Well, we didn't know it at the time but this was to be the very last Richard P Dick Van Johnson Show of 2020. Due to...you guessed it, Corona Virus!
The good news is it was a cracker of an episode, and the best so far. I had an absolute ball, the room was full, the audience were roaring with laughter and appreciation and the guests were that special blend of unique, talented and unhinged that you only get in Berlin.
Check it out, the whole show is available free online for your wintertime lockkdown viewing pleasure.
This last episode featured:
***The Growler, oversized 80 year old Irish vulva
***Wynton Kelly Stevenson, harmonica and beats wizard
***Yael Rozanes, Clown Slam champion & champignon
THE GROWLER Growler is an 80 year old vulva from the inner city of Dublin, Ireland. She is an alchemist, she transmutes women's pain through storytelling, singing and filthy jokes. She is on a mission to heal the collective female shadow. Love yourself is her mantra. A creation of artist Dee Mulrooney.
WYNTON KELLY STEVENSON Wynton Kelly Stevenson moved from New Jersey, USA to New Kölln, Germany in the 80s. Named after the great jazz pianist Wynton Kelly by his father Rudy Stevenson, himself a great jazz musician and composer, he is a multi instrumentalist who plays the harmonica, piano, beatboxes, sings and live loops to create rich textured soundscapes. He has performed for Zitty, MTV, ExBerliner, with Savion Glover and at the JVZ Jazz Festival, and is the brand ambassador for the famous German harmonica manfuacturer Hohner.
YAEL ROZANES is an actress, improviser and stand-up comedian from Ramat-Gan, Israel. Yael attended The L&L Goodman Theatre and Acting School of the Negev in Beer Sheva (2012-2015) after deciding to turn her ability to make stupid faces in front of the mirror into a career. She has performed in improv shows, as a street performer, in children’s plays, taught theater to kids and adults, and established her stand-up chops at Anna lou-lou Bar in Tel Aviv.