Time: 1pm - 5pm
Class Size: 8-12
Price: £35-40
Suitable for intermediate to advanced improvisers or clowns. You do not need experience in both improv and clowning, but do need experience in at least one.
This workshop brings the weird and wonderful world of clowning into improvised comedy. We take clowning and improv exercises that help us develop a more playful and responsive style to our performance. As well as exploring show formats that could be taken to the stage.
This workshop will help you:
- Bring more play, physicality and props into your improv
- Give the audience more of what they want by listening and responding to them more
- Be okay with breaking the rules in order to follow the fun
- Discover old and new improv show formats that benefit most from these techniques
We do this by looking at various concepts such as:
- Game
- The flop
- Fixed point
- Major / minor
- Audience sensitivity
- Breaking the rules
About The Teacher
Charlie Jackson is an improv comedian and clown, teaching comedy with Hoopla and performing with multiple teams and individually. He has been performing and training in comedy since 2015 and trained with various organisations and individuals from Phillippe Gaulier, Hoopla, Free Association, Monkey Toast, Why Not Institute, The Maydays, Spontaneity Shop, Viggo Venn, and more. He has performed in hundreds of shows both in London and internationally. You can catch Charlie in his solo Camden Fringe show on 10th & 11th August. Follow Charlie on Instagram.
About Playface Comedy
Playface comedy provides improv and clowning courses, workshops and shows around London.
About The Venue
The workshop will take place in Studio 1 at Theatre Deli. Accessibility note: this studio is on the ground floor. The reception staff will take out an access ramp once you arrive.
You can find out more information from Theatre Deli's Accessibility Guide here.
If you have any access needs you’d like to discuss prior to the workshop please contact charlie@playface.fun. We’ll also run an access check-in at the beginning of the class.
Data Privacy
We require your email and phone number when taking bookings so that we are able to contact you regarding any last minute changes to the booking e.g. change of room within venue, unusual access requirements on the day etc.