About Me
Early Beginnings
As a child I spent most of my time and pocket money in novelty and joke shops. My debut magical performance was to my grade 1 class when I was only 5 years old.
Many years later when Brisbane hosted World Expo ’88 I fell in love with street theatre and modern clowning. Armed with this new passion every spare moment was spent learning a wide variety of circus skills and magic tricks.
Entertainer
By 1992 I had reached a stage where I was able to give up my day job in the retail jewellery trade and launch into an unknown future as a full time entertainer.
Since then I have performed thousands of shows and circus workshops for countless people in many wonderful places including Norfolk Island, Scotland, England, France, Holland, Jordan, Israel, Thailand, Cambodia and all over Australia.
Clown Doctor
Sick children at Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital know me best as ‘Dr. Bob’, the Clown Doctor™. Parodying the medical routine brings laughter and joy into a patient’s experience. This makes a hospital visit less stressful. Laughter also helps patients in times of pain, fear and grief.
Teacher
When I started my career I had a lot of support, advice and encouragement from experienced entertainers. I would never have made it this far without their help.
I am honored to be in the position where I can now teach other people some of the ‘tricks of the trade’.
I also teach circus skills to kids and adults. For more about this have a look at www.CircusSchool.com.au
School Chaplain
Throughout 2008 I spent 2 days each week working at my local primary school as the chaplain. A chaplain offers pastoral care and support to kids when times get tough as well as fun activities the rest of the time. I have stopped being a chaplain due to my increasing role as a parent but hope to support the chaplaincy program again in the future.
