Clown
Lab presents…
BLASPHEMY!
The Bouffon Experiment
An
intensive 2 week workshop that delves right into the heart and art of the
Bouffon Clown
From out the smoke and smog of the swamps a troop of Bouffon emerge
armed with grotesque parody, blasphemy and their beautiful humanity. Limping
and laughing, covered in blisters, rags and filth, the banished return to shock
the sanctimonious children of God and take a knife to the jugular of the
world’s bastards!
This workshop is ideal for anyone
wishing to use humour
as a weapon in their performance work to create powerful, visceral
theatre that engages,
shocks and provokes its audience.
Dates:
July 23rd - 3rd August (rest day July 29th)
Venue:
tbc but will be in or close to central Manchester
Prices:
£140 full. £125 concession/early bird available till 1st June
Week 1: Explore the world of the
Bouffon through game and exercise to help you discover the bouffon’s sensitivity,
humour, extreme body shapes, and the performer’s pleasure to destroy the
bastard through fun and parody.
Week 2: Continues your explorations and
deepens your understanding by applying Bouffon to scenes from plays such as Ubu
Roi by Alfred Jarry, Mistero Buffo by Dario Fo and Divine Words by Ramon
Valle-Inclan culminating in an open showing for invited guests and members of
the public.
The
workshop will be led by Mark Winstanley, co-artistic director of Clown Lab who
has studied intensively with Philippe Gaulier, internationally renowned teacher
of Clown and Bouffon.
Attend a Clown Lab course and you will
laugh, learn and be more creatively tested, both physically and emotionally,
than you ever thought possible!
Peter Cox MBE-Screenwriter, Playwright, Director
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