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The Ventriloquist Comeback Debate Continues
I have just come across and interesting article in Herald Scotland by Susan Swarbrick where she discusses the recent rise in the popularity of the ventriloquist, after a few years out in the cold especially in UK. Especially with the recent huge success of Jeff Dunham and Terry Fator in the US and worldwide.
In the article she interviews 3 UK based ventriloquists :-
Nina Conti, daughter of Tom Conti and a classically trained actress (every article ever written about her mentions this I think). In the interview she talks about Monk ventriloquist puppet and how she came to choose him. Also included is how she got started and how she learnt ventriloquism.
Next is Keith Orton who along with his green-feathered, nappy-wearing sidekick Orville (a green duck) was famous in the 1980s when they had their own show on the BBC from 1982 – 1990 called The Keith Harris Show. And during that time they had a hit single with Orville’s Song. He talks about he got started life after his show finished and how he might be on his way back into the lime light.
The third ventiloquist interviewed is up and coming Chris Young a former trainee solicitor and a Lib Dem candidate in the general election. He want to go into entertaining full-time and see ventriloquism as a way to be able to do this. He thinks there has definitely been a change in attitude towards ventriloquism in recent years.
It is an article definitely worth checking out about 3 talented ventriloquists with lots more interesting information than I’ve written about here – you can find it here -
http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/the-great-ventriloquist-comeback-1.1043779