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The Fool’s Playground

Monthly clown class for performers

Clown guide Alicia and an audience of participants watch on laughing and smiling during a clown class.

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

  • Building the performer, not the “act”

This is training for performers who want to get better.
Sharper. Softer. Wilder.
More themselves.

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  • Actors, improvisers, theatre-makers, devisors, movement artists, hospital clown trainees, and full-time weirdos with performance experience.

    Not beginner-friendly.
    (But delicious for the curious intermediate performer who wants to play seriously.)

  • 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

  • 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
    Jam, experiment and take risks with fellow fools in a generous, supportive creative home.

  • Sydney – Saturdays | 10am-5pm

    Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 28, Apr 18, May 30, Jun 27,

    Jul 25, Aug 22, Sep 26, Oct 24, Nov 28, Dec 19

    Central Coast – Sundays | 10am-3pm

    Dec 21 (2025)
    2026 TBC

    Blackheath – Saturdays | 12pm-4pm

    Jan 10, Feb 21, Mar 21, Apr 11, May 23, Jun 20,

    Jul 18, Aug 15, Sep 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 12

  • 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
    A cosy mountain studio in the heart of the village.

  • SYDNEY – MONTHLY SATURDAYS

    ReadyMade Studios, Ultimo

    Pass | Price | Notes

    -----------------------------------------------

    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.

    Book Sydney

    CENTRAL COAST – MONTHLY SUNDAYS

    Roundabout Circus, Gosford

    Pass | Price | Notes

    -----------------------------------------------

    Monthly | $85/mo | Commit to all 3 dates. 5-hour sessions.

    Casual | $100 | One-off class.

    Book Central Coast

    BLACKHEATH – MONTHLY SATURDAYS

    Bah-Hah, Blackheath

    Pass | Price | Notes

    -----------------------------------------------

    3-Month | $240 | $80 per class. Block of 3.

    Drop-In | $95 | One-off class.

    Book Blackheath

    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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