Thoughts from a clown student in isolation

by Josie Cerise, Spymonkey 2020 bursary recipient ‘Naïve enough to start, stubborn enough to finish’ Ross Edgley, an extreme athlete’s mantra before starting a new physical challenge. I started my ‘clowning journey’ (how very yoga) 12 years ago, I was a naïve acting student who thought I would be really

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Brassmonkey Bursary recipients Josie & Ugo

We’re excited to announce our Brassmonkey Bursary recipients Josie & Ugo who will attend our 3 week Clown Creation Scool in March 2020. Here’s what they had to say about securing their bursary places: Josie  “I am over the moon to have been offered this bursary place. It will allow

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BRASSMONKEY BURSARY SCHEME ANNOUNCED

WE HAVE JUST LAUNCHED A NEW SCHEME TO OFFER FINANCIAL SUPPORT to performers from diverse backgrounds, to participate in our acclaimed clowning and business workshops. Since our inception in 1998, we have created some of the most outstandingly original theatre in Britain, drawing on the disciplines of clown, physical theatre

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2020 LONDON WORKSHOPS

We’ve just announced our London 2020 workshops. Toby Park, joint Artistic Director of Spymonkey, will be leading a 5-day workshop on Music in Clown & Comedy 13th – 17th January 2020 at Toynbee Studios London E1 Full details of the workshop and how to apply are on the event page

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International Workshops in 2019

We are holding a number of international workshops over the next few months: 30-31 MARCH AUSTIN TEXAS Intro to Clown with Aitor Basauri more info 5-7 APRIL DALLAS TEXAS Intro to Clown with Aitor Basaauri contact hilary@hilarychaplain.com 9-13 APRIL NEW YORK Clown Masterclass with Aitor Basauri contact devin.shacket@gmail.com 15-19 APRIL

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London Music & Clown Workshop

We’ve just announced the next of our London workshops: Music in Clown & Comedy 29th April – 5th May 2019 A 5-day workshop at Toynbee Studios London More information, including full details of how to apply, on the event page here. UPDATE – 28th March: This workshop is full and

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3-Week Clown Creation School launched

We are launching our first ever 3-week course in October, to take place at Toynbee Studios in Aldgate, London.   We’ve been asked frequently by participants of our 5-day workshops whether we could offer a longer course, aimed at taking students deeper into the work and equipping people to make

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Spymonkey Music & Performance workshop in April

Just announced this: I’m going to be leading this week of music, comedy and performance in London, 23rd – 27th April 2018. This is going to be an opportunity to explore music and comedy in more depth than we usually get to work on in our workshops. We’ll look at

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August International Workshops

We’ve just confirmed the following week-long US workshops led by Jt Artistic Director Aitor Basauri: 7th- 12th August – Creating Clown Material – Celebration Barn Maine USA  (link to CB website) 15th – 19th August – Clown Masterclass Intensive – Los Angeles 22nd – 26th August – Clown Masterclass Intensive

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Next stop Chicago

Now our 2016 UK tour is finished we are getting ready for our trip to Chicago Shakespeare Festival as part of their Shakespeare400 celebrations, where we’ll be playing 30th November – 11th December. The run is pretty much sold out but there are some tickets left for selected shows,  details

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