Artist Roster
Piccadilly Arts manages the careers and touring of a selected group of performing artists. Our roster features nine artists who create challenging and intelligent work for young audiences, families and adults, who work well on family stages and main stages, who offer meaningful residency to compliment performances, and who all create work that transcends language and cultural boundaries.
For the 2012/2013 season, we are pleased to represent Alex the Jester (theater), Ball in the House (a capella), Do Jump! Extremely Physical Theatre (physical theatre | dance), Lyle Cogen (musical theater | arts in education specialist), Leland Faulkner (theater), Robert Post | Post Comedy Theatre (physical comdedy and theatre), and the Treehouse Shakers (dance theater). Please click through to view each artist's bio, repertoire, and publicity and contact Chrissie for fees and availability.
Alex's period music, mind bending sight gags, and wildly imaginative spirit transport audiences to another place and time.
Five guys, no instruments, just their voices! This Boston-based soul-pop/R&B group takes a cappella to the next stage with vocal drums/beatbox and vocal bass to create a harmony that appeals to all ages!
Do Jump "actorbats" blend theatre, dance, aerial work, acrobatics, dynamic visuals and live music that defies categorization. Celebrating both individual creativity and community spirit, Do Jump has thrilled audiences throughout North America.
"...[Do Jump] reinforces a child's sense of wonder and revives it in adults." ~The New York Times
A man of a thousand faces, Leland Faulner's theatrical performances draw on his life experiences to create a variety of characters, vignettes, and films including consulting on the popular Polar Express. The performances are a family favorite nationally and internationally.
Lyle Cogen is a musical performer & recording artist, writer, and Lincoln Center trained teaching artist who is singular in her niche position offering top-notch children’s song and story that educates along with the entertainment. In 2008, she was commissioned by Tilles Center For The Performing Arts and funded by the United States Department of Justice to write and create a piece of theater about bullying for adolescents that would inspire self reflection and dialogue to bring about change for the better. "...This program was amazing. You should bring this program at the beginning of the year and the end of the year." - Teacher, NYS BOCES Evaluation
Actor, mime, puppeteer, juggler, standup comic, and improvising whirling dervish, Post has created a unique and eclectic series of imaginative and hilarious vignettes. He’s a one-man theatre company, specializing in rapid-fire character changes, even different roles for different body parts. "I like him because he’s insane, completely insane." ~ Matt Lauer, TODAY Show
Treehouse Shakers is a dance-theater company committed to creating original dance-plays that introduce young audiences to modern dance through meaningful stortelling.
"..captivating and riveting to children ...This isn’t your same old fairy- tale – this is something much bigger and better.” – David Zimmerman, Executive Director, DeBaun Performing Arts Center, Hoboken, NJ
Zany Umbrella Circus is a contemporary circus ensemble that brings to life the old time folk circus of days gone by. They build and strengthens communities through the folk artistry of contemporary circus -- particularly puppetry, circus, music, storytelling, street theatre, aerial, and visual arts -- and through education. Their repertoire includes solo performances and larger ensemble performances.
""His [Ben Sota, of the Zany Umbrella Circus] performances on the Trapeze and Spanish Web are so imaginative and breathtaking they must be seen to be believed." ~ Wavy Gravy
