Marco Carolei - History

Highlights:

International Theatre Festivals

Festival of Fools. Amsterdam (NL) 1984
Edimburg Fringe Festival. Scotland (GB) 1984
Teater Teltet. Kobenhavn (DK) 1984
Streets of Fools. Athens (GR) 1985
Oerol Festival. Terschelling (NL) 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
Mallemunt Festival. Bruxelles (B) 1986
Straatfestival Vlissingen. (NL) 1986 - 1987
Kultuur Avontuur. Heerlen (NL) 1986 - 1987 - 1989
Festival ‘t Plein. Den Haag (NL) 1986
Humor Biennale. Friedrickstad (N) 1987
Time Out Festival. London (GB) 1988
Lakenfeesten. Leiden (NL) 1987 - 1989
Koelner Sommerfestival. Koeln (D) 1988
Cardiff Festival. Cardiff, Wales (GB) 1988
Amandola Teatro. Amandola (I) 1988 - 1996
World Fest. Atlanta (USA) 1989
Mime Festival. Hamburg (D) 1990
Theater Festival. Troisdof (D) 1990 - 1997 - 2003
Memorial Charlie Rivel. Cornella’. (E) 1990 - 1996
Schwerte Theater Festival. Schwerte (D) 1990 - 1993 - 1998
Theater im Park. Neuss (D) 1993
Shizuoka Daidogei. Shizuoka City, Japan 1993
Weerwijk Stadtfest. (B) 1993
Moers Comedy Arts. Moers (D) 1993 - 2004
Koeln Comedy Fest. Koeln (D) 1993
Menen Theater Festival. Menen (B) 1993
Theater Festival. Jelenia Gora (P) 1994
Fira de Teatre de Tarrega. Tarrega (E) 1995 - 1997 - 1999
Islington Theatre Fest. London (GB) 1996
Comedy Festival. Valladolid (E) 1995 - 1997
Festival de Teatro. Aguilar del Campoo. (E) 1995 - 1999
Festival de Teatro. Tarragona (E) 1995 - 2005
Festival de Teatro. Alcorcon - Madrid (E) 1995
Clown Festival. Leukerbad (CH) 1995 - 1996
International Mime Festival. Ribeauville (F) 1996
Chalons dans la Rue. Chalon sur Saone (F) 1996
International Theatre Festival. Grenoble (F) 1996
International Theatre Festival. Aubagne (F) 1996
Im-Pulse Festival. Dornbirn (A) 1996
Theatre Festival. Ramonville (F) 1996
Luci d’Autunno. Bolzano (I) 1996
Art Rock Festival. St. Brieuc (F) 1996
Gugelfure. Markdorf (D) 1996
International Theatre Festival. Erfurt (D) 1996
StadtFest Altdorf. Altdorf (CH) 1996
Mimos International Mime Festival Perigeux (F) 1996
International Theatre Festival. Tuorcoing (F) 1997
International Theatre Festival. Epinal (F) 1997
International Theatre Festival. Dunkerque (F) 1997
International Street Theater Festival. Lienz (A) 1997
Clown Festival. Clichy, Paris (F) 1998
Festival de Ourence. Ourence (E) 1998
Cardiff Euro Meeting. Cardiff, Wales (GB) 1998
Festival de Teatro. Ribadavia (E) 1998
Rassegna Teatro Comico. Podenzana (I) 1998
Vancouver Comedy Festival. Vancouver (CDN) 1998
Parkfest Waltrop. Waltrop (D) 1998
SommerFestival. Brilon (D) 1998
Stravagando Teatro di Strada. Lodi (I) 1998
Fiesta del Carmen. Saragoza (E) 1998
St. Lambert Festival. Bruxelles (B) 1998
APPI Borsa dello Spettacolo. Milano (I) 1998
Cirsus & Theatre Festival. Chalon sur Marne (F) 1999
Le Strade del Teatro. Abbiategrasso (I) 1999
Riverside Theatre Festival. Stockton (GB) 1999
Theater Festival. Lubijana (Slo) 1999
Theater Festival. Maribor (Slo) 1999
Fiesta Major. San Sebastian, Pais Bascos (E) 1999
Kale Free. Santurce, Pais Bascos (E) 1999
Theater Festival. Limeil-Brevennes (F) 2000
Humor 2000. Santa Fe de Granada (E) 2000
Tetè a Tetè Festival. Rastatt (D) 2000
Pati Free. Santiago de Compostela (D) 2000
Echappe Belle. Blanquefort (F) 2000
XXXI Fiesta de Teatro. Molina de Segura (E) 2000
Sommer Festival. Hamm (D) 2000
Jyvaskyla Theatre Festival. Jyvaskyla (F) 2000
Fleetinsel Festival. Hamburg (D) 2000
Kay City Festival. Kiel (D) 2000
Fiesta Mayor. Andorra La Vella (Andorra) 2000
Theater op the Markt. Hasselt (B) 2000
Traveufer Festival. Lubeck (D) 2000
Rotterdam Straat Theater. Rotterdam (NL) 2000
Lowlands Rock Festival. (NL) 2000
Clown Convention. Winthertur (CH) 2000
Staufen Street Theater Festival. Staufen (D) 2000
Theatre Festival. Locarno (CH) 2000
Fiesta del Pilar. Saragoza (E) 2000
Film & Kunst Festival. Schwerin (D) 2001
La Valse des As. Valreas (F) 2001
Koblenz Gaukler Festival. Koblenz (D) 2000 - 2001
Mime Festival. Singapore 2001
Europla’ Festival. San Giovanni Valdarno (I) 2001
Comedy Festival. Torrelavega (E) 2001
Comedy Festival. Castiglioncello (I) 2001
Comedy Festival. Hasselt (B) 2001
Street Theatre Festival. Pforzheim (D) 2001
International Clown Festival. Pamplona (E) 2001
Pati Free. Almanca (E) 2001
Pati Free. Tarragona (E) 2001
Street Theater Festival. Brackenheim (D) 2001 - 2003
Street Festival. Rankweil (A) 2001
Verona in Piazza. Verona (I) 2002
Comedy Festival. Tenerife, Canary Islands (E) 2002
Comedy Festival. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Bascos (E) 2002
Festival der Traume. Innsbruck (A) 2002 - 2003
Street Theatre Festival. Brunico-Brunek (I) 2002 - 2006
Pati Free. Valencia (E) 2002
Comedy Festival. Lisboa (P) 2002
Venetian Festival. Ludwigsburg (D) 2003
Clown Festival. Sestriere (I) 2004
Stamsund Theater Festival. Lofoten Islands (N) 2004
Street Festival. Torino (I) 2004
Street Theater Festival. Ludwigshafen (D) 2004
Rad-Theater Festival. Kastellaun (D) 2004
Fiesta Mayor. Segovia (E) 2005
Les Bonheur des Momes. Le Grand Bornand (F) 2005
Humor Azoka Pays Bascos 2006
Feria de Leioa Pays Bascos 2006
Festival de Teatro Castellbisball (E) 2006
Festival de Teatro Cardedeu (E) 2006
Festival Circo-Teatro Albacete Maestro de Cerimonia (E) 2006
Festival de Amurrio (E) 2006
Kleines Fest im grossen Park - Schloss Clemenswerth (D) 2007
Kleines Fest im grossen Park - Bad Pyrmont (D) 2007
Comedy Festival Houthalen (B) 2007
Festival Internacional de Teatro Graus (E) 2007
Chunceon International Mime Festival (Korea) 2007
Gwacheon Summer Festival (Korea) 2007
Gwacheon Hanmadang Festival (Korea) 2007 Goyang Theater Festival (Korea) 2007
Zapopum Festival. Guadalajara, Mexico 2008
Puerto Vallarta Open Air Fest. Mexico 2008
Hatten. Festival im Park. Hatten, Germany 2008
Gran Gala' Hotel Lido. Venezia, Italy 2008
Gala' Casino' Ca' Noghera. Venezia, Italy 2008
Fiesta del Pilar. Zaragoza, Spain 2008
Memorial Charlie Rivel. Cornella' de Llobregat, Spain 2008
Da Capo Variete'. Darmstadt, Germany 2008
Reiffenheisen Bank Gala. Balberg, Switzerland 2009
Theater Festival Bilbao. Spain 2009
Clown Festival Son Servera. Mallorca, Spain 2009
Bath Fringe Festival. Bath, England 2009
Sibiu International Theater Festival. Sibiu, Romania 2009
Rue et Cie Festival. Epinal, France 2009
GauklerFest. Koblenz, Germany 2009
Loano2 Gala. Loano, Italy 2009
Bologna Clown Festival. Bologna, Italy 2009
Manizales International Theatre Festival. Manizales, Colombia 2009
Circus Arena tour in Greenland. Greenland 2009
Circus Royal Christmas Show. Luzern, Switzerland 2009
Houldizy Festival. Houldizy, France 2010
Fira de Teatro Gijon. Gijon, Spain 2010
Shopping Mall Maasmechelen, Belgium 2010
Festival Tavira. Tavira, Portugal 2010
Festival Angers. Angers, France 2010
Gran Gala Hotel.......Venezia, Italy 2010
Sarrasani Christmas Circus Show. Linz, Austria 2010
Gala' du Coeur. Villefontaine, France 2011
Jazz sur les pommiers Festival. Coutances, France 2011
Verona Street Shows. Verona, Italy 2011
Modena Gala. Modena, Italy 2011
Clownbaret Festival. Tenerife, Spain 2011
Cruise Ship Baltik Queen. Tallink Linees. Baltic Sea 2011
Liepaya Theater Festival. Leipaya, Lituania 2012
Leioa Fira de Teatro. Leioa, Spain 2012
Valladolid Festival de Teatro. Valladolid, Spain 2012
Fundao Festival do Teatro. Fundao, Portugal 2012
Kremica Gagy Festival. Kremnica Czech Republic 2012
Raalte Festival. Raalte, Holland 2012
Costa Romantica Cruise Ship. Africa 2012
Pontecagnano Christams Shows. Pontecagnano, Italy 2012
Gala' du Coeur. Villefontaine, France 2013
Winter Tour with Circo Alegria. Catalunya and Baleares 2013
New Years Gala. Son Amar Variete'. Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2013
Classics & Legends. Ricardo Tormo Circuit. Cheste, Spain 2014
Koulaas Festival. Kuovola, Finland 2014
Manizales International Theatre Festival. Manizales, Colombia 2014
Mostra de Mimo Mim Sueca. Sueca, Spain 2014
Other Festivals in Holland: Deventer, Waalwijk, Enkhuisen, Naaldwijk, Doetinchem, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Kampen and many more...
Other Festivals in Germany: Remscheid, Espelkamp, Siegen, Singen, Gelsenkirchen, Ahlen, Detmold, Dusseldorf, Duren, Bielefeld, Wuppertal, Solingen, Idar Oberstein, Paderborn, Gaggenau, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Mainz, Gladbeck, Hanau, Ibbenburen, Duisburg, Bonn, Dortmund, Munster, Recklinghausen, Pforzheim, Hof, Waltrop, Bruhl, Freiburg, Frankfurt, Arnsberg and many more...

Special Events

Presse Ball. Bonn (D) 1992
Presse Ball. Hamburg (D) 1993
Bonn 2000 Yaren. Bonn (D) 1989
Grand opening of Esplanade. Singapore 2002
Die Goldene Camera. Berlin (D) 1995 (in the audience Sofia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni!)
Universiade. Duisburg (D) 1988
Airport Frankfurt. Special Project. 1991
Opening Gala Theater Ohne Worte. Biberach-Riss (D) 1990
Tour in Disco’s in Mexico. 1991 - 1994
EuropaPark. Biggest Theme Park in Europe. Rust (D) 1993
Opening of several Swatch -Shops all over Italy 1995 -1996
World Economic Forum. Geneve (CH) 2003
World Presentation of the New Beetle Volkswagen. (A) 1998

Varietès

Wintergarten Variete’. Berlin (D) 1993
Polygon Varietè. Zuerich (CH) 1993
GOP Varietè. Hannover (D) 1993 - 1995 - 1996 - 2001
GOP Varietè. Bad Oeynhausen (D) 2001 - 2003 - 2005
GOP Varietè. Essen (D) 2000 - 2005
Roncalli’s Panem et Circenses. Essen (D) 2004
Varietè de Bale. Basel (CH) 1995
Pomp Duck and Circumstance. Berlin (D) 1995
Jongleurs Club. London (GB) 1989
Maquiavelo Club. Mexico City. Mexico. 1991
Alfons Schuhbeck Palazzo Munchen (D) 2007/2008 Da Capo Variete' (D) 2008
Son Amar (E) 2010 - 2013

Cruise Ships

Costa Marina 1992
Costa Classica 1994 - 2006
Costa Romantica 2000
Costa Allegra 2000 - 2006 - 2007
Costa Daphne (World Tour) 1995
Chandris The Azur 1992
A’Rosa 2003 Costa Europa 2006 Costa Fortuna 2006 Costa Magica 2006
Costra Romantica 2013
Baltik Queen. Tallink Linees 2012

Television

Uitkijken. TVA Amsterdam (NL) Weekly. 1987
Passaporto Reportage on Marco Carolei. NED 3 (NL) 1987
Kerst in Europe. Ned 2 . Eurovision. (NL) 1987
Medelanders Nederlanders Special on Marco Carolei NED 3 (NL) 1989
Nieuwespitz Special on Marco Carolei. NED 3 (NL) 1989
Daytime Live. BBC 1. Birmingham. Pubble Mill. (GB) 1989
Gran Premio (Pippo Baudo) RAI UNO (I) 1990
Schraege Voegel (Sissi Perlinger) ZDF (D)
Fernsehen Garten ZDF (D) 1990
Incontri di musica senza confini TRSI (CH) 1990
TV Pilot “Salvatore” Italia 7 (I) Main Role in TV serial. 1991
La Verita’. Canale5. (I) 1992
Veraneando. TeleCinco. (E) 1993
Maurizio Costanzo Show. Canale 5. (I) 1993
North Tour. NR 3 Special on GOP 1993
No te rrias que es pejor! TVE 2. (E) 1993
Querida Concha. (Concha Velasco) TeleCinco. (E) 1993
Humor, Magia y Fantasia. TVE 1 (E) 1994
La Banda dello Zecchino. RAI UNO (I) 1995
Rob’s Comedy Club. (Rob Spence) TV Zuerich CH 2000
Prix Jeunesse 2000. ZDF (D) 2000
Circo Massimo. (Filippa Lagerbach) RAI TRE. (I) 2004
Circo Massimo RAITRE (I) 2008

Cinema

“Van Gogh’s Ear” NL/USA 1990 With Peter Faber, Rodney Beddal, Chip Bray and many more international comedians. Filmed in Amsterdam. Director: Tony Garcia.
”Zork” D/A 1992 with Klaus Loewitsch. Taxi driver character.
“Contrast” Leading Role. NL 1991. Director: Peter de Krone

Circus

Festival del Circo di Verona. Verona (I) 1994
Enschede Circus Festival. Enschede (NL) 1996
Le Monde du Cirque Gran Gala, Paris (F) 1997
Circus Festival Budapest. Budapest (H) 1996 – 2002
Offenburg Weihnachtcircus (D) 2006
Circus Royal (CH) 2009
Sarrasani Winter Circus (A) 2010
Circo Alegria (E) 2013

Gala’s and Corporate Work

Toyota Gabelstapler
Volkswagen
Opel
Fiat
Renault
SAP
Kalmar
Lincoln Electrics
IBM
Johnson Diversey
Telecom Germany
Telecom Switzerland
Charles Wells Beer
Ruf AG
La Boom - Mexico Carrefours Swatch SAP and many, many, many more all over Europe!

Miscellaneous...

Artistic Director of the International Street and Variete’ Festival Street on Stage. Amsterdam (NL) 1985 - 1986
Artistic Director of Music & Comedy Club “Mister Do” Genova, (I) 1991
Artistic Director of the International Street Theatre Festival La Strada sul Palco in the City of Sarzana, (I) - Every year since 1998.
Glatt Shopping Mall. Zuerich (CH) with Jango Edwards & others 1994
Centro Luna. Sarzana (I) 1999
Centro Kennedy. La Spezia (I) Inaugurazione/Opening Show 1998
EuropaPark. Salzburg (A) 2000 – 2002

International Awards

1988 Time Out Festival – Covent Garden, London (GB)
1st Prize category “Clowns & Comedians”
1988 Cardiff, Wales (GB) 1st Prize Winner in category “Clowns & Comedians” and
1st prize Winner in all categories “Street Entertainer of the Year 1988”
1993 Gratitude Award - Daidogei Festival, Shizuoka City Japan
1996 1st International Circus Festival of Enschede (NL)
Winner of the special Jury Prize “Le Monde du Cirque” given by Mr Sylvain Jardon - Cirk Magazine, Paris (F)
2000 2nd Prize Winner at Rotterdam’s International Street Theatre Festival (NL)
2000 2nd Prize Winner at International Gaukler Festival in Koblenz (D)
2001 Winner of the “Comedy Award” in Houthalen (B)
2002 4th International Circus Festival of Budapest (H) Winner of 2 Special Hungarian State Circus Award Nikoulin’s Moskow Circus Special Clown Award, given by Nikoulin’s son, the famous Russian Clown!

Photos: Daniele Barraco