THE PUNKS ON TOUR

THE ANIMAL aka Mr Roons

The Animal longs for his regular shock treatments and his massive balls of fire. But most of all he wants to master the art of raindeering, domination and knitting. A mood-swinging, paranoid animal from the deepest forests of Lappland.


Ronnie is a circus artist. A crazy acrobat, skilled fire artist  and a great comedian since 1996. He has also been successful in extreme sports especially wrestling and snowboarding, and used to run a comedy radio show. He has learnt his skills at Gävle Circus Gymnasium, Cirkörs Circuspilots and hundreds of late night gigs. One of the most hired fire artists in Sweden. Roons has worked with Cari Lekebusch, Cirkus Cirkör, Cirxone, Cirkus Le Fou, Dramaten, Lena Philipsson Show and he is always ready to set the stage on fire!

EL GENERALE aka Wille Christiani

EL Generale never turns down a challange! Especially not when his own fried brain wants him to do another death defying stunt. Like holding his breath in an oil barrel set on fire or simply blowing himself up. This hyperactive instigators curiosity will take him where no man has been stupid enough to go. 


Wille is circus artist, clown, rigger and pyrotechnics expert. Wille is the founder of Circus Arts AB and has run the business as the second modern circus company in Sweden since 1999. He has attended Lecoq shool of physical theatre in Paris and Cirkus Cirkörs Circuspilots. He works both as an artist, rigger, producer and manager of the Punks and the Circus Arts company. He has worked with Lena Philipsson show, Cirkus Cirkör, Clowns Without Borders, Robert Wells, Eurovision Song Contest, Bounce, After Dark and many more. 

THE GIMP aka Björn Olsson

The gimp is a poor, orphaned freak from the wastelands of industrial Europe. Adopted by our travelling circus, he is at least doing better than in the sewage where he spent his childhood, feeding on roaches and rats. His disfigured body is no longer exposed more than necessary. Here he has also has the possibility to develop his artistic ability. He is still treated as trash even by the members of the circus company. But at least he is fed and is living closer to his dream of fame and artistic grace. He sees himself as the caterpillar, waiting for the transformation into a butterfly.


Björn is an actor / dancer /circus artist. Educated at Ballet Akedemin and Circör Circuspilots. Has performed in major theatres in Sweden including the Royal Dramatic Theatre where he also choreographed work for the main stage.

THE LEATHER BARON aka Svante Christell

This guy is not playing a character, he IS the character!

Leather Baron has been on the road since 1987, toured in over 30 countries, countless cities and villages. Performed at clubs, festivals, carnivals, on small stages, big stages, in castles, caves and factorys, on the streets, highways and airfields. Before Kings and Queens, straight and queer, young and old. Under the blazing Sun, in heavy rain, thick fog and snowstorms...

As the Punks chief driver he makes sure that Swea Sex Machine, the Punks tour bus/stage always gets safely in place for the show. Twirling the Silver Ray staffs of Death and blasting of the Flamethrowers of Death, as well as spinning the music for the show Leather Baron makes sure that you will never forget the Burnt Out Punks!

INFERNO aka P. Nalle Laanela

Infernos career as a fire eating street performer was going nowhere until the day he met a mystic at an s&m club in Istanbul. That night they made a pact and since losing those few drops of blood Infernos show and sex life have gone from success to success. With an uncanny eye for spotting talent in the freaks amongst us. His passionate dream is that one day the Burnt out Punks will be considered fine arts.


Nalle is the main teacher in clowning and street theatre in the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. The founder of Swedish Clowns Without Borders, the main teacher of street theatre and clown in the l University of Dance and Circus in Sweden.

BEANZAII HUMP aka VER TISOY

Newly arrived to Sweden from a long walkabout in the distant mist of Asia. His foremost goal is to work and train hard with the Burnt Out Punks and to master the deadly skills of the "Fire Blades of Death". Amongst his earned skills is doing death defying stunts (like being run over by cars and surviving). Starting out as a roadie to impress his masters of the Zen Punks. He eagerly advances and leaps head first into any challenge with plenty of heart and not so much brain.


Ver Tisoy is a multi talented artist, skilled primary in the two dimensional art world. He soon found passion for the animated world we call reality. He developed his art skills in poetry, acting, dance,  and brought to life what he had imagined in his painted works and his absurd imagination. Invoking his talent for impro he never comes out of character and always finds his strength in the unknown.... As the stage manager for the Burnt Out Punks he has the temperament and ability to get along with people in both the artistic and technical sides of the crew. 

MISSCHEIF aka Tiziana Prota

She giggles, chuckles, gets angry, makes evil plans but most of all....she doesn´t give a fuck! Miss Chief (who somebody claims to be El General´s daughter...) has no memory of her childhood, and so she was born in the punk circus. Her past is made of petrol bombs and the smell of gasoline. Her passion, besides harassing the whole crew, is to ride her wild trapeze high above the heads of the audience!


Tiziana is originlly from Toscany in Italy but she now resides in Sweden. An aerial acrobat with swinging trapeze and loop rope as her specialties. She graduated from the University of Dance and Circus in 2010 and is the newest asset in the Burnt Out Punks. She is currently also working with the french arial company Cie VOST

MR MAGNIFICENT aka Fefe Djiefen

Mr Magnificent is not the sharpest tool in the Punks shed. Lets´s just say that all his cows are not in the barn...but he is brave! He is a self proclaimed stuntmaster. And gets his kicks out of getting beaten up and trashed about. So much that even the Punks fear for his life and sanity avery now and then. Always happy and with a smile on his lips he takes on any challenge with great energy! 


Fefe is a circus artist with balancing chairs, teeterboard and stunts as his speciality. A long history of snowboard and broken bones have made this man into a complete Punk. He has a long history in Swedish circus and has toured alot with Cirkus Cirkör all over the world.

POMM FRITZL aka Mithras Ljungberg

Pom Fritzl Is the perfect Austrian woodsman. In lederhosen and gretchen braids he yodels and juggles his chainsaws fearlessly. He is also fearless in his fashion statements, letting the audience have their own idea about his sexual inclination. A proud citizen of the country that gave life to great personalities like A Swartznegger, his distant relative J Fritzel and others, Pomm Fritzl thinks that he can at least not worsen the image of his Fatherland. Being from the center of the fine arts of the old Europe he is also an unexpected opera lover.


Mithras Ljungberg is the main producer of Circus Arts and the Burnt Out Punks. A self made man arriving in the circus world via the movie industry. Burning for the arts, he gets his kicks not only from organizing and selling shows but also from juggling burning chainsaws.


TJ aka Timmy Jansson

TJ aka Timmy is our bomb- and sound technician. Born and raised in the rough neighborhoods of southern Stockholm, this hoodlum has never had the time to carry a gun. He has been carrying to much hot technical equipment and building too many bombs. He was destined for a life in crime, but it seems like he got lost on the highway to hell... and picked up by the circus ...out of the ashes in to the flames. If you ever see him running you'd probably better catch up. Remember that he is the BOMB technician! 

PC aka Kristian Hokka

PC aka Kristian Hokka is our light designer and light technican. Just like TJ he is born and raised in the rough neighborhoods of southern Stockholm. Being a decendent of Poland he is our very own Polish Connection. Keeping on good terms with PC is a must in the Punks...or he will put U in the dark! 

PUNKS AT HOME

DJ MUSTANG aka Magnus Jonsson

DJ Mustangs psyke is complex. Lover of the morbid and the beauty in death. "Blessed are those who walk in the valley of fire, for they are ready for armageddon!". This selfproclaimed savior of a man(mostly women) holds his sermons in the sound of music (unless his busy selling U a car...), blessing people with heavy beats and prophecies of Armageddon. 


Magnus is a clown, musician and a DJ. He is not part of the main crew of the Stockholm Syndrome 1.2 but is an original Burnt Out Punk . In charge of the music and sound technique in the show. He is he leading force behind the Burnt Out Punks Club Night concept and may be part of some of the streetshows.

Baby aka Sideshow Kal

Baby never grew out of his daipers. His infantile fascination for everything that causes him pain has left many scars and set many a motherly hearts on fire. Some of his favourite tools include stapleguns,  rat poison, mousetraps and elecrical steel cutters, and they turn him on! But if Baby don´t get his way: Bohohoooo!

 

Sideshow Kal is a crazy fakir-clown. His main skills are clowning, fakirsm and fire twirling. He has a solid education from years at Gävle Circus Highschool, D´ell Arte School, and Cirkörs Circus pilots. Forr the past ten years he has freelanced and toured with Clownen Brinner, Jauvet, Cirkör, MTV, KALAS and plenty of events. Kal is one of the original founders of the Burnt Out Punks but is for the moment not an active member.