MEET GEE-OH!
Gee-Oh smiles straight at the camera under a huge rainbow umbrella, in a rainbow wig and white face paint, carrying a pink plush companion.

Edmonton · Roving clown & workshop leader

Meet Gee-Oh!

The Rainbow Clown

Gee-Oh brings colourful clown theatre, a curious puppet, and spontaneous audience play to festivals, celebrations, workshops, and community events.

Gee-Oh is said “gee oh” /d͡ʒiː oʊ/

Originally written G-O — short for “GollyGee OmyGosh.”

Where will Gee-Oh turn up next?

Festivals

Festival entertainment that meets the audience where they are

Roving clown theatre for festivals, parades, and public events — encounters in the pathways and queues rather than a routine on a stage.

Festival entertainment →

Parties

A party guest nobody will forget

Theatrical character play brought into a celebration, shaped by whoever happens to be in the room.

Parties and celebrations →

Workshops

Serious play for curious people

Puppetry, clown and physical comedy workshops for schools, libraries, companies and community groups, taught by Heather.

Workshops and training →

More than a colourful costume

  • Trained in mask and clown
  • Puppeteer and puppet maker
  • Thirty years in live entertainment
  • University and college instructor
  • Edmonton-based, available to travel

Wherever Gee-Oh goes, Fergus is not far behind.

Gee-Oh laughs under a rainbow umbrella with Fergus, a pink-faced plush caterpillar companion in a purple top hat, tucked against her shoulder.
Photo: Mathew Levesque

Gee-Oh’s companion turns up at every festival, parade and winter carnival she does. Meet Fergus

Seen in the wild

Gee-Oh crouches between two small children, face to face with them, holding a clown puppet under a rainbow umbrella. Gee-Oh walks down the centre of a closed street at sunset, rainbow umbrella up, market tents and bunting on both sides and the sun low behind her. Gee-Oh smiles straight at the camera under a huge rainbow umbrella, in a rainbow wig and white face paint, carrying a pink plush companion. Gee-Oh laughs under a rainbow umbrella with Fergus, a pink-faced plush caterpillar companion in a purple top hat, tucked against her shoulder. Gee-Oh, holding a rainbow umbrella, leans in to greet a teenage boy on a sunlit street at an outdoor festival. Full-length portrait of Gee-Oh in a red tulle skirt, striped sleeves and a flowered bag, holding a rainbow umbrella on a shop-lined street. Gee-Oh stands in a festival street holding a rainbow umbrella while a girl looks up and two younger children reach towards the plush toys she carries. Gee-Oh walks down the middle of a closed street at a neighbourhood festival, rainbow umbrella over one shoulder, tents and bunting along both sides.

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Serious play for curious people

Heather Cornick — the theatre artist behind Gee-Oh — teaches puppetry, clown and physical comedy for schools, libraries, theatre companies and community groups. Explore workshops

Planning something wonderfully unusual?

Tell Gee-Oh what you have in mind — the event, who the audience is, where it is happening, and roughly when. That is enough to get a real answer back.

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