Shows
Live clowning remains the source of all, without it there wouldn't be anything to teach or to research.
Friday Flop
Every third Friday of the month. The unthinkable meets the ridiculous. Pushing the boundaries of clowning yet further.....
With the global tsunami of idiocy rising ever higher in the real world, nonsense is the new truth and the only way to make sense of the world. Clowns have been making the meaningless, the taboo and the unthinkable into digestible fun for millennia. Why would they baulk at the present opportunity?
Citizens of Nowhere are an international company of highly-trained clown performers based in London, led by Jon Davison.
7pm | PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston
With the global tsunami of idiocy rising ever higher in the real world, nonsense is the new truth and the only way to make sense of the world. Clowns have been making the meaningless, the taboo and the unthinkable into digestible fun for millennia. Why would they baulk at the present opportunity?
Citizens of Nowhere are an international company of highly-trained clown performers based in London, led by Jon Davison.
7pm | PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston
Not A Real Horse
Pushing the boundaries of panto horse art/ Inspired by the early equestrian circus, which brought together acrobats, clowns and horses. 2 clowns and 2 acrobats came together thanks to Fifi, the panto horse, which all four inhabit.
21st Century Clown
My attempt to find my own true style: solo, mainly improvised and very risky. It's been evolving and devolving for quite a while... probably ever since I started performing. It's been seen in various forms, some successful, some complete failures.
Odd Bod
The three-legged man, the telescopic-armed singer, the bodyless head .... Clowns have for centuries played around with the human body - adding bits, changing bits, removing bits - for comic effect. "Odd Bod" re-visits and updates some this great tradition.
Music
My favoured instrument is my iron-framed piano built for a 5-year-old, which is appropriate, since I've been playing music since the age of 4. Currently accoridonist with klezmer band Popurri. Formerly accordionist with Wholesome Fish and Orkestina, my main styles are British/Irish/American and East European Folk, as well as Music Hall and Classical.
Clog Dancing
South East Lancashire style, to be precise, as well as Appalachian flatfooting and eccentric dance.
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