RAGMOP Theatre

RAGMOP Theatre is a collaboration between Canadian clown and movement artist Nayana Fielkov, and U.S.A. circus artist Matthew "Poki" McCorkle.

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Using the mediums of clown, magic, mime, mask, puppetry, illusions, shadow projections, dance, live song, and circus arts, RAGMOP creates and performs original, compelling, thought provoking, surrealist physical comedy. Their premier show Falling Awake, created at Artists in Residency programs at Tanzzentrale (Nürnberg, Germany) and Lookout Arts Quarry (Bellingham, WA, USA), toured across Canada in 2016 receiving the awards of: Best of Fest (Edmonton Fringe), Best Ensemble (Toronto Fringe), and The Joanna Maratta Award (Vancouver Fringe). In 2018 they premiered their second show, HOTEL VORTRUBA to sold out houses and glowing reviews at the Edmonton Fringe Festival, the largest Theatre Festival in North America. In Spring 2019 they created their latest: A CAN OF WORMS, which also received high acclaim Their work has been presented at theatres and festivals throughout B.C. including Capitol Theatre in Nelson, ArtSpring on Salt Spring Island, Fringe Presents Vancouver, and The Living Things Festival in Kelowna.

UPCOMING DATES

2024

Hotel Vortruba
October 4th, 7pm
Lester Centre
Prince Rupert, BC, CA

UNDERBELLY
October 25th
Artspring Theatre
Saltspring Island, BC, CA

Now booking 2024/2025!

+Show past dates+

2024:

Evergreen Cultural Centre,
Coquitlam, BC, CA

2022:

Living Things Festival
Kelowna, BC, CA

Pacific Contact
Showcasing with HOTEL VORTRUBA

Chilliwack Cultural Centre
Hotel Vortruba

2019:

Edmonton Fringe Festival
with HOTEL VORTRUBA and A CAN OF WORMS

Sh'Bang Fesival
Bellingham, WA, USA

Luna Fest
HOTEL VORTRUBA
& Suspension of Disbelief
Revelstoke, BC, CA

Capital Theatre
Nelson, BC, CA
A CAN OF WORMS

Rotary Centre for the Arts
Kelowna, BC, CA
A CAN OF WORMS

2018:

Orlando Fringe Festival
Orlando, FL

Edmonton Fringe Festival
Edmonton, AB, CA

Sh'Bang Festival
Lookout Arts Quarry
Bellingham, WA

"A Taste of Fringe"
Kelowna Fringe Launch

Capitol Theatre
Nelson, BC

Luna Fest
Revelstoke, BC

2017:

Edmonton Fringe Festival

Key City Theatre
Cranbrook, BC

Capitol Theatre
Nelson, BC

Bumpershoot Theatre
Kelowna, BC

Fringe Presents
Vancouver, BC

Artspring
Saltspring Island

2016:
London Fringe
The Arts Project

Monréal Fringe
Mission Santa Cruz

Toronto Fringe
Tarragon Theatre - Extraspace

Winnipeg Fringe
Royal MTC Up The Alley

Saskatoon Fringe
Victoria School Gymnasium

Edmonton Fringe
The Walterdale Playhouse

Edmonton Fringe Holdovers
Westbury Theatre

Vancouver Fringe
Cultch Historic Theatre
..

RAGMOP Theatre presents
A CAN OF WORMS

Exquisite, hilarious, and hauntingly surreal. A CAN OF WORMS is a meditation on animal instinct and the search for human connection. With aerial hair hang, fine dining, false faces, questionable hors d’œuvres, operatic interludes, and a side of cannibalism, A CAN OF WORMS maps evolution from invertebrates to flight to uncover the cure for loneliness.

[55 mins. All ages. Touring since Summer 2019.]

"More 5-star product from one of the country’s most imaginative incubators of genuine theatre art."
-12thnight.ca

RAGMOP Theatre presents
HOTEL VORTRUBA

A surreal wordless physical comedy where finding shelter is not so simple. With other worldly room service, broken lamps, creaky floorboards, and giant rats, a guest confronts a proprietor who has been hiding his true self. A gorgeous, hilarious and daring theatrical experience where magic lingers in every shadow. Come check-in to Hotel Vortruba.

[60 mins. All ages. Touring since 2018.]

★★★★★
“An extraordinary blend of mime and magic”
-Global News

★★★★★
“It’s the perfect mix of magic, physical comedy and charm.”
-Edmonton Journal

★★★★★
The two tap into a seemingly endless array of dexterous theatrical abilities (including clown, magic, mime, mask, puppetry, illusion, dance and various other circus arts) to mount a show that is a marvel to behold, a continuing treat and a boisterous display of exotic, theatrical talent.
-GigCity.ca

RAGMOP Theatre presents
Falling Awake

Love, dreams, flash floods, salt,
& the questionable nature of reality.

[60 mins. All ages. Touring since 2016.]

★★★★
"An all-access pass into the dreamland"
-Edmonton Journal
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“Seamless in every aspect”
-CJLO Montreal
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★★★★
“A mesmerizing display of physical comedy”
Critics' Pick -NOW Toronto
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"So beautiful that I groaned with pleasure"
-Colin Thomas
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★★★★
“Breathtaking physical actors”
-Theatre in London
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★★★★1/2
"Wonderfully bizarre"
-VUE Weekly
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★★★★★
“Are shows this good just a fantasy? Not anymore.”
Winnipeg Free Press

RAGMOP Theatre presents
Suspension of Disbelief

Jaw dropping outdoor spectacle
[25 mins. All ages. Touring since 2019.]

AWARDS

Best of Fest -Edmonton Fringe '16
Artist Pick -Edmonton Fringe '16
Holdovers -Edmonton Fringe '16
Best of Fringe -Toronto Fringe (Short List) '16
Best Ensemble -NOW Toronto '16
Critics' Pick -NOW Toronto '16
Best English Production* -Montreal Fringe '16
Best English Comedy* -Just for Laughs, Montreal Fringe'16
Festival de Clowns Award* -Montreal Fringe '16
Joanna Maratta Award -Vancouver Fringe '16
Mollie Bradley Award -Vancouver Fringe '16
Critics’ Choice Award* -Vancouver Fringe '16
*Nominee