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Workshops

Find your clowning path

Ready to explore a brave new world in your work, or struggling with a niggling inner-critic? Explore brand-new ways of expressing your creativity that might startle even yourself! 

Hone your skills, harness your creativity

When we work with humans, we never know what kind of curious thinker will emerge at the other end. Brave and bold, silly and sophisticated, daring and delightful. We can’t wait to find out. 

This work is for performers + curious humans who want to develop craft, presence, and material through embodied clown and physical theatre training.

Some arrive curious.
Some arrive trained.
Some arrive mid-career and cracked open.

All are performers in the making.

This is public, stage-facing work held in group training spaces where risk, failure, and play are witnessed and transformed into craft.

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  • Coming from a background in improv and sketch comedy, I used to get stuck in my head, always trying to perform perfectly. Clowning changed everything for me. It’s physical, playful, and forces you into the present moment—exactly what I needed.

    Merryn

  • I’ve recommended Alicia to others—she’s the real deal, and you won’t find anyone like her in this country.

    Rosanna

  • It’s challenging work, even for experienced performers, but Alicia created a safe space where we could explore and express our truer selves without judgment.

    Tony

  • My main reasons for joining the class were to get out of my comfort zone, gain some control over my stage anxiety & connect to like minded buffoons..and I feel that over the last 80,640 minutes, I’ve accomplished that.. thanks to YOU!

    Matty

  • I had some really big creative breakthroughs. I am really feeling inspired and playful!

    Monica

  • It was such an incredible experience letting go of all inhibitions, being silly, laughing and crying at the same time, and being vulnerable and letting those emotions out for everyone else to see.

    Gaurav

Upcoming workshops

That Was Supposed to Be Funny
Oct
10

That Was Supposed to Be Funny

A two-day Sydney workshop with international guest artist Jon Davison

The Clown Institute welcomes UK clown teacher, performer, writer and researcher Jon Davison to Sydney for a rare two-day workshop exploring the moment when prepared material meets a live audience.

2-day workshop | Clown experience required | Sydney

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Finding Your Fool
Jan
25

Finding Your Fool

For those ready to go deeper into clown, presence and performance.

A two-day workshop to move beyond first steps and begin uncovering the shape, rhythm and strange logic of your own clown. Through play, physical improvisation and creative risk, you’ll build trust in your impulses, your audience connection and the ridiculous truth only you can bring.

2-day workshop | Suitable for beginners and performers | Sydney

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Fool’s Playground
Jan
25

Fool’s Playground

Ongoing embodied training for performers seeking play, rigour, and community to keep their work alive.

A place for performers to practice clown technique + build your acts.

Monthly | Performance experience required | Sydney, Blackheath + Gosford

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The Beautifool Entertainer
Jan
24

The Beautifool Entertainer

Satire, mockery, and play: the art of bouffon

Expose society’s contradictions through mischievous play, sharp satire, and collective mockery. A rigorous laboratory for performers working with excess, humour, and provocation.

3–5 day lab | Previous performance training recommended | Sydney

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