Comedy
Clowns & Clowning
Category
With their historic connection to the court jester, clowns can share a similar performative function: to create an uncomfortable type of laughter in which we are implicated in social dysfunction.
Video
A workshop on Eccentric Performing. This pedagogy for physical theatre is interesting in its presentation of techniques the performer can use to influence the audience’s emotional reactions.
Practitioner
Avner Eisenberg has been called ‘a clown for the thinking man’. From 1971–4, he studied with Jacques Lecoq. At present, he is still touring internationally with his award-winning one-man show.
Practitioner
A director, teacher and actor, Jos Houben trained at L’École Jacques Lecoq, was a founding member of Complicité, has directed comedy and television, and toured his one-man masterclass internationally.
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Practitioner
Avner Eisenberg has been called ‘a clown for the thinking man’. From 1971–4, he studied with Jacques Lecoq. At present, he is still touring internationally with his award-winning one-man show.
Category
Masking or decorating the body has always featured in performance, from ancient rituals to Greek theatre, circus clowns and commedia dell’arte to the make-up that turns Broadway performers into cats.