Toronto clown Adam Lazarus and guest instructors Susanna Hood and Meagan O’Shea will present three weeks of workshops focusing on physical performance techniques. These 5 day courses will challenge students to take risks, hone their improvisational skills and push through performance inhibitions to find the pleasure of being present, space, rhythm, fixed point, complicity, focus, flop and play. Students will […]
Read moreBarnaby King is teaching a workshop weekend in Portland OR. “INTRO TO CLOWN” Workshops Weekend – Oct 20/21 2-6pmInterstate Firehouse Cultural Center(5340 N Interstate Ave., Portland OR)Working with the basic concepts of clown work: connection, engagement, knowing yourself, playing with vulnerability and strength.Cost: $90 Barnaby’s Clown Training Philosophy The kind of clowning I teach stands apart from most clown training […]
Read moreChristiaan Oranje is premiering his new show By Invitation Only on October 23 at the Duplex, a well known cabaret bar. Christiaan Oranje is a Dutch performer, currently living and working in NYC. He has been a street performer in Europe for 15 years, and performed at Europe’s TOP theater festivals. He has managed his own theater in Amsterdam, offered […]
Read moreJane Nichols is a teacher, director, and actor who has been teaching Clown for over 15 years. Her work brings together skills and techniques of Improvisation, Mask, Le Jeu, Physical Comedy, Clown, and Fool. She has studied with world-renowned Clown Master Philippe Gaulier, Avner Eisenberg (Avner the Eccentric), Clive Mendes (Theatre Complicite), Ronlin Foreman (DellArte School of Physical Theatre), Michael […]
Read moreThis French cabaret was a big hit at last year’s festival, and with good reason. It’s got a number of things going for it, but most of all, the acting and the relationships between the characters are what make this a remarkably fun evening at the theatre. You are greeted by two clownish characters wearing mini-skirts and wigs (although Phillipe […]
Read moreAdam Lazarus is a performer, director and instructor whose work in physical theatre, clown and bouffon has taken him to France, England and coast to coast across Canada. As a young man, Adam founded the Toronto based collective company Schmigeggy, where he produced, directed and performed in 10 of Schmigeggy’s popular original works. After critical success and monetary failure, the […]
Read moreBouffon Glass Menagerie promises a lot to its audience members– and delivers on every promise. It’s a fantastic show that is well-conceived, well-directed, well-designed, and very well-acted. Basically it’s a parody of Tenessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie: which was Tennessee’s first commercial success, and a play that has a long history of being parodied and mocked. And mock it they […]
Read moreStanley Allan Sherman is a graduate of Ecole Jacque Lecoq in Paris France and has been making leather theatre masks since 1976. He was in the original cast of the Off Broadway Show, Grandma Sylvia’s Funeral that ran for 3+ years. On NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien he has been in over 40 comedy bits. Stanley is co-director and […]
Read moreOctober 15th at the Revue- SHORT CLOWN FILMS! This month the NY Downtown Clown Revue shows original short clown films. And they’ve got free popcorn! The show starts at 8:00 pm at the Kraine Theater (85 E 4th St). Be sure to use discount code NOSE when buying tickets at Smarttix.com to save $5! Films by the following local clown […]
Read moreNYTheatre.com has two reviews of Festival shows up, and so far, the festival has charmed the reviewers. I saw both of these guys at the opening, and I’m sure their individual shows are a lot of fun. Sadly, these are two more shows I won’t get to see. (Part of the problem of living in the town where the festival […]
Read moreA friend of mine sent me this quote from this book, and I thought it was so fabulous I wanted to make sure to share it. As I’m teaching clowning this semester, this is particularly a propos. A lot of students will ask me if they are getting an exercise right or not, if they are doing it properly. With […]
Read moreAs many of you know, I am covering the NY Clown Theater Festival as a blogger. (Many of my posts will also appear here) You can read all of the posts that I make here about the festival by clicking here (or by searching for the label Festival in the search box.) Here are the links of the other “official” […]
Read moreWent to the first cabaret tonight– it was very full (I’d say over sold, but the tickets were free, and the fire marshal may not be happy to hear about it- so let’s just say that it was full of people.) It was my first time at the Brick, which is a nice and cozy space. Although they had a […]
Read moreFREE OPENING NIGHT CABARET hosted by Scout Master Robert, security by Officer Crabtree ,with clean up crew Golan, Lynn and Denni Dennis . Featuring festival highlights Bubkus, Burnt Umber, Cops, Mo-House/Humortal, Moving Target, No Place Like Home, Zen Cabaret, and special guests Coventry & Kaluza. Fri, Oct 5th 10:30pm FREE Directions: The Brick is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 575 […]
Read moreI’ve been asked to be one of the official bloggers for the NY Clown Festival. Which I’m happily accepting! I’ve set up another blog to deal with that at http://www.nyclowntheaterfestivaladam.blogspot.com There will be four or five “official bloggers” of the festival. Once their blogs are all set up, I will post their blogs here (and on my other blog as […]
Read moreAmy Gordon is a clown, physical comedian and character actress. She acts and co-directs with the Daredevil Opera Company along with Jonah Logan, and has performed with them over 600 times in 20 countries. Shows with Daredevil Opera include Cirkus Inferno , Rocket & Roxy’s Stunt Show , and Drakonsbreath . Amy has also performed in a number of other […]
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