Fergus Aitken
Award-winning character MR FUNGUS presents high energy visual and verbal comedy shows for all ages from aged 4 upwards –with interactive mime, juggling and cat-swinging.
Shows are available for children / family audiences and adult events.
Performances have included festivals, corporate events, cabaret and theatre shows, roving and street entertainment in over a dozen countries around the planet, including: guest juggler with the NZSO; opening act for international mentalist Morgan Strebler; pre-show entertainment at the World of Wearable Art Awards Show; Fiji Showcase; Port Fairy Folk Festival; Glastonbury Festival; Newtown Festival; Sweetwaters '99; Homegrown; Artrage Perth; University Orientation Tours.
Mr Fungus won an award for visual comedy at the reknowned Straattheatre Festival Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
International street festivals throughout UK, Europe and Australasia have also included: Edinburgh Fringe; Linzer Plasterspektakel; Coff's Harbour Buskers; Canberra Buskers; World Buskers Christchurch; Nelson Buskers; Auckland Buskers.
Mr Fungus MC & hosting roles have included large star performer showcases at the European and Melbourne Juggling Conventions and mainstage at NZ's largest street festival CubaDupa, a Pumpkinhead concert and several times for the NZ International Comedy Festival.
MR FUNGUS performances have featured as part of comedy and variety showcases with many huge international legends, including The Topp Twins, Chris Knox, Che Fu, Kiri Te Kanawa and The Wiggles, to name a few.
Available as an MC character
for most events, from family-friendly to adult.
Material can also be created and/or tailored, to suit specific clients and events.
Stage shows are adaptable to indoor and outdoor events, and can vary in duration from 10 to 50 minutes.
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Theatre seasons
In recent years Fergus has created several full length (45-55 minute) theatre shows for family audiences.
MR FUNGUS
Circa Theatre Wellington 2021
Centrepoint Theatre Palmerston North 2022
KidzStuff Theatre for Children Wellington 2024
MR FUNGUS DREAMS
Circa Theatre Wellington 2023
Our most ambitious project to date!
A sold-out, extended season with magic, puppetry, projection and UV illusions.
"Fergus has great comic timing and improvisational ability which has meant he has been an asset to our team and is a talented performer... In particular his MR FUNGUS character has been a comic highlight of the pre-show entertainment, commanding the entire audience of several thousands just before the beginning of the main show..."
MALIA JOHNSTON
Artistic Director World of Wearable Art Awards Show
"Hilarious..."
NZ NEWS UK
"Thrillingly stupid..."
ROYAL AUCKLAND EASTER SHOW
"A consummate improvisor..."
NZ International Arts Festival
Just wanted to say thank you and well done, have received several comments of how great your shows were and how the crowd loved them. So well done you. Not often do people send praise, so thought you should know..."
JAMIE WILSON,
Chameleon Events - A Very Welly Christmas
“Thanks Mr Fungus for a great show,
we all loved it, especially the kids
- they laughed so much their little
bellies were sore…”
KRISTINA MARSHALL
“My grumpy 9-year old daughter was pissing herself laughing…”
GEORGE
“The wonderful dead-pan humour
made me, as an 83-year-old, laugh
as much as the numerous children
near me…”
“The performance was really great. We had our kids, aged 3 - 7, and they loved it. We also really enjoyed it. Such a lovely funny show. A really good length for a show looking to include kids in the audience...”
“I loved that my preschoolers were able to follow a storyline that was completely without words…”
“My granddaughter and I loved Mr Fungus, great music, never a dull moment…
“In an almost full theatre, with an audience both young and old, Mr Fungus Dreams was a visual and comedic treat. ‘Theatre is a great medium and way to take people on a journey,’ Aitken says. Here, the journey is a dream sequence that plays out the absurdity of where Mr Fungus’ dreams take him. Think cats, pirate ships, a funky fridge, and floating stars…”
REGIONAL NEWS
“So many beautiful moments
in your show…”
JACOB RAJAN, Indian Ink Theatre Company
"Seized by moments of magic and wonder... Engaged, smart and skilled physical humour for all ages…
A real gem”
THEATREVIEW