Beau & Aero by A Little Bit Off (Portland)

Wed Jun 03 2026 at 09:00 pm to 10:15 pm UTC-05:00

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Beau & Aero by A Little Bit Off (Portland)
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✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ½ “Brilliant” - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ½ “Pure vaudeville theatre!” - Fourth Wall Media
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ “Inspirationally inventive” - The Edmonton Journal
“Bursting with imaginative play and lunatic wit” - The Front Page Online
“Clowning and Physical Comedy at its best” - London Free Press
“Physical comedy at its best” - San Diego Free Press
“A must see.” - Bitter Lemons
“Like watching Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd on acid” - Valley Scene Magazine
“The most fun you can have in a theater” - 12thNight.ca
“Inspired, glorious clowning” - Theatre Ghost LA
"Clowning that defies gravity” - The Orlando Sentinel
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What if the Wright brothers went wrong? Beau & Aero is an acrobatic, slapstick, latex-heavy comedy featuring two incompetent aviators on their quest for flight. Pompous pilot Beau & his clueless co-pilot Aero have crash landed. The unlikely aeronautic duo tries everything to get back into the air - from propellers and parachutes, to balloons of all sizes, but to no avail. Distracted by their own imaginations, and the notably unhelpful contents of their emergency supply crate, the two tumble through hijinks and comedic conundrums, before emerging out the other side. The show blends clown with elements of acrobatics, mime, and puppetry, with wordless humor that will tickle audiences of all ages and languages. A strong vintage aesthetic paired with the duo’s ridiculous antics onstage is a nostalgic nod to timeless classics of old American Vaudeville. It’s like Charlie Chaplin meets Amelia Earhardt. Whether or not these bumbling aeronauts Beau & Aero will make your spirits soar.

A Little Bit Off
From the depths of the damp and dewy Pacific NorthWest, the physical comedy duo A Little Bit Off has made a splash on the Fringe circuit and beyond over the past decade, racking up critical acclaim and winning over 20 awards at festivals across The US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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