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The Blyss Show
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"Well Behaved Women Never Make History"
A Comedy Variety TV Hybrid/ Lifestyle Show
Introduction
Starring S. Siobhan McCarthy as "Blyss", Canada's only kinky, relationship curious and sex obsessed clown, The Blyss Show is what happens when you mix Ali G, Dave Chappelle, Tracey Ullman and Tom Green with a bit of KINK and a lot of clown.
"Blyss is processing her own woes in a larger palette" Alan Hindle, The Globe and Mail
Blyss is a sexy, wisecracking, button-pushing joker who breaks down the fourth wall by constantly engaging the audience in dialogue about sexuality and relationships, politics, dis/ability and issues all over the moral map.
"One of Canada's most accomplished "cross-over" artists" (Canadian Theatre Review, 2005)
Blyss takes life to the extreme by constantly revealing her edge and inviting the audience into the realm and consciousness of a branded "love-starved clown".
She's looking for love in all the right and wrong places.
Background
Like well-known NYC-based performance artist Karen Finley, McCarthy utilizes her own life and experiences as direct material to cleverly confront her audiences. McCarthy is current in a respected tradition of North America's cutting edge performance artists.
The Blyss Show is based on the critically acclaimed, and successful stand-up comedy and touring shows of S. Siobhan McCarthy.
For the past two years McCarthy has toured Blyss across the country as the headliner at the Toronto Festival of Clowns, the DAF Festival in Calgary, Live Biennial Performance Art Festival in Vancouver, and highly successful, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival. She was the host of Vancouver's PRIDE, the Mascot of the Taboo Naughty but Nice Sex Show, and the Host of The PUSH Festival.
On myspace she has over seven hundred fans.
The Blyss Show
The Blyss Show is shot in a quirky, vibrant format utilizing a rich saturated colour palette, selectively using a fish eye lens to narrate Blyss' world.
Each episode has 4 Blyss Segments
• "The set up"- based on Blyss' stand up comedy. This takes place in Blyss' Play Palace - a short snappy segment less than three minutes -- stand up comedy setting up the theme of each episode.
• "The Scenes "- The format may be three five-minute bits or two eight- minute scenes. Here, Blyss's friends and cast members will be introduced to the viewer. These "real" and scripted portions will show Blyss out in the world interacting comedically with the unsuspecting folk. She strives to be loved by all and, in the process gets herself into highly comedic yet natural moments. Think Tom Green Show but, way hotter and more clownlike....tee hee.
• "Animated Blyss"- Peppered throughout the Show, there will be short animated sassy segments.
• "The Third Screen"- New Media is important to The Blyss Show. We intend on having a complete branded product utilizing synergistic marketing for every digital platform. Digital media doesn't scare Blyss!
Target Audience :- 18-40+ Urban Educated
Don't you want your own Blyss already?
There are many opportunities to market a full line of "Blyss products" online.
Season One 13 episodes x 22 min.
Full Bible Available for Season 1 & 2
Initial episode and segment ideas include:
-Blyss flirts her way through a traffic jam on her electric bike, "Petite Cherie."
-Blyss creates a profile online and then goes out on a real date with her cyber date!
-Blyss calls in sick and spends the whole day shopping with her best friend " Sweetness." Together, they try on clothes in designer boutiques they really can't afford - including a bridal gown store. "No, you be the bride and I'll be the groom!!"
-Blyss learns how to pole dance from feminists
-Blyss Gives Couples Sex & Relationship Advice or goes shopping for toys
-Blyss shows you how to make a voodoo doll of your ex
New Media Focus
The Blyss Show will utilize a comprehensive network of cross-platform applications to deliver the Blyss Show content to an audience much wider than that of the TV show alone. Content created for The Blyss Show is ideally suited for re-purposing, and will be broken down into smaller pieces (Blyss Bits, Blyss Bytes, and Blyss Bops) and delivered via the Internet, to cell phones and downloaded to PDAs and media players. Available worldwide, popularizing this additional content (through MySpace, YouTube, Tribe, FaceBook, etc.), and ancillary merchandising will create demand for the Blyss show into local markets. Internet users will also be able to contribute to the future development of TV episodes and Blyss on-line content pieces.
The Blyss Show is the world's first sexy clown-fronted variety sketch show. All content (created for each platform) will be used again on other platforms (Internet, to cell phones and downloaded to PDAs and media players). All platform users will provide feedback (voting, direct program suggestions, their own videos) to help build the overall program content of the entire Blyss Empire.
Meet blyssful PRODUCTIONS
Siobhan McCarthy - "Blyss", creator & actor
Siobhan McCarthy is the Founder and Managing Artistic Director/ Producer of the absolut theatre company society and blyssful PRODUCTIONS . Siobhan is a nationally acclaimed bold, innovative, multi-media, interdisciplinary artist and educator who is constantly devising new original theatre, film and performance art. She enjoys teaching, conducting experiments/ research whilst working independently and collaboratively with other artists. Siobhan is the Production Manager of the Vancouver International Film Festival Trade Forum and she teaches voice, movement and mask as well as the play creation and performance classes at various colleges, schools and institutions in the lower mainland. The Canadian Theatre Review has credited her as being one of Canada's foremost successful cross-over artists and her philosophy of "using theatre of the "body" and the arts as a tool for healing, self-discovery, empowerment and catharsis." was celebrated and published.
"Highly intelligent, sexy, titillating and challenging!" Michael Green, One Yellow Rabbit -High Performance Rodeo.
imdb resumé: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565321/
Xandra Grayson - Camera & Editor
Xandra Grayson began working in television in 2001 at Cogeco Cable in Windsor Ontario as a camera operator. After moving to British Columbia that same year she branched out into editing and film making while still working in television at Whistler Cable in Whistler B.C. She now has over 10 short films to her name, was a 72 hour filmmaker showdown finalist in 2005 and winner of the 'Artrenaline' film competition in 2006 Xandra also began live event videograpy in 2001 with events such as 'The Whistler Ski and Snowboarding Festival' 'The Grey Cup' and 'The Vancouver Folk Festival' under her belt. She has had the pleasure to record artists such as 'I Mother Earth' 'The Philosopher Kings' 'Lorn Bassnectar' and 'Chantal Kreviazuk' over the past six years. In May 2006 she opened Brand X Productions a live event and film productions company which she owns and operates.
Email Xandra here
Zoltán Barabás is a Canadian and EU (Hungarian) citizen born in Sweden to a Hungarian father and Swedish mother. He is a producer, actor and businessperson. After a decade as a Canadian Naval Officer, Zoltán became producer and actor in the mid 1990s, working in Vancouver and Budapest, Hungary. In television, Zoltan was instrumental as an Executive Producer in launching "Esti Showder," Hungary's version of The Tonight Show. Zoltán also amassed producer, writer, and/or director credits on four feature films, including Co-Producer on the award-winning film "The Entrance."
Email Zoltan here
imdb resumé: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052793/
©S. Siobhan McCarthy/ blyssful PRODUCTIONS 2006 All rights reserved.
Summer 2007
We have many shows coming up this summer - check
the Calendar of Events for details - more info coming shortly.
The Blyss Show - click
to download one sheet (.PDF format 1.4megs)
A Reality Based TV Show
Starring “Blyss”, Canada’s only dominatrix clown.Sin City, meets Girls Behaving Badly with
a bit of KINK.... ya dig?
Deal Breakers - Film - click to download treatment (.PDF format 2megs)
What makes you walk away from relationships? After two years of living with a cheating
husband Caroline goes on her first revenge date. The next day over lunch she can't wait to
tell her best friend Sam. But when Caroline finds out that Sam is the other woman, her
teenage ideals crash headlong into her adult realities.
Who will she break up with? Her husband? Or her best friend?
Back Again - click to download treatment (Word .doc format 28k)
"Back Again" is a romantic comedic romp about Eveline Saunders, a woman in a dull marriage who throws her back out on her 30th birthday. Eveline discovers a whole new world of passion with a hot young physiotherapist. Will she leave her predictable husband, Dan? Or does Dan have some surprises up his sleeve that will put the spark back in their marriage?
"altered states" / The Blyss Show
Blyss lives in and brings out others' "altered states". Through comedy in the vein of theatre of the absurd she encourages you the audience to witness her "reveal your edge" and hers. In "altered states - primal scream: the edge of consciousness", she riffs off of the book, " He's Just Not That into You." whilst taking physical theatre to the extreme and inviting the audience into the realm and consciousness of Canada's only branded "love - starved clown".
"A hilarious must see event... You can't help but fall in love with Blyss" Johnny Dunn, One Yellow Rabbit. "Highly intelligent, sexy, titillating and challenging!" - Michael Green, One Yellow Rabbit -High Performance Rodeo.
"Going Down to Grandma's"
Lucy, "the fass girl." is five years old and she loves her Grandma- no matter what! Her mother, Savannah is too busy and she hasn't time to play. So, Lucy is off to Granny Mac's for tea and cookies. Devised and Performed by Siobhan McCarthy. A quirky monologue and physical theatre piece that can be placed anywhere, that is not P.C and will leave you in stitches. (if you like that kinda thing).
"Violet's Cocktail Party"
A sexual comedy devised and performed by Siobhan at One Yellow Rabbit's 2004 summer lab intensive. Violet wants financial independence from her husband but is tired of selling Mary Kay. She decides to surprise her friends who come to her home for their monthly Oprah Winfrey Book Club and introduce them to her new hobby and philosophy in life which is to "say yes to everything and to try new things." In an effort to inspire sexual liberation devoid of any man or any other human being she hosts a Modern Tupperware party without any Tupperware." A daring monologue that encourages audience participation and for people to open their minds to sex and sex toys. A hilarious must see and participate experience!
Commissioning of Work
Rights for shows as per playwrights guild of Canada http://www.playwrightsguild.com rates.
Jan
5th, 07 "in the house" at Blyss' house!
It's hot! It's sexy!
And it's fun! Bring in the new year with some burlesque, some drag, a puppet
strip tease, and a whole lot more!
Featuring:
Little Woo with Randy Andy,
Malaika Millions,
Teddy Smooth,
Sticky Fingers,
Buster Cherry,
The Family Stump,
Both Sides of the Coin;
MC: Blyss.....
Jan 11th - 14, 07 Taboo - the Naughty but Nice Sex Show
The Taboo Sex Show is an upscale consumer trade show dedicated to romance, and self improvement - most of all it's a lot of fun. Blyss will be there for the whole festival.....watch out for Sweetness too.
Jan 27th (Saturday) Housewarming/ Fundraiser for Blyss' Play Palace
To celebrate the absolut theatre company turning 10 years old and finally having a venue!
The theme? A sexy upscale cocktail party. We will be celebrating Leopold von Sacher-Masoc's Birthday (the man who S & M was named after). He was born on this day in 1836. So dress in your best leather, heels and whatever catches your kinky fancy and prepare to be spanked and entertained.
There will be an amazing line up of talent performing some of which include:
Blyss
as your hostess with the mostess with her partners' in crime: Sweetness,
Teddy Smooth, Sara Bynoe from Teen Aged Angst, Priscilla, Little Woo, Luscious
Ladies (pole dancin'), and special guests.....
Jan
26th
(Friday) Blyss to host PuSh Festival Cabaret
The theme was "theatre as a drug" - the transformative power of theatre
/ performance (music, dance etc.) ... how does art change us both in the moment
and after we leave the building?
To see what happened: www.conspiracy.ca/history.php
Feb
20th (Tuesday) Pity Party: A Post Valentines Day Check-In
Valentines day breaks the hearts of many people - that's why Teen Angst is perfect for it. Join Sara Bynoe and many others (RC Weslowski, Blyss the clown- ME!, musicians, Improv, and more!!) as we celebrate Love in all its ups and downs; from 'more than like' to 'I will never love again.'
This is a fundraiser for Teen Angst Projects, so there will be awesome raffle prizes and a 50/50 (which are really great- I've won so many!)
The Pity Party is in the NEWS!
Check it out! The Pity Party is in the news! Click here to read the Globe and Mail story or here to read the Province story or here to read the Westender article
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Feb
22nd - 24th
2nd Annual Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
Over 50 of the best burlesque performers from around the world!
Blyss & Sweetness at Vancouver International Burlesque Fest!
Watch Blyss get her first pony and meet Sweetness in the most unlikely circumstances.
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Mar 14-31 TREMORS: Salon Des Refusés Gallery & Performances
The Here Be Monsters Collective present the Tremors Monster Bar and "Salon Des Refusés" Gallery featuring some of Vancouver's most respected (and rejected) low-brow artists! Join us for a drink and a stroll through our unique and freaky gallery where Siobhan aka Blyss will have a piece on display called "Dirty Little Secrets"
Performance Works, Granville Island
March 14-31, 07
Mar 25 (Sun) Touch: Erotic/Sensual/Spiritual Art Auction & Performances
Art and Performances in the themes of eroticism, sensuality and spirituality.
Art Viewing from noon - 5pm; performances and Live Auction from 5pm - midnight.
50/50 draw, cash bar, silent auction, interdisciplinary performances, burlesque performances and MORE!!
Blyss & Sweetness perform their hot to trot love story originally created for The Vancouver Burlesque Festival.
Mar 25 (Sun) King's Crossing - All Pro Comedy Night
Hosted by Patrick Maliha and featuring Vancouver's finest comedians
Show Starts at 9:00 Sharp!
located in the Howard Johnson Hotel 395 Kingsway 604 872 5252 http://www.kingscrossing.ca
To contact the organizers: CLICK HERE
Blyss and Sweetness will re-mount their sassy, kinky, reverse burlesque act from the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival!