This workshop brings the weird and wonderful world of clowning into improvised comedy. We take clowning and improv exercises that help us develop a more playful and responsive style to our performance. As well as exploring show formats that could be taken to the stage.
This workshop will help you:
- Bring more play, physicality and props into your improv
- Give the audience more of what they want by listening and responding to them more
- Be okay with breaking the rules in order to follow the fun
- Discover old and new improv show formats that benefit most from these techniques
We do this by looking at various concepts such as:
- Game
- The flop
- Fixed point
- Major / minor
- Audience sensitivity
- Breaking the rules
Suitable for intermediate to advanced improvisers or clowns. You do not need experience in both improv and clowning, but do need experience in at least one.
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About The Teacher
Charlie Jackson is an improv comedian and clown, teaching comedy with Playface, Hoopla and performing with multiple teams and individually. He has been performing and training in comedy since 2015 and trained with various organisations and individuals from Phillippe Gaulier, Hoopla, Free Association, Mick Barnfather, Monkey Toast, Why Not Institute, The Maydays, Spontaneity Shop, Viggo Venn and more. He has performed in hundreds of shows both in London and internationally. Follow Charlie on Instagram.
About Playface
Playface provides improv and clowning courses, workshops and shows around London.
About The Venue
The workshop will take place in Studio 10 at Theatre Deli. Accessibility note: this studio is on the second floor. The reception staff will take out an access ramp once you arrive.
You can find out more information from Theatre Deli’s Accessibility Guide here.
If you have any access needs you’d like to discuss prior to the workshop please contact charlie@playface.fun. We’ll also run an access check-in at the beginning of the class.
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