**/**/** Resume / CV Hello My name is Matthew McCorkle but most people just call me Poki. I use circus, mime, magic, clown, physical comedy, and dance. to create performances that are: poetic, heartfelt, hilarious, alive, transcendent, strange, mesmerizing, surreal, other worldly. for audiences who are: at dinner shows, in spiegeltents, circus tents, close up, far away, on television, on video. I perform as: a soloist, with duos, and in companies. ..//here is a third person bio//.. With balance, mime, magic, sleight of hand, juggling, hairhang and more Matthew "Poki" McCorkle (they/them) creates mesmerizing & surreal spectacle. Poki's award winning solo acts have been presented at the world's finest dinner varietè shows (PALAZZO in Vienna, Berlin, Nürnberg & Hamburg). Poki has performed in Dubai with one of Canada's leading contemporary circus companies (Cirque Éloize). Poki is a regular at Seattle's Moisture Festival, the largest and longest running comedy & varietè festival. Poki directs, creates, and plays-in devised ensemble work. Their work includes Button Wagon (Fringe Festivals, Circus schools, and Colleges), Palindrome with partner Justin Therrien (NYC Summer Stages & more), RAGMOP Theatre award winning surrealist physical comedy with partner Nayana Fielkov (Canadian & US Fringe Fesitvals, Theatres), and Up Up Up Crane Truck Circus touring outdoor circus ensemble on a crane truck. Poki is a proud supporter of Clowns Without Borders, an organization which offers laughter to relieve the suffering of all persons, especially children, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps, conflict zones and emergency situations. In 2013 Poki joined Clowns Without Borders and Plan International in The Philippines to perform for 30,000+ children directly affected by Super Typhoon Hiayan. In 2019 Poki joined Clowns Without Borders & Diyar Theatre to tour Palestine West bank performing for refugee children. **//**//**