Running mannequin

1 (solo) performer

Indoor and outdoor

Actor

4 hours

In consultation

NL

Are you looking for a street theater act for your party or event? Then the walking mannequin is perfect! Book it now via ShowBird.

Are you in need of street theater and still like a still act? Then the walking mannequin might be for you!

At markets and events, this strange little man (wearing clothes you would love) walks around. A little wooden, a little crazy. Suddenly, in an unexpected moment, he freezes into a real mannequin. He can stand for seconds, maybe even minutes, only to suddenly come back to life. With its many possibilities, this living mannequin makes for a tasteful performance every time!

The price of this act is based on a performance of 4 x 40 minutes.

This act also has a name and is called Patrick van Horne. He is past 30 and a teacher by profession. This educational background makes it easy for him to stand in front of groups and animate them. Patrick has been doing animation since 2000, first as a clown, later the statues and walking acts were added. Patrick on his motivation:

"Acting and animating is in your blood, it always gives a kick to bring a successful act. I regularly try out new ideas, which is how the living statue came into being. That seems easy, but it's more subtle and measured work. You want to interact with your audience, so you have to feel it perfectly."

In 2012, Patrick decided to quit as clown Patje in order to put enough energy into his living statues and walking acts. Since then, Patrick has proven that he has earned his spurs. With the living statue of the textile tutor he won the Belgian championship in 2008 and became 2nd at the BeNeLux championship in Lommel the same year. The act 'I wood be (a statue)' also won prizes: in April 2014 Patrick won with this act the festival Borne op z'n Best (Nl.) as well as a third place at the living statue festival in Tegelen (Nl.). After that I Wood be a statue became first in Den Bosch, in Maastricht and Belgian champion living statue 2014. As icing on the cake, I Wood Be a Statue was allowed to walk away with a 2nd prize at Worldstatues 2014 in Arnhem.

In 2015 Patrick succeeded himself as Belgian champion with the act 'His past, mining past'. He was not only named the best Belgian statue, but also won the first prize of all participating statues.

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