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Bouffon:
​The Art of Mockery

Bouffon Intensive Lab

Here's your chance to vomit glitter on all that is disturbing in the world


Plunge into the madness of mockery with the highly visual parade of the fantastic and grotesque.
This rigorous physical lab will guide you through games and ambitious improvisations that promise to invigorate and encourage you to play, and find a firm platform to satirise the 'madness du jour'.

You will connect your imagination and heart with the deeply surreal and bizarre unravelling a profound humanity. 

​Main areas of discovery:
  • Mockery & Mimicry: Finding the game and the pleasure of playing it to its edge
  • Exploration of the Bouffon Territories: The Grotesque, Fantastic and Mysterious.
  • Bouffonesque Body: Creating a grotesque body and the gang with objects and materials 
  • Power & Madness: Discovery of parody threshold and audience anarchist-entertainer relationship.
  • Performance: Play with the great texts and devise short ensemble-made bouffon pieces 
Intensive Lab
​10 hours, 2 days 

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Perfect for: Open to improvisers, poets, stand-ups, comedians, circus and theatre makers, directors, and devisors from other disciplines, actors and artists practicing the art of clowning or seeking provocation and growth

Full price - $455 per person 
Early Bird price - $365 per person 
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School Incursion Info
SUITABILITY
School Workshop
  • Years 9, 10, 11 and 12 students.
  • Tertiary acting & theatre students 
  • Workshop program can be tailored to professional development training for drama teachers​
DURATION
School Workshop
  • This is a 5-hour full day bouffon lab. ​​
LOCATION​
​School Workshop
  • Typically, this bouffon class is delivered as school incursions or if you wish an alternate venue can be arranged upon booking. It can also be tailored to remote learning via video conferencing.​
COST
School Workshop
  • Fees start from $425 for a 2.5-hour program. Pricing includes Teachers Resource Pack.
  • Maximum of 25 students.​
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