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Mime superstar Trygve Wakenshaw: 'I just want to be Mr Bean' by Brian Logan

The gangly New Zealander trained as a clown and spent 10 years in theatre before his masterclasses in mime set tongues wagging at Edinburgh. Where next for the new king of silent comedy?Comedy as the new rock'n'roll we're used to. But mime? Not so long ago, that unloved art form seemed unlikely ever to be hip again. But hip " sexy, indeed " is how it felt on the night last August when I saw silent comic Trygve Wakens…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PM on January 18, 2016

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