Performance experience required
For performers who want regular embodied training, play, and community to keep their work alive.
A year-long training ground for the brave, the ridiculous, and the creatively hungry.
One day a month, we gather to play, explore, and clown. Think of it as your monthly reset button - part training, part creative jam, part ridiculous release.
Now happening in three locations:
Sydney (monthly Saturdays at ReadyMade Works in Ultimo)
Gosford (monthly Sundays, in collaboration with Roundabout Circus)
Blackheath (monthly Saturdays, in collaboration with Bah-Hah)
Join us for a monthly escape into creative freedom, in a supportive community that celebrates your quirks. With regular chances to perform and grow, we give you professional guidance in the art of play to help you release your ridiculous and nurture your nonsense.
Timing, rhythm, stillness, risk, presence, vulnerability, play, stupidity, complicité.
A monthly deep-dive into:
Fixed point work
Audience connection
Status and tension
The poetic + the idiotic
Somatic clowning
The clown state
Creative intuition
Duo/ensemble play
Emotional absurdity
This is training for performers who want to get better.
Sharper. Softer. Wilder.
More themselves.
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This training is for you if you want to:
develop clown personas and performance material
build confidence under witness
work inside an artistic lineage, not shortcuts
be challenged through ensemble and feedback
take creative risks in front of others
Not beginner-friendly.
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Core Training
A full day of guided clowning and creative play (5–6 hrs, depending on location)
Personal feedback and tailored guidance
Performance skills to boost stage presence and play
Support for developing your own clown material
Community Benefits
Access to our Fool’s community - online and in-person
Opportunities for collaborative creation and devising
Post-class hangouts to connect with your fellow fools
Performance Opportunities
Group performance projects across the year
Optional video + photo documentation of your work
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Discover your fool
Uncover the clown that already lives inside you; your rhythm, your logic, your delightful absurdity.Physical comedy that feels alive
Play with movement, mishaps, tension, softness, and the wild intelligence of the body.Confidence through joyful failure
Meet your edges. Court mistakes. Let silliness, surprise, and vulnerability open new creative doors.Invent your own “bits”
Develop moments, images, and impulses that are unmistakably yours, not copied, not forced, just true.Ensemble complicité
Learn how to breathe together, follow group instincts, and build scenes that feel alive, chaotic, and connected.Presence + audience connection
Tune into the room. Engage with real humans. Practice listening with your whole body.Comic timing + rhythm
Work with breath, pause, tension, release, the tiny mechanics that make a laugh land.Collaboration + co-creation
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Sydney – Saturdays | 10am-5pm
Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 28, Apr 18, May 30, Jul 4,
Jul 25, Aug 22, Sep 26, Oct 24, Nov 28, Dec 19
Central Coast – Sundays | 10am-3pm
Jan 25, Feb 22, Mar 29, Apr 19, May 31, Jun 28,
Jul 26, Aug 30, Sep 27, Oct 18, Nov 22, Dec 13
Blackheath – Saturdays | 12pm-4pm
Jan 10, Feb 21, Mar 21, Apr 25, May 23, Jun 20,
Jul 18, Aug 15, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 12
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Sydney – Monthly Saturdays
ReadyMade Studios, Ultimo
A bright, central studio just minutes from Central Station.Central Coast – Monthly Sundays
Roundabout Circus, Gosford
A welcoming circus hub, a short walk from Gosford Station.Blackheath – Monthly Saturdays
Bah-Hah, 123–125 Wentworth St, Blackheath
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SYDNEY – MONTHLY SATURDAYS
ReadyMade Studios, Ultimo
Pass | Price | Notes
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Drop-In | $125 | One-off. Refund 7+ days (–10%); otherwise credit.
Monthly | $85/mo | Pay-as-you-go. 1 voucher/year.
Quarterly | $240 | 3-month block. 1 voucher/year.
Annual | $900 | Full year. Coaching + check-ins. 2 vouchers/year.
CENTRAL COAST – MONTHLY SUNDAYS
Roundabout Circus, Gosford
Pass | Price | Notes
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Monthly | $85/mo | Commit to all 3 dates. 5-hour sessions.
Drop-in | $100 | One-off class.
BLACKHEATH – MONTHLY SATURDAYS
Bah-Hah, Blackheath
Pass | Price | Notes
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3-Month | $240 | $80 per class. Block of 3.
Drop-In | $95 | One-off class.
LIFE HAPPENS GUARANTEE – 2026
Sydney classes only
If illness or paid work clashes with your Playground date, you’ll receive a voucher credit so your training investment doesn’t evaporate.
Monthly → 1 voucher/year
Quarterly → 1 voucher/year
Annual → 2 vouchers/year
Drop-ins → no vouchers
(For illness or paid work only.)
Simple, fair, and kind to real performer lives.
Are you ready to join the fun?
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