Pink Toupee Collective

(Left) Hodge has trouble with his cutlery and is aided by the denizens of Le Carnaval des Imbéciles. From left to right: Linda Melvin as Whippa, The Beast Tamer; Jane Hastings as Sadie the Cotton Candy Lady; Jeff Madow as Hodge, The Sword of Swords; William Fuller as Aviáni Le Mystérieux; and Renee Gromacki as TikiTaka The Bird Lady. (Photography by Jack Hastings)


Dada? Dada? In performance? This looks like it might be fun:

The Pink Toupee Collective presents an original musical/theatrical/performance art piece entitled Miss Fortune and the Carnival of Fools, opening Friday, April 28, 2006 at “The Space” at California Stage. The work explores themes of nonconformity and the search for identity in our increasingly homogenized and media-dominated culture. Miss Fortune and the Carnival of Fools takes as its inspiration ideas from the Fluxus Movement in art which flourished from the early sixties to the mid-seventies. Fluxus (“a flow”) was known for its Dadaist leanings and its emphasis on artistic exploration and socio-political activism expressed through performance art pieces known as “Aktions.”