This comprehensive guide to clown training invites you into the clown workshop and leads you through a complete clown syllabus – from the first steps in playfulness to the work of devising and creating performable numbers and shows. Exploring key clown training methods and drawing on Jon Davison’s experience as a leading international clown teacher, Clown Training offers detailed descriptions and analyses of a wide range of techniques, games and exercises. Both practical and reflective, this is the ideal companion for students and teachers of clowning alike. Jon Davison has been a clown performer, teacher, director and writer for more than 30 years. He is the author of Clown Readings, he co-founded the Escola de Clown de Barcelona, Spain, and he trained at the École Philippe Gaulier and Fool Time Circus School. As well as performing solo, he is part of the four-person clown/circus/pantomime company, Stupididity.