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Big & Little

Confrontation
Confrontation

Little and Big discover one another (Galen Treuer & Noah Bremer). Photo Eric Melzer

Sunset
Sunset

Sunset. Photo Eric Melzer

Shoe
Shoe

Big's foot. Photo Eric Melzer

Little steals shoe
Little steals shoe

Little (Galen Treuer) and shoe with Dan Turpening in background. Photo Eric Melzer

Little happy
Little happy

Little (Galen Treuer) happy. Photo Eric Melzer

Big & Little
Big & Little

Big & Little (Galen Treuer & Noah Bremer). Photo Eric Melzer

Big running
Big running

Big (Noah Bremer) in chase scene. Photo Eric Melzer

"On Wednesdays they swim..."
"On Wednesdays they swim..."

"On Wednesdays they swim..." Photo Eric Melzer

Quantum analysis
Quantum analysis

"On Thursdays they practice quantum analysis." Photo Eric Melzer

Big & Little | Media List


Statement

Performed by LiveActionSet’s NOAH BREMER and GALEN TREUER to live accordion music by DAN TURPENING, Big and Little is a study in simplicity. Two simple friends meet and achieve extraordinary feats of everyday life. Together, they create a world where anything can happen. In their experience of the world that is delightfully simple, they happen upon the profound. Created as a part of Red Eye Collaborations' Works in Progress 2005, and directed by SARA RICHARDSON (Ecole Jacques Lecoq, 00-02).

Reviews

NY Clown Theatre Festival 2008
NY Clown Theatre Festival in Review
nytheatre.com is asking two of its contributors to spend an evening at the NY CLOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL.
Evening 2: September 9, 2008 - MITCHELL CONWAY
I had the privilege of seeing three shows as part of this year's New York Clown Theatre Festival. Big & Little and El Magnifico were performed as a unit, followed by Manifesto! a little bit later. All three were original, enjoyable, and involved a great deal of pickle-eating and pratfalls.
One clown has shoes. Another doesn't. They become friends. Who would think that a premise such as this could spawn such a wonderfully funny and tender show? Noah Bremer ("Big") opens the production Big & Little, showing off his shoes to the audience. His demented excitement as he gestured towards his feet in alignment with the music made me love the character almost immediately. Although I missed having an extensive introduction like Big's for Galen Treuer ("Little"), there was no question that he grew on me along with the friendship between the clowns. After they battled over the stolen shoe with some quite impressive acrobatics, just watching the day-to-day activities of two buffoonish friends could not have been more entertaining and charming. Quick scenes involving brushing teeth together or chewing a huge pickle in time with "The Blue Danube Waltz" remained compelling with the only overall plot being the development of their friendship. Dan Turpening provides a perfect accompaniment to the piece, principally playing the accordion, but also filling in with a wide variety of sound effects.
Big & Little closes with a heartwarming scene of the two friends watching the sunset and falling asleep back to back—I could not help the affectionate smile that rose across my face...
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10 September 2008
77 - Big & Little and El Magnifico
Big & Little and El Magnifico
The Brick Theatre
09 September 2008, 1900
Send in the clowns!
The NY Clown Theatre Festival is being held at The Brick Theatre in Williamsburg from September 5th until September 28th. Put your reservations aside because this isn't your red-nosed, big wig wearing, giant red shoe sporting, pie in the face sort of clowning. I'm not saying that the festival won't include some of the aforementioned shenanigans, but the skits I saw were far from it.
Big & Little, played by Noah Bremer (Big) and Galen Treuer (Little) both with Live Action Set based out of Minnesota, was absolutely adorable. According to the program, Big & Little is "a study in simplicity." The skit had no speaking parts but was a choreographed set of scenes about a stolen shoe and the friendship that unfolds during the search for it. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, imagine portraying basic emotions and intentions without speaking. It isn't as easy as it sounds. A skit without words must use music, facial expressions, choreography and gestures to get the point and the story across. Big & Little have it down.