with Alistar Bennis
The Fool - Presence, Play and Poetic Clownfusion is a workshop about clowning – not the red nose kind, but the art of being courageously human.
Together, we’ll explore five fundamentals: Connection, Action - Reaction, Form, The Game and Bafflement. You’ll learn how clowns turn accidents into brilliance, connect with audiences without a fourth wall, shape emotion and logic through physical form, create games from patterns, and embrace “being in the shit” (as Gaulier says) to win hearts.
Playful, poetic, and revealing, this workshop is for actors, theatre makers, and curious humans ready to move, fail gloriously, surprise themselves, and laugh.
Alistar Bennis is a director, teacher and performer, with a niche in clowning. The two most influential teachers for him in clowning are Susie Wiemmer (Clown's without borders, Germany) and Giovanni Fusetti (Helikos). He also directs and produces theatre under the banner of Alienstar Collective. Some of their recent works include Who is afraid of the Nayika and Seize her, the clown. When he is not obsessing about the performing arts, he loves to 'move' for stationary-shopping.
Nidhi Joshi
Who is this for:
This workshop is open to participants aged 16 and above who are interested in performance-making. It is suited for actors, theatre-makers, and artists working with devised theatre, comedy, or clowning. Prior experience in any form of performing arts is good, though not required. Participants are encouraged to come dressed in comfortable clothing, preferably in black or neutral tones.
What to expect:
Participants will be introduced to tools from clowning and performance practice that can be applied to devising theatre, comedy, or clown-led work. The workshop focuses on developing reactivity, presence, and vulnerability, and on learning to reframe impulses, mistakes, and external stimuli through a playful, humorous lens.
The workshop includes a break for lunch. Participants should make their own lunch arrangements.
See advisory above
English
Who is this for:
This workshop is open to participants aged 16 and above who are interested in performance-making. It is suited for actors, theatre-makers, and artists working with devised theatre, comedy, or clowning. Prior experience in any form of performing arts is good, though not required. Participants are encouraged to come dressed in comfortable clothing, preferably in black or neutral tones.
What to expect:
Participants will be introduced to tools from clowning and performance practice that can be applied to devising theatre, comedy, or clown-led work. The workshop focuses on developing reactivity, presence, and vulnerability, and on learning to reframe impulses, mistakes, and external stimuli through a playful, humorous lens.
The workshop includes a break for lunch. Participants should make their own lunch arrangements.
See advisory above
English
Alistar Bennis is a director, teacher and performer, with a niche in clowning. The two most influential teachers for him in clowning are Susie Wiemmer (Clown's without borders, Germany) and Giovanni Fusetti (Helikos). He also directs and produces theatre under the banner of Alienstar Collective. Some of their recent works include Who is afraid of the Nayika and Seize her, the clown. When he is not obsessing about the performing arts, he loves to 'move' for stationary-shopping.
Nidhi Joshi