Jon Davison

Jon Davison is a clown performer, teacher, director, researcher, writer and musician with more than 35 years experience. He has toured festivals, theatres, tents, streets and bars throughout Europe from Sicily to the Arctic. He trained at the École Philippe Gaulier and Fool Time Circus School (Bristol). He currently runs regular clown training workshops in London (London Clown School), at Circomedia in Bristol, Circus Hub in Nottingham and around Britain and internationally (Peru, South Africa, Belgium, Sweden). He was a co-founder and co-Director of Studies at the Escola de Clown de Barcelona in 2006 and previously taught clown, impro, and acting at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona from 1996-2006, and was a Research Fellow investigating clown training at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London), where he also obtained his PhD, and is now a visiting lecturer. He is the author of “Clown Readings in Theatre Practice” and “Clown Training, a practical guide”, both published by Palgrave Macmillan and which have become the standard works in their field. He is currently writing a new textbook with video for Bloomsbury Methuen entitled “The Clowning Workbook” and “Clown Theory” for Palgrave Macmillan. He is artistic director of the clown companies Stupididity and Citizens of Nowhere.