Rhys Thomas (juggler)

Rhys Thomas (sitting) in Corvallis

Rhys Thomas is a juggler, comedian and entertainer in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He has been performing publicly since 1987.[1] His performance style is one characterized by jokes and puns accompanied by visual tricks and stunts. He performs at schools, churches, libraries[2] and pirate festivals.[3]

Rhys grew up in Crow, Oregon.[4] He taught himself to walk on a cable strung between two trees above a pond.

As a juggler, Rhys has appeared in the European Juggling Competition in Denmark, twice at the World Cup Street Performer Competition in Japan and as an artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution.[5] He has also appeared as far afield as the island of Tobago and unicycled on a frozen sea near the Bering Strait.[6]

Rhys also helped found the Portland Juggling Festival, and has appeared in many of its juggling and vaudeville extravaganzas. His official website is Jugglemania.

References

  1. ↑ Juggle magazine, May/June 2004, p. 24
  2. ↑ The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) June 8, 2003, p. C2
  3. ↑ http://www.portlandpiratefestival.com/pages/schedule.php
  4. ↑ Juggle magazine, May/June 2004, p. 24
  5. ↑ http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=75449742095437925
  6. ↑ "SCENE AND HERD: Fun with flying objects" Inara Verzemnieks, The Oregonian, Friday November 11, 2005, A&E p.8