Clown Soup

6 weekly Clown Play Sessions to warm you up this Winter
Don’t let the dark, winter nights get you down. Come inside and warm up with another 6 week block of delicious Clown Soup.
Join Robyn Hambrook (The Online Clown Academy, Bristol Rebel Clowns, Trickster Lab) and friends for your joyous weekly play sessions for clowns, actors, circus artists, improvisers and the curious.

Each week we’ll be diving into the playful world of clowning where anything is possible, from the ridiculous to the tragic, from anarchy to ecstasy.

We’ll explore the key principles of clowning including complicity, generosity, failure, success, acceptance and play!

Expect a smorgasbord of games, improvisations, laughter and connection to a lovely clown community.

These workshop are designed for participants at any stage in their clown journey and we will work both individually and in groups.

Please wear comfortable clothes, bring a bottle of water and be ready to be physically active.

*EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT*
Two brilliant guest teachers will appear in this Winter block of classes:
JAMIE WOOD
Jamie is an international Art Clown, performer, director and giggle doctor specialising in teaching clown and devising. His generous approach to teaching and performance incorporates his training in fine art, theatre, clown and dance and ranges from the comic and poetic to the darkly surreal. https://www.jamiewood.org.uk
DOMINIQUE FESTER
Dominique has been teaching and performing in physical theatre for over 15 years. She specialises in delivering Lecoq-based Physical Theatre training including body conditioning, Mask work, clowning, fooling, dance improv and joy! https://www.facebook.com/EverythingMoves

HOW IT WORKS

Dates & times:
Tuesdays 17, 24, 31 January & 7, 14, 21 February
6.45pm – 9pm

Venue:
Desperate Men Studio
Epstein Bldg, Cato St, Easton, Bristol BS5 6JL

Cost:
Per session £10 - £15 sliding scale – pay what you can
Early bird deal – 6 sessions for just £50 (until 3 Jan)

Contact Robyn directly to arrange booking & payment robynhambrook@gmail.com

Feedback from Participants of Previous Workshops

★ "Robyn's unique blend of directing and shaping play through quick wit and a caring yet urgent tone - sets the tone and pace beautifully." 
Participant, 'The Activist Clown Weekend'

★ "Joyous, free flowing, liberating"
Participant, 'Don't Be Stupid' Weekly Clown Classes
★ "Thank you so much. Your clown coaching is very helpful because it is honest and direct. I thought the weekend was great and I am inspired to wear a red nose again"
Participant, 'The Activist Clown Weekend'
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, Jon Davison, Zuma Puma and Deanna Fleysha.
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, Bim Mason, Nathaniel Justiniano, Eric Davis, Tim Licata, Al Seed and the grand master Bouffon-himself; Philippe Gaulier. She has also set up the Laboratory of the Un-beautiful; a collaboration with Deborah Antoinette Bard, exploring the bouffon & grotesque with womxn theatre makers.