Bambouk (theater)

Bambouk is both the title of an off-Broadway show by physical comedians Matthew Duncan and Brian Foley as well as the name of the partnership that inspired it. Bambouk was formed in 2003 when Duncan and Foley began their collaboration. Since then, Bambouk has performed all over the world (including the first international Chinese clown festival in 2007) and created a circus-adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" for Much Ado Circus in St. Louis. In addition, Bambouk's eponymous production company aims to preserve the history and craft of traditional European clowning while simultaneously adapting it for contemporary audiences.

A bambouk is a piece of aerial apparatus (originally from Eastern Europe) that resembles a small, swinging perch. It contains hand loops that acrobats can use to strike interesting poses.