Tuesday Evenings April 18th - May 9th 6-8pm

COST : $100

Ages 18+ SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE Email Ashley at hello@profaard.co.uk for more information on class content or to enquire about our scholarships.

Places are limited so early sign up is recommended! Suitable for clowns (all levels), actors, directors, dancers, writers, artists/performers in any field, as well as the playful and the curious from all walks of life. Clowning is a performance tradition which has developed over the last few hundred years. Over the last century, ‘theatre’ or ‘character’ clowning developed alongside circus clowning. In recent decades, theatre clowning has been linked with the development of other art forms, such as physical theatre and mime. New clowning includes comedy and tragedy on a metaphysical level. Its focus is character, feelings, meanings, and ways of seeing the world, alongside the more familiar slapstick or ‘gags’.

Sign up to our four-week session for an intensive deep dive into clown. We will explore a range of tools that exercise the performer’s imagination and provide you with essential practical skills to develop a comic character/clown. Through the use of improvisational exercises and games we explore one’s individual clown, shedding light on the parts of us which make us funny, ridiculous, rebellious, and unique. Constantly on the hunt for the game, you will begin discovering what it’s like for a clown to be complicit with their ensemble and their audience. Clowning is a rich tool for actors and performers of any discipline. Come ready to stretch your imagination, connect with your silly side and celebrate your mistakes.