SPACE : TIME : CREATE
Clown Creation Lab

It's time to get your act together!

Welcome to SPACE:TIME:CREATE - Clown Creation Lab – a fortnightly space to develop creative 'work' in community.

Robyn Hambrook of the Bristol Clown School is offering dedicated time and space to explore, experiment, and build your clown acts – whether you're starting from scratch or refining an idea.

Each session includes a playful group warm-up, a creative provocation to spark ideas, and then plenty of open space for you to devise and develop your act.

Not sure where to begin? Don’t worry – Robyn has a toolkit of creative prompts to get you moving and making.

We’ll wrap up each session with a short, informal sharing of work-in-progress, giving you the chance to test material and get supportive feedback from the group.

The Clown Creation Lab is designed to tackle the trickiest bits of making new work:

• How do I get started?
• Working alone can be hard (and lonely!)
• How is this landing with an audience?

Who's this for?

This is for clowns, improvisers, comedians, physical performers, theatre artists, dancers, musicians, visual artists and anyone who has a desire to create a clown, comedy or cabaret act.

These sessions are designed to support you in your creative process and help you take your ridiculous ideas to a finished piece that you can unleash at cabarets, scratch nights, on festival stages or form the basis of a longer show.

If you’re not sure if this space would support you or have any questions, please email [email protected]

★ "You are an amazing teacher. You run  the room brilliantly and draw such gorgeous performance from people. Thank you."
Participant, 'The Playful Practice'

How it works

Dates & times:
Mondays
7 April & 21 April
5 May & 19 May
7 – 9 pm

Venue:
The Spark Space, Redfield, Bristol, BS5 9HH

Cost:
£20 per session
or
£65 for all 4 sessions

The costs are kept low to create a supportive space to help you move from ideas to action – together.

join us

★ "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 in tertiary education for the University of Bristol, UWE, Circomedia and Circus Central. 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).