Are you interested in Spymonkey’s pedagogy? Have you taken Spymonkey’s classes or those of other clown or comedy practitioners and are interested in the knowledge and skills behind Spymonkey’s unique teaching perspective? For the first time ever, Spymonkey is offering a teacher training program for up to 4 spots. Once you complete this program, you will also be considered to be an Outside Eye for Spymonkey’s devising programs as well.
If accepted, you must attend the LA Foundation of Funny workshops
(Aug 31-Sept 4 and Sept 7-11), plus an additional evening session and one Saturday, Sept 5 daytime session.
You will actively observe Spymonkey’s Artistic Director, Aitor Basuari, during two sessions of the Foundations of Funny course. You will watch and observe how Aitor encourages, critiques and challenges participants across Spymonkey’s Theatre of the Funny methodology and then have time to discuss and understand the games and strategies used in teaching.
Mon – Fri 10am-5pm Aug 31-Sept 4 & Sept 7-11
plus 2x evenings and 10-2pm on Sept 5th.
If you can only attend one week, please apply and note this in your application.
$1250
Please fill out this form. You must have taken at least one Spymonkey course to apply.
Spymonkey’s Outside Eyes
Please note, once you have completed this training, you would be eligible to be considered for Spymonkey’s Outside Eyes. As an Outside Eye for Spymonkey, you would be hired to direct and support the making of clown material. This is a paid position.
For more information about our bursaries, please click here.
Founder, co-creator and performer of all Spymonkey shows to date. Performed in The Servant of Two Masters at Sheffield Crucible (1996), Axomate at the Seville Expo (1992), Eulenspiegel (1991) and in Karl’s Kuhne Gassenchau’s Grand Paradis and Stau in Zurich (1997 and 1998). Director of Little Prince for Donkey Productions (1997), Un Vento Impetuoso for La Canoppia (1996) and Meci Y Me Fui for Pez Enraya ( 1997). In 1999 he appeared in Circus Knie, the Swiss State Circus, and in 2000 formed his own company Punto Fijo, based in Bilbao. Appeared in Cirque Images’ 2003 series Solstrom for Bravo Cable Network. Appeared in Bertold Brecht’s Senor Carrera’s Rifles at the Young Vic, directed by Paul Hunter (2007).
Directing credits include: ‘Lily & Marlene’ for La Dinamica (Spain 2015); ’Looking for Duende’ for Teatro Entre Escombros (Spain 2015); ’Hondycops’ for Squadra Sua (Czech Republic 2015); ’Ferucchio Peru is Extraordinaire’ for Leebo Luby (UK 2015); Manifest Destiny (New York 2015); Fabulous Bäckström Brothers (Finland 2014); Entre Escobros ‘600 Teatro’ (Spain 2014); ‘Gloriator’ for Skipstick Productions (London 2013); ‘NMIIDP’ Simone Riccio, (London 2013); ‘Herr Ist Immer Der Natur’ for Die Drei Auf Den Baum (Berlin 2012); ‘Discombobulated’ for Publick Transport (Bristol & UK tour, 2011); ‘Ramshackadelicious’ (Bristol 2011); ‘Shake’ for The Last Baguette (Switzerland 2010). Director of physical comedy for Chichester Festival Theatre’s ‘Mack & Mabel’ (2015) starring Michael Ball. Co-director of Orpheus in the Underworld at Vienna Volksoper operahouse which opens in 2023.
Aitor is an acclaimed teacher of clown, regularly leading Spymonkey training in London, New York, Maine, Los Angeles and around the world, and for the Clown Doctors organisation in Germany, Austria and France.
