"The irrepressible Joel Salom is an outstanding all-round comic, whether as a skillfully inept acrobat or artfully off-colour juggler ... popping ping pong balls out of his mouth, flinging clubs impossibly fast ... playing electronic percussion with bounced balls and executing an hilarious reversal on the old dropped-pants shtick. He's also the genius behind the show's other stand-up comic, a blithely satiric little robot dog named Erik."
San Francisco Chronicle

"The wittiest member of the crew is Erik the Dog, a remote-controlled tin terrier who rolls around the stage, chats up the front row and extols the joys of sniffing all my friends' bums. Predictably, the kids squeal, the parents groan and the critics quietly shut their notebooks."
Time Out, New York

Former Circus Oz funny man, Joel Salom has devised an exciting and demented rollercoaster ride through technology and live music with his spectacular laser triggering, rhythm juggling. Musicians Jim Dunlop and Marko Simec perform a bent mix of pop, classical, death metal and jazz fused with gypsy swing. Gadgets combines, physical theatre, feats and beats with Joel's musical side kicks sparking moments of hilarious improvisation and audience participation.

Special guest, Erik the Dog, is a sharp, irreverent, smooth-talking, remote-controlled tin terrier with attitude; he brings the audience to their paws with his antics. Joel and Erik have performed at festivals on all five continents.

Gadgets is an eccentric yet robust work able to "wow" an audience on many levels. It is a music concert, a comedy, a circus show and a theatrical event featuring unique technology and a smart-alec robot dog.

The Company
Joel Salom is a diversely experienced and charismatic performer who is simultaneously a comic, rapper, juggler, gadget man and MC Extraordinaire. Joel's alter ego Erik the Dog a 2- foot-tall, fast talking, arse sniffing phenomenon was a regular on O'Loughlin on Saturday Night (ABC TV).

Joel has developed ideas combining music and juggling including JAMIDI, which is a juggling activated musical instrument with a digital interface. JAMIDI is a unique juggling system that triggers samples of beats, bass lines and laser animations which Joel continues to refine. 

Joel's talents come to life with a musical rollercoaster from Jim Dunlop and Marko Simec.

Jim has toured the world with Circus Oz for the last 4 years honing his talents of blending character comedy and music. He has performed with an exciting mix of theatrical bands, mainly in the world of cabaret and has produced his own big musical acts, including Butt Funky.

Marko Simec is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer. Marko has toured with diverse companies from Circus Monoxide and Plasticien Volante (France) to performing with live bands Wicked Beat Sound System notorious gypsy punk jazz band Waiting for Guinness. He regularly collaborates with film and theatre companies and the advertising sector.

Since commencing work with Marguerite Pepper Productions in 2006, the company has performed seasons at the HOOPLA Festival (Sydney), the Glen Street Theatre (Sydney) and the Taranaki Arts Festival (New Zealand). In 2008 the company embarks on a 4 month, nation wide tour to 27 venues, supported by Playing Australia.

Contact:
Kate Bradstreet
Marguerite Pepper Productions
91 Canal Road
Lilyfield NSW 2040
Tel +61 2 9560 9257
Fax +61 2 9560 9397
Mobile 0404 015 283
kate@mpproductions.com.au
www.joelsalom.com