A man in a grey tracksuit top, wearing a green headband, looks up at the camera with a shocked and surprised expression. He has a pot plant on his shoulder, he is carrying a tennis racquet, an atlas and a painting of a horse. The background are the colour wheel pattern of the Trivial Pursuit board
A tall man with dark hair in a gray tracksuit with a green headband looks puzzled at a tennis racquet in one hand and a squash racquet in the other. The background is the different coloured wheels of a Trivial Pursuit pie wheel from the board game
To one side there is a man in a grey tracksuit top, wearing a green headband, looks up at the camera with a shocked and surprised expression. He has a pot plant on his shoulder, he is carrying a tennis racquet, an atlas and a painting of a horse. To the other side there is a wheel pattern with different versions of this scene within each piece of pie. One has the man speaking into a stethoscope. One shows him looking in dismay at a tennis racquet in one hand and badminton racquet in the other. The other four wheels show various states of chaos attempting to hold on to the atlas, the picture and the pot plant

A Not So Trivial Pursuit

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Clown
Australia • World Premiere

A clown stumbles into a real-life game of Trivial Pursuit. Dogged by History, tackling Sports, can he overcome his Nature to win the ultimate prize? 

Pursuit is the latest offering from local loony Hew Parham, whose comedic characters Rudi and Giovanni have wowed audiences at festivals such as The New York Clown Festival. Defying geography for the sake of art, Parham will be aided by six clown directors from around the world in his most personal and ridiculous challenge yet. 

Inspired by 80’s Game shows as well as the dystopian worlds of Squid Game and Running Man, absurd, surreal yet honest, Pursuit asks: when our world falls apart how can we pick up the pieces to put ourselves together again?

"Parham’s clowning is rudley hilarious yet exquisitely rich in emotional depth" Barefoot Review

★★★★ Advertiser 2022

Presented by: Bamboozled Productions

Bamboozled Productions are experts in delivering award-winning festival programs, world-class performances and boutique circus tents.

The Bamboozled team have a wealth of experience as festival programmers, producers, event managers, performers and venue designers, builders & managers. Born out of a meeting of minds between internationally renowned, Adelaide based performers Nigel Martin and Louise Clarke who have been successfully touring Australia and the globe for over 25 years. The pair have appeared at numerous festivals and events including Glastonbury Music Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the 2012 London Olympics, Kim Tom Clown Festival (China), Tour Down Under, Melbourne Commonwealth Games as well as numerous corporate events.

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

  • The unique experiences Parham retells make this show compelling, intriguing, and deeply moving. - Gianluca Noble, InReview

  • The likeable and intriguing Hew Parham’s new solo show is a journey of self-discovery that is both bizarre and hilarious. - Craig Cook, The Advertiser