We have been trying to review/interview Tape Face in the UK for the past four or five years but I only managed to catch up with him on his recent tour of Holland and Belgium.
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