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The Online Clown Academy is delighted to present the Clowns In Crisis Conference, 6 - 8 November 2020.
We are asking: How Can Clowning Help You and How Can Clowns Help Others In Times Of Crisis?
Clowns have long-since left the circus ring and spilled out into many different environments. These days you'll find clowns in hospitals, offering comfort and release to poorly children and their families, you'll find them in areas of recovery from war and natural disaster, offering laughter and play, you'll find them in dementia care settings, offering gentle connection and you'll find them on the streets, protesting.
Clowns appear throughout history and across cultures, as the fool, the buffoon, the idiot that speaks truth to power. It is from this unique position in society that the clown can critique and disrupt the status quo. The form allows us to explore political, social and environmental issues through play, parody and humour while releasing subversive powers within each individual.
As clown teachers, we're increasingly finding people coming to our workshops not because they want to be clowns, but because the clown archetype offers lightness, release, play, connection and a completely different way of viewing the world.
The Clowns In Crisis Conference offers opportunities to explore the personal and political applications of clowning.
We have a mix of free / donations-based events and paid-for workshops. All events are ticketed as places are limited, please click on the individual links beneath each event for more info and tickets.
We are asking: How Can Clowning Help You and How Can Clowns Help Others In Times Of Crisis?
Clowns have long-since left the circus ring and spilled out into many different environments. These days you'll find clowns in hospitals, offering comfort and release to poorly children and their families, you'll find them in areas of recovery from war and natural disaster, offering laughter and play, you'll find them in dementia care settings, offering gentle connection and you'll find them on the streets, protesting.
Clowns appear throughout history and across cultures, as the fool, the buffoon, the idiot that speaks truth to power. It is from this unique position in society that the clown can critique and disrupt the status quo. The form allows us to explore political, social and environmental issues through play, parody and humour while releasing subversive powers within each individual.
As clown teachers, we're increasingly finding people coming to our workshops not because they want to be clowns, but because the clown archetype offers lightness, release, play, connection and a completely different way of viewing the world.
The Clowns In Crisis Conference offers opportunities to explore the personal and political applications of clowning.
We have a mix of free / donations-based events and paid-for workshops. All events are ticketed as places are limited, please click on the individual links beneath each event for more info and tickets.
The Programme
The Personal and Political Clown Cabaret
Friday 6th November 8-9.30pm (UK time)
Holly and Robyn welcome you to the culmination of our six week Zoom Clown course; Personal and Political Clown Performance. We have been guiding a group of international clowns through an exploration of how to create clown theatre from personal experiences and / or with political intent and here's the result!
Free / donations
Ticket link here.
Holly and Robyn welcome you to the culmination of our six week Zoom Clown course; Personal and Political Clown Performance. We have been guiding a group of international clowns through an exploration of how to create clown theatre from personal experiences and / or with political intent and here's the result!
Free / donations
Ticket link here.
What Can Your Clown Do For You?
Saturday 7th November 3-5.30pm (UK time)
A practical investigation of how clowning can help you in times of crisis. Drawing on her MA dissertation research, which brought together clown skills training, mindfulness and dramatherapy to create Clown-o-therapy, Holly will lead you through an exploration of how clowning can be of benefit to your mental health.
To find out more about Holly’s work and to see her Bristol TEDx talk, have a browse through this website.
£20-£60 pay what you can
Ticket link here.
A practical investigation of how clowning can help you in times of crisis. Drawing on her MA dissertation research, which brought together clown skills training, mindfulness and dramatherapy to create Clown-o-therapy, Holly will lead you through an exploration of how clowning can be of benefit to your mental health.
To find out more about Holly’s work and to see her Bristol TEDx talk, have a browse through this website.
£20-£60 pay what you can
Ticket link here.
Panel Discussion - Clowns in Crisis
Saturday 7th November 7.30 – 9pm (UK time)
We'll be joined by panelists who specialise in both personal and political applications of clowning for a hearty discussion. Panelist to be announced.
Free / donations
Ticket link here.
We'll be joined by panelists who specialise in both personal and political applications of clowning for a hearty discussion. Panelist to be announced.
Free / donations
Ticket link here.
What Can Your Clown Do For The World?
Sunday 8th November 2.30-5pm (UK time)
In this exciting co-lab Robyn Hambrook (Bristol Rebel Clowns, The Online Clown Academy) is joined by Hilary Ramsden (Clandestine Rebel Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, UK) and Sabine Choucair (Clown Me In, Beirut). Three rebel clowns lead a practical exploration of the role of the clown in times of crisis and the political applications of clowning.
£20-£60 pay what you can.
ticket link here.
In this exciting co-lab Robyn Hambrook (Bristol Rebel Clowns, The Online Clown Academy) is joined by Hilary Ramsden (Clandestine Rebel Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, UK) and Sabine Choucair (Clown Me In, Beirut). Three rebel clowns lead a practical exploration of the role of the clown in times of crisis and the political applications of clowning.
£20-£60 pay what you can.
ticket link here.
Open Space Session
Sunday 8th November 6.30 - 9pm (UK time)
The Online Clown Academy invite everyone who is called to discuss clowning and crisis to come together in an Open Space Session. Open space is a wonderful organic conferencing system where whoever turns up sets the agenda. After an introduction to Open Space Technology, we’ll be opening the Zoom breakout rooms, so that you can have a chance to split into small groups and explore whatever feels most relevant to you, personally or professionally.
Free / donations
Ticket link here.
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ABOUT ME
I am a performance artist, director, teacher and producer based in Bristol in the UK. With over twenty years’ experience, my passion lies in clowning, physical theatre, circus and street arts. Participation has formed the centre for my work, whether by involving community & artists in the creative process or creating work that asks the audience to become involved. I enjoy the power of the arts to inspire and for people to be active participants in theatre, empowering them to realise their own creative potential. My skills are many and varied and span arts and event management, production, design, teaching and performance. I am proficient in marketing, PR and business development, with skills in administration, web design and office management. My project management skills incorporate planning, budgeting, tour management & reporting. I am also a teacher, choreographer and director of dance, physical theatre and circus. My portfolio of work has taken place across the globe, from New Zealand and Australia to the UK and Europe, from Central and South America to the islands of the Pacific. |
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