DARIAN LE PAGE - MIME ARTIST

Darian Le Page's mime is a new take on a very old art. He started performing mime spontaneously while travelling in Dublin. A friend dared him to do 'that mime trick you do/ out in the Grafton Street mall". With no costume, he started miming a 'wall' and a very large crowd quickly formed, much to his surprise. His surprise grew when some people started throwing two pound coins on the ground! (He had no hat to put down). He soon quit his school teaching job and started travelling around Europe, donning his $3 white cotton gloves and a hat on the ground whenever he saw a crowd. In this way he earned all of his travelling expenses for five months, in most of the Western countries in Europe. 

12 years later, Darian has developed his mime to the point where he is in high demand, both as a performer and a teacher of mime. His clients include community festivals, private parties, corporate events, weddings and music festivals. His mime workshops range between high schools to professionals.

In 2010 Darian travelled to Europe for his third time performing, and amongst others, he performed at the Busker's Festival of Lenzburg, Switzerland. This particular festival has a competition with 21 international high calibre acts from all over the world, selected from hundreds who had applied. Darian came 6th out of the 21 acts.

Apart from his favourite suited waiter mime character, Darian also does Charlie Chaplin (the silent movie version), a black and white harlequin (jester), a silver robot character and a Christmas Elf.