Bamboozled: Mr Spin. Nigel Martin

"Mr Spin's performances were nothing short of phenomenal. Mr Spins charm, super high skill juggling and quick fire off the wall comedy caused a sensation creating a record for the largest audience at a single show."
"Mr Spin is without a doubt one of Australia's best jugglers."
Brendan Coleman - Fremantle Street Arts Festival Director

With a ferocious energy & endearing, charismatic wit, Mr Spin is a true comic genius and one of Australia's finest circus jugglers. Mr Spin is a multi-awarding juggler, winning circus and street performer who has been entertaining large and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, all around Australia and in his home town of Adelaide.

THE MR SPIN SHOW - Australia's best comic juggler

The show is a highly skilled, comic vaudevillian style circus, juggling act. Mr Spin is a loveable, charismatic character that is a favourite with all audiences. He performs a beautiful three-ball juggle, diabolo, Chinese devil-sticking with baseball bats, one ball manipulation and an eight ball juggle, mixed with mad capped antics and a incredible sense of fun, not to mention a few hat tricks thrown in! This all culminates into him jumping on to crazy zigzag unicycle of his own design, where he juggles three baseball bats while balancing a glass of water on his head!

The Mr Spin Show can be adapted for either the stage, circus, street or cabaret and depending on your requirements the show can run from 20 to 45 minutes.

"The Montrealers & I were amazed with his work; he has excellent pacing, has great charisma and has a good interaction with the public. He is a high quality performer and a total professional."
Andre Perusse, Just for Laughs, Artistic Director

"No festival is complete without the amazing Mr Spin"
Dom Ferry, Festival Director

WINNER of second prize at Street Performance World Championships, Dublin. 2011
WINNER - 'Fool of Muncaster', UK. 2010
FIRST PRIZE - 'Kleinfestfestival', Germany. 2009
WINNER - People's Choice Award, 'Festival of Fools', Vermont, USA. 2009

Who is Nigel Martin?

CV Nigel Lunghi

With a background in classical dance and inspired by Vaudeville greats Enrich Rastelli, Francis Brunn and Bobby May, Nigel has focused on developing high level skills, fluid movement and his own quirky style of comedy.

Nigel Lunghi (alias Mr Spin) has performed in many other guises, as a bass player in the 90's band 'Babaganush', with performance groups 'Buzz', 'Slack Taxi', and Australia's Lunar Circus. Mr Spin was also asked to play the lead role in Rolf de Heer's movie, 'Dr Plonk'. The film is a slapstick tribute to the black & white silent greats; Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, and was released in August 2007.

Nigel's most recent development, 'Enrico - The Strange', directed by Mike Finch from Circus Oz was inspired by the silent clowns of the last century. More information about Enrico is on this website.

In 2010 Nigel co-built 'Castello', a mini wooden tent which hosts a mixture of short, quirky, intimate circus and theatre shows. It made it's debut in 2010 at 'The Garden of Unearthly Delights' as part of The Adelaide Fringe.

As well as performing Nigel helps coordinator the highly successful ' The Adelaide Fringe Street Theatre Festival' that takes place every March in his hometown of Adelaide.