Here you can read what monkey business Steff and I have been up to recently, where to get the best monkey nuts, and top tips for getting banana out of your fur
Saturday 28h August
Steff spent the day facepainting at a family fun day for Camille's Appeal. Loads of brave people were bungee jumping for the charity and made over £6000, but all the bananas in the world wouldnt convince me to jump off that crane!!
August
Summer holidays are here again, and every Monday, Steff and I are appearing at Easton Farm Park for Magic Mondays. We both love it at Easton, and there are loads of baby animals to see at the moment. In fact, Steff and I have been taking along our own baby animal - little Ben, our new puppy. He proved very popular with the crowds - Steff wants to work him into the show somehow but I think he is too wriggly to appear out of a magic hat!
July
Steff got to spend 3 lovely days in July facepainting at the Latitude Festival. She met some amazing people there and worked with some awe-inspiring painters. The highlight of her trip (and if I hear about it one more time, I may have to stick bananas in my ears!) was face-painting Rufus Hound just before he went on stage to perform... as a hound of course! Many thanks to Stuart Hogben Photography for allowing us to reproduce this photo - see larger version.
Thursday 8th July
Steff and I were asked to enter the Magical Society's Children's Entertainer of the Year competition this year - Steff was nervous, as it was the first time she had entered a competition like this, but luckily my monkey antics had everyone amused! The review in the Magical Society newsletter even mentioned me!
"This year Steff was one of the dark horses of the evening. I thought she was absolutely amazing. Although a little nervous at the start (and who wouldn’t be), she quickly developed a rapport with the kids
and had them eating out of her hand.
Nonsense it turns out was a very cheeky little monkey who much to
the amusement of the kids (and embarrassingly enough, very amusing to me too) was constantly trying
to steal a banana. Watching the kids react to this and everything else she did was quite simply a joy.
April
We've finally uploaded a video to Youtube so you can see us in action. I get a little over-enthusiastic taking my curtain calls sometimes...!
Sunday 25th April
Steff and I had the honour of doing a party for a particularly gorgeous little girl today; Camille. You can read her story here: Camille's Appeal. She was a total star of her party - from waving her magic wand to make flowers appear to joining in with all the magic words, dancing to her favourite Abba songs, and most of all, laughing - she really did steal the show!!
Huge kisses for Camille from Nonsense xxxxx
Wednesday 7th & 14th April
What a lovely time we had at Easton Farm Park - we did 3 shows per day for a barn full of children who were very enthusiastic! We love going to the farm and always take time to go and see the baby lambs and goats - they are Steff's favourites!
Sunday 3rd April
It was standing-room only at the Rendlesham Social Club Easter Egg hunt. About 70 children brought their grown-ups along for our magic show and party games, before going on their hunt for yummy eggs (none of them were banana flavoured though - pah!).
Saturday 3rd April
The great Easter Egg Hunt in Woodbridge today - Steff left me at home because she was face-painting in the park and didnt want me covered in face paints (again)! She said it was a lovely day and she painted lots of lovely faces, especially when it started to rain and half of Woodbridge came to shelter under her gazebo!
Sunday 7th March
We had great fun today with the lovely people at Rendlesham Social Club. The kids were great and even the grown-ups joined in, which was lovely to see. We are looking forward to seeing them again on Sunday 4th April for their big Easter Party!
Thursday 18th February
Steff and I did two magic shows at Easton Farm Park today. It was great fun. We were in the new Barmy Barn, so the mums and dads could drink frothy cappuccinos (made by capuchin monkeys??) while the little ones enjoyed our magic show.
Come and see us on Wednesday 7th April and Wednesday 14th April - we will be doing 3 shows per day!
Friday 20th November
We were asked by the lovely people at Grange Farm Shop to get involved with their fund-raising for Children in Need 2009, so Steff went along and painted all their faces. It got such a great reaction from their customers, and they raised 3 times as much as previous years!
A Joke for You
Two chimpanzee friends of mine were getting in the bath. One said "Ooo ooo, aa aa". The other one said "Well if its that hot, put some more cold in!".
