Holly Stoppit

Clowning is Good for You

You should do a clowning course.

Why?

Because it will make you a better performer. You will be able to stand on stage without the blessed cover of a script or character. Standing as your own stupid self is really difficult. Once you can be with an audience in the way clown allows you to then it is easier to work with script and improvisation.

Your homework is to go to Holly Stoppit's clown course at the folk house:

CLOWNING!

Course begins: Wednesday 27th April 2011 10 week course
From: 19:30 to 21:30
Fee: Full fee £98.00 / Over 60s £88.00 / Benefit £63.00

The Director

A little while back I was thinking about the role of the director and the different way in which people deploy this role. On my own shows I work with Holly Stoppit, she comes from a circus and street theatre background, this brings pragmatism and a concern for the experience of the audience that is so useful in preventing a practice like mine, which involves introspection, self reference, and general oddness, from disappearing up it's own arse.

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