STATE OF PLAY: a clown gathering 30 Nov/1 Dec ^expired Free

Edge Hill University in partnership with School of Arts and Media, University of Salford and The Performer’s Playground welcomes you to a 2-day symposium on clowning to be held at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, on Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December 2018, with events also taking place in the School of Arts and Media, University of Salford.

About the symposium
STATE OF PLAY is an opportunity for anyone interested in the art of the clown to meet, connect, play and ask crucial questions about the condition of clowning today. STATE OF PLAY takes the evolving relationship of clown and circus as a starting point to ask broader questions about the relevance of clowning in today’s society. What are the new environments for clown performance today? Where are clowns employed and for what purposes? What training exists and what more is needed? What contributions can clown theories make to professional practice? Are clowns able to be politically effective or are they simply entertainers?

Registration for STATE OF PLAY: https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/events/2018/11/30/state-of-play-a-clown-gathering/

Summary of Symposium Schedule

Friday 30 November

10.15-12.00 Panel: ‘Tools of the Trade: issues in clown pedagogy’
Iva Peter Dragen: Memory as Acting Tool: Clown vs Actor
Mattia Marrioti: Social acceptability, idiocy and clowning in actor education
Lucy Amsden: Play in clown and bufón in Ecole Gaulier

14.00-16.00 Workshop demonstration with Ronlin Foreman

16.30-18.00 Workshop with Flloyd Kennedy – Voice of the Clown (literally!)

19.30 The Idiots Take the Stage, a clown cabaret hosted by Manchester Clown Lab and featuring award-winning Garry Starr


Saturday 1 December

9.30-10.30 Panel: ‘Clowns for Today: clowning and contemporary society”
Olly Crick: Commedia Dell’Arte and the Collective Fool
Richard Talbot: Virtual Clowning for Dementia

10.30-12.00 Workshop with Jon Davison - Who are the best clowns? The clown as defined by social identity

13.00-14.30 Workshop with Maggie Irving - Clown status: playing and subverting norms in class and on stage