Eric Davis– He of the Red Bastard, and director of some top notch bouffonery, is teaching a clown class in NY. It’s a one week intensive designed to take you farther than you’ve ever gone before…(AND THEN SOME!) An invitation and a challenge to yourself! One concentrated week of extreme overindulgence and fun. Participants will explore taking an impulse (an […]
Read moreRingling sent me this comeon/discount for their performances and I thought I’d pass it along. It’s a fantastic bargain, no matter which way you slice it (well, as long as you bring your popcorn from home, and don’t buy any plastic novelties or cotton candy. Because that’s where they get you my friends!) ALL TICKETS $10*for weekday performances! SAVE 20%*on […]
Read moreHappened to find this video of Jeff Raz speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California in June of 2008. Jeff was a teacher of mine at Dell’arte, founder of the San Francisco Clown Conservatory, and recently returned from a year-long tour as the lead clown (The Dead Clown) in Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo. There’s a lot of good stuff that […]
Read moreMy friend Rory Raven is going to be at the Frigid NY festival. Rory is a mentalist who’s got a pretty good show. He’s been performing at Bright Night for the last few years, and he always rocks the house. Although it’s not really a clown show or even physical comedy, there’s a fair amount of “mental comedy” in the […]
Read moreFunambolika 2008 is the 2nd edition of the summer circus arts festival particularly focused on clowns, and conceived by Italian clown and director Raffaele De Ritis.It takes places in Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, in the open-air Teatro D’Annunzio on the Adriatic beach. This is the same 2000-seats arena where Pescara Jazz, one of the oldest and most […]
Read moreRough & Tumble is a ten year-old theatre company that has made a name for itself in Boston for its inventive physical comedy and bold theatricality. The company develops original works, produces new plays by Boston playwrights, and stages guerilla theater events around Boston (such as an elaborate chase scene through the Boston Public Library and a playfully bizarre tour […]
Read moreDrew Richardson (aka The Dramatic Fool) has been busy blogging. His blog– Think Foolishly, features exercises, comments, interviews, and examples of his work in the really hard work of the clown- creative problem-solving. Or, how to do stuff logically that’s just wrong, but doesn’t seem wrong to your character. Sometimes when I’m teaching clowning and improvisation, I call this “predicamenting”– […]
Read moreOn Sunday March 2, Master Clown Teacher at the Dell’arte School RonLin Foreman and Joe Krienke will teach a class entitled: The Powerful Presence: Effort, Risk Momentum, Joy. The 3 hour workshop, at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, will include work on the actor’s presence, physical efforts, movement and improvisation. Ronlin was one of my teachers at Dell’arte. And while […]
Read moreThe School of Physical Theatre is a full-time professional school based in London, UK, devoted to the training of physical theatre artists – writers, directors, and actors. The School offers a focused program – a voyage from the complex everyday world to its created reflection in the theatrical space. The School was founded in 1978 in Toronto, Canada under the […]
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 […]
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A good article recently appeared in the Dunn County News about Clown College Graduate Steve Russell, and how he got a job with the NY City Opera through clown-networking. I’m a member of that network, and saw the whole thing happen! Steve and his wife Kobi Shaw form a juggling duo called In Capable Hands. Both are graduates of Ringling […]
Read moreThis op/ed piece (titled appropriately, the clown in Yonkers) appeared in the Westchester Journal News. I felt like I needed to make some reference to it, as I am the clown in Yonkers! (although this particular editorial features a Red-headed clown who slings hamburgers (and a failed protest at the library) The clown in Yonkers (Original publication: August 25, 2007) […]
Read moreRobert Nelson (aka The Butterfly Man) is the street performer’s street performer. He’s fast, funny, charming, a little rude, and very skilled at keeping an audience entertained. He’s a fine juggler and unicyclist, but its his personality and persona more than his tricks that have made him nearly legendary in street performer circles. A former research chemist at Vanderbilt University, […]
Read moreJeff Raz is the founder and director of the Clown Conservatory at Circus Center, San Francisco, CA. Their website is http://www.clownconservatory.org. His personal web site is www.jeffraz.com. Jeff was a teacher of mine at Dell’arte, and has been working as a clown, performer, actor, playwright, director, and teacher for over 30 years. For the last few months, Jeff has been […]
Read moreRich Potter is a Maryland native who has been performing for over 20 years, and has performed in over 20 countries. In 1986 Rich graduated from Ringling Clown College and spent 3 years on the road with the Ringling circus, including a stint working in Japan with the Ringling Gold Unit. After that time, he spent time street performing all […]
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