Angela de Castro

Abstract

Angela de Castro, 41, is a theatre clown. In a male-dominated genre that incorporates elements from mime and elevates traditional circus slapstick to a high art, she is internationally recognized as a performer and teacher. Born in Brazil, de Castro came to England in 1986 in order to train. She has worked with British street-and circus-theatre companies including Mummerandada, Ra Ra Zoo, and The Right Size, and women's theatre company Skin and Blisters. Her own show, The Gift, has toured throughout Britain, and she has directed and appeared in spectacular circus-inspired performances at London's Heaven night-club. In 1995 she was invited to work with world-famous exponent of the art, Slava Polunin, in his phenomenally successful Snowshow, in which Angela toured internationally during 1996. She lives in London with her partner, Catherine.