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Founded in Portland Maine in 1997, Phyzgig has become a popular holiday family-oriented festival that chases away the winter blues with performances featuring magic, mirth, and mayhem. For the third year, the PHYZGIG Festival is expanding to Portsmouth NH. (Continued below)
Pontine Theatre will host performances by festival performers at their West End Studio Theatre located at 959 Islington Street, Portsmouth NH. Performances are 26 - 30 December at 2pm. Tickets are $15. ($12 for Students & Seniors) Purchase tickets online Tickets may also be purchased at the door one half-hour prior to each performance, subject to availability, cash and checks only. For information, contact Pontine Theatre: 603-436-6660.
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While the Portsmouth schedule is still in development, some of the performers who will appear at Pontine's West End Studio Theatre include Drew The Fool, Magic by Norman Ng, Double Vision' Pantomonium, and Michael Trautman.
In Portland ME, Acorn Productions will present its 13th annual Phyzgig festival this year. Phyzgig is a celebration of physical comedy and variety entertainment for the family, which takes place between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Phyzgig has evolved into a well-known event that attracts audience members from throughout the region each holiday season, and the 2010 edition includes a few new faces along with favorites from previous incarnations of the popular family festival.
Phyzgig features a host of variety entertainers who are selected from a competitive application process that attracts interest from both national and international acts. As Phyzgig audiences have come to expect, these entertainers will create a series of performances full of zany insanity, featuring clowning, juggling, magic, slapstick humor, and other acts that defy classification. The event not only offers audiences a rare look at a form of entertainment with a rich and honored tradition, but has also helped to put New England on the map as a region that nurtures the spirit of vaudeville.
