Character performance
We take on your character, not some generic one. Posture, walk, favourite gestures, what it does and what it would never do — we agree all of that in advance and hold it for the whole booking.
About usA small team,
A small team,
inside the costume.
It started with Fons. Today there are several of us — performers, handlers for the event day, and someone who sews. Exactly how many we are says little about who will be standing in front of you: we cast according to what your booking needs.
We are based in Duisburg and travel across Germany. What sets us apart from an agency: you talk to the people who are also inside the costume. There is nobody between your enquiry and the person in your character.
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Portrait of Fons, out of costume
Portrait of Fons, out of costume
Fons
Fons has been performing mascots since [TODO Owner: year]. He started where you actually learn costume performance: not as a side job at a town festival, but among people for whom the character is the whole point.
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Our craft
Mascot performance is a profession, not a stopgap job. This is what we bring when we step into your character:
Acting without a face
Inside a costume there is no facial expression. Everything runs through body and timing: shifting weight, waiting, being surprised. That is a craft you learn — and it is the difference between a character that lives and someone who waves.
Dance and choreography
From an entrance routine to a full stage number. We learn choreography and can still do it when the music starts early.
Working a crowd
Children, guests, press. Anyone who is frightened is not pushed; anyone who wants a photo gets one. We read the situation instead of running through a script.
Stunts and action
Where the character allows it and safety permits: jumps, slapstick, agreed set pieces. Always discussed beforehand, never improvised at the costume’s expense.
On camera
Video and film shoots, commercials, social media clips. Repeatable takes, continuity across setups, and the patience for the fourteenth run.
What else comes with it
- The character agreed in advance: posture, gestures, what it does not do.
- A written run of show before we travel.
- Handling on the event day — by us or by your briefed people.
- Sanitising the costume after every booking, repair kit always with us.
Why we do not hire out costumes
We have no characters of our own and we do not rent costumes out. Your character is the one your people know — a borrowed stranger would not mean anything to them. So we come into your costume instead.
Which also means: we treat it as a one-off, because it usually is one. It is not shipped anywhere, it stays with you, and we never change where anyone can watch.
Get to know us
The quickest way is a concrete enquiry: date, location, type of event. What you get back from us is not a brochure but a figure and a suggestion for how the day could run.