Red Bastard | |
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Genre | Comedy, clowning |
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Eric Davis | |
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Red Bastard is a live bouffon clown theatre show written and performed by Eric Davis. [1] [2] [3] [4]
What begins with a surreal monologue by a twisted clown named Red Bastard [5] quickly devolves into full blown audience participation. [6]
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Eric Davis is an American actor, comedian, director, writer and clown.