Croquiky Brothers

The Croquiky Brothers are billed as “A hilarious comedy that includes live drawing of audience members, famous paintings and iconic objects. These two brothers from Korea can dance, draw and play air guitar, often all at the same time.” On a warm sunny afternoon at the Oz-Asia Festival, this reviewer joyfully experienced what can only be described as the eclectic and quirky talents of the brothers. From the moment the show began with bouncy music and crazy mime antics, the audience (and particularly the younger members) were hooked.

To describe all of the show’s components would be difficult as it is actually indescribable. A roller coaster of fun from start to finish, carefully woven together with true clowning talent and astounding artistic ability would be a good summation.

Some highlights were audience participation moments where sketching was taken to a whole new level and children’s laughter and clapping were rewarded by showers of confetti and Chupa Chups.

The mime talent of these two actors was riveting and they moved fluidly from charcoal works of art to hip hop dancing to circus acrobatics to balloon making skills. Some standout artistic moments were a sketch, which was contributed to by both actors, then sliced into two pieces and recombined to create the Mona Lisa. Another was a stunning portrait in shadow sketching of Rodin’s The Thinker.

No English was spoken throughout the show but through clever body language and sign language, these two had the audience eating out of their hands.

The climactic moment for this reviewer was a series of flowing landscapes and other images, created on black light paper using coloured torches. All of this done in perfect timing to beautiful ethereal music. Truly mesmerizing.

The Croquiky Brothers are not at all just a pair of clowns that do tricks and draw pictures, they are a creative feast of joy. The children in the audience today loved them and so did this big kid. If you have the opportunity to see these gents perform, please take your kids and your imagination. Wonderful.

Shelley Hampton