Claudette Bimble
Mime Poet / Spoon-Based Performance Artist
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Introduction
Claudette Bimble became famous for inventing “spoon poetry,” a genre of silent performance art that uses only spoons and facial expressions. Her controversial one-woman show, Feel the Snark, sold out in twelve cities and was banned in three.
Early Life
Born March 14, 1979, in Swindon, England, Claudette spent her childhood rehearsing dramatic monologues for cutlery. Her parents were both quiet and supportive, possibly too supportive. She began her artistic journey after a particularly moving spaghetti dinner.
Later Years
In her later years, Claudette opened the Bimble Institute for Quiet Arts in a barn. She retired from public spooning in 2020 after accidentally flinging a silver utensil into a mayor’s eye during a performance. She is still alive and occasionally teaches interpretive dishwashing.
Contributions
Claudette's work influenced silent theater and culinary performance art. She is credited with creating the “emotive clink” technique and served as a mentor to many up-and-coming quiet artists.
Fun Facts
She can recite the entire plot of Hamlet using only teaspoons and her left eyebrow.
Claimed her favorite utensil was “one that’s seen sorrow.”
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