Clown 2: Building Blocks
6 week journey to Develop your Clown Practice

Welcome to the Bristol Clown School’s new six-week course the follows on from Clown 1: Foundations, for anyone with an interest in developing their comic potential to create brave, authentic performance.

Each week we continue to deepen the practice of clowning; developing our improvisation skills, listening, action and reaction, balance and off-balance, timing, rhythm and physical comedy while training the key principles of complicity, generosity and of course, play!

We will add more dynamics and building blocks of clowning to expand your experience of this dynamic comedic form. We will explore:

★ play & impulse
★ elements, materials & animal-studies
★ rhythm & timing
★ movement dynamics
★ audience connection
★ solo, duo & group improvisations
★ performance

A deepening practice and understanding of clowning is vital for anyone who wants to create brave, original work within a character, a play, a choreography, a dramatic space or generally in their creative practice.

Each session consists of introductory body work and clown principle training, followed by solo and group improvisations.

Discover new ways of expressing yourself through your physicality. Encounter the world with fresh eyes and a playful heart. Connect and play with a gorgeous, growing community of clowns in fun and surprising ways. Plenty of laughter guaranteed!

Who's this for?

Clown 2: Building Blocks is the intermediate course from The Bristol Clown School and builds on the Clown 1: Foundations.

To participate you must have completed Clown 1: Foundations or have had some clown training. If you have any further questions please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help identify if the classes are right for you.

How it works

Dates & times:
Thursdays
7, 14, 21, 28 Nov, 5, 19 Dec
(note no class on 12 Dec)
7.30 - 9.30pm
 
Venue:
Windmill Hill Community Centre, BS3 4LW

Investment:
6 week course (12 hours training)
£180 - Full price
£160 - Concession (low/no income, student)
EARLYBIRD discount: £20 off if you pay before 21 October
Payment will be requested via paypal or BACs

Prerequisites:
Clown 1: Foundations or previous clown training

sign me up

"Robyn helped me challenge myself in a safe and enjoyable space. She’s intuitive, supportive and allows me to take risks that expand my thinking and being in everyday situations. I’d highly recommend her classes for everyone who wants a fresh look at themselves."
Participant, 'Clown Soup' 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 the facilitator

Robyn Hambrook 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, Bim Mason, Jon Davison, Zuma Puma, Lucy Hopkins and John Wright.
Robyn has run workshops in corporate, community, education and humanitarian settings for companies including Let's Circus, Impact Arts, Islington People's Theatre, Active Inquiry and the University of Bristol.
Robyn is driven to create collaborative, research spaces, testing and pushing the limits of the artform to create new knowledge and methodologies for her industry. Recent  collaborations and teaching projects have included the Nomadic Rebel Clown Academy (5-day Activist Clown Training), The Laboratory of the Un-beautiful (Feminist Grotesque Bouffon Training for Womxn Theatre Makers) and the Clown Congress (annual gathering of clowns, activists & academics collectively exploring what it means to be a clown in this current era).

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