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Clown Experiments

A wild mixology of clowning with other creative practices

What happens at the intersection of mixing Clowning with other creative forms? We know it’s bound to create crazy concoctions and astonishing alchemies which is what motivates us to experiment.


Join Robyn, Zuma and an expert panel of multi disciplinary artists over 5 weeks in January and February 2023, as we research how play collides with other creative forms. We will be testing, pulling, prodding and stretching the limits of clowning.

Every week we will be joined by a facilitator of another creative modality to collaborate with us as we dissect how clown can be informed by alternative modalities and vice versa.

Our crazy mash ups will include:
26 Jan - Clown and Poetry
2 Feb - Clown and Swing Dance
9 Feb - Clown and Contact Dance
16 Feb - Clown and Dream Work
23 Feb - Clown and Tarot


We recommend that participants have an understanding of clowning and have taken at least one clown workshop.
Please wear comfortable clothes, bring a bottle of water and be ready to be physically active.
These classes will run again in winter 2023
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HOW IT WORKS

Dates & times:
Thursdays
6.45 – 9pm

Venue:
St Anne's Community Hall
St Leonard’s St, Easton, BS5 6JN

Cost:

Earlybird: £75 (pay by Saturday 14 January)
Sliding Scale: £100 - £150 (for 5 week block)
Drop ins: £30-£35 (2 drop ins only per class)
* In an effort to keep the research group focused we are prioritizing those who are committed to the full journey, however we understand time commitments are sometimes challenging and so we will have 2 drop in places per class.

Max class size 16

Contact Robyn directly to arrange booking & payment [email protected]

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS

Zuma Puma is a Canadian/British Clown, Comedian and Neuro Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner. Zuma founded Clownlife in early 2016 a program designed to encourage a happy life full of connection, laughter, self research/development through the vehicles of Clown, Improv, NLP life coaching, psycho magic and ritual- supporting performers, artistic repertoire, performance craft and technique as well as individuals looking to live whole heartedly, understand who they are and how they are seen in the world and laugh a ton in the process.
In 2012 Zuma moved to London, UK and founded the International Lost Cabaret-London's most alternative comedy night; which has since grown to become a collective initiative since 2016 and now appears regularly in; London UK, Paris France and Melbourne Australia. She is also a solo clown performer currently touring her latest One Woman Show- Don't Do it, Don't Do it, DO IT- Internationally.
www.clownlife.org

Robyn Hambrook is a Bristol-based director, teacher and performer. With over 20 years experience she is a passionate practitioner of clowning, physical theatre, circus and street arts. She has a MA in Circus Directing, a Diploma of Physical Theatre Practice and trained with a long line of inspiring teachers including Holly Stoppit, Giovanni Fusetti, Jon Davison, Peta Lily, Deanna Fleysha, John Wright, Zuma Puma and Maggie Irving.
Robyn has collaborated with companies including Let’s Circus, The Sexual Health Circus and Whispering Wood Folk and performed with acclaimed physical theatre companies including, Derevo, Akhe, Oceanallover, and Gappad as well as her own award-winning company, Fun in the Oven Theatre. During the pandemic in 2020, Robyn set up The Online Clown Academy with Holly Stoppit and developed a series of Zoom Clown Courses.
Robyn’s research, started during her Masters, has been exploring the meeting point of clowning and activism, online, in the real world and with international collaborators. With this drive to explore political edges of her work she has also dived back into the world of the Bouffon; training with Jaime Mears, Eric Davis, Nathaniel Justiniano, Tim Licata, Al Seed and the grand master Bouffon-himself; Philippe Gaulier.

ABOUT ROBYN

Robyn is a Bristol-based director, teacher and performer. With over 20 years experience she is a passionate practitioner of clowning, physical theatre, circus and street arts. She has a MA in Circus Directing, a Diploma of Physical Theatre Practice and trained with a long line of inspiring teachers including Holly Stoppit, Peta Lily, Giovanni Fusetti, Bim Mason, Jon Davison, Zuma Puma, Lucy Hopkins and John Wright.
Over the past five years she has been exploring the meeting point of clowning and a deep desire to address the injustices in the world. This specialism has developed through her Masters Research ‘Small Circus Acts of Resistance’, on the streets and in protests with the Bristol Rebel Clowns and in research residencies with The Trickster Laboratory.
Robyn’s Activist Clown research has led to collaborations with Jay Jordan (Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination, France), Clown Me In (Beirut), LM Bogad (US), Hilary Ramsden (Greece) and international Tricksters; ‘The Yes Men’ (US).
During the pandemic in 2020, Robyn set up The Online Clown Academy with Holly Stoppit and developed a series of Zoom Clown Courses. Robyn’s research, started during her Masters, has been exploring the meeting point of clowning and activism, online, in the real world and with international collaborators. With this drive to explore political edges of her work she has also dived back into the world of the Bouffon; training with Jaime Mears, Bim Mason, Nathaniel Justiniano, Eric Davis, Tim Licata, Al Seed and the grand master Bouffon-himself; Philippe Gaulier.
Keen to explore the intersection of clowning and politics, Robyn is driven to create collaborative, research spaces, testing and pushing the limits of the artform to create new knowledge and methodologies for her industry and strengthen partnerships for future work. Some of her most recent collaborations and teaching projects have included the Nomadic Rebel Clown Academy (5-day Activist Clown Training), The Laboratory of the Un-beautiful (Feminist Grotesque Bouffon Training for Womxn Theatre Makers) and the Clown Congress (annual gathering of clowns, activists & academics collectively exploring what it means to be a clown in this current era)
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