The Clowning Workshop

Who’s it for: Clowns and performers who have a clown persona. Please note: This workshop is not for beginners in clowning.

About this workshop: When we allow the clown to think, it is amazing what they come up with! For silent and speaking clowns looking to develop their practise, this workshop focuses on maintaining the state of clown by training the mechanism of the clown’s thoughts. Through games and exercises, this workshop gives you techniques to maintain the clown’s inner monologue, giving the clown space to think. Audiences love to follow clowns’ thoughts; to see clowns thinking and finding amazing solutions and answers to everyday life. But how often do our own thoughts come faster than the clown’s? Our thoughts intrude and interrupt the clown’s voice Workshop participants will be challenged not to let their own thoughts interrupt or come before the clown’s thoughts. In a series of games and exercises participants will deconstruct the mechanism of thoughts, create space for their clown to think, and fill their mind with the clown’s loud voice, leaving no space for other thoughts. Often harder than anticipated, maintaining the clown’s inner monologue allows us to develop a true clown’s intelligence!