Soft Skills for the Clown

In this workshop we will train the technique of the clown. Clown technique often seems invisible, or hidden, but there are very specific storytelling and physical skills the clown employs, gently and naturally. This workshop will focus on drilling these skills, giving each participant ample time observing and being observed.

This 3-hour workshop is open to all. It will be firmly rooted in the world of theatrical red-nose clown.

$35+HST

June 10th, 6:30-9:30pm

@ Sweet Action Theatre

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This is the first of three drop-in workshops Red Nose Remedy is offering this summer to focus on practicing the performance tools of the clown. Each workshop happens on the 2nd Monday of the summer months. The dates & topics are:

• June 10th: Soft Skills for the Clown
• July 8th: Emotional Hygiene
• August 12th: Simplicity & the Mundane

Andrew Gaboury has been clowning for a decade, studying closely with Helen Donnelly and performing at festivals and on stage nationally (World Stage Design 2022, Calgary) and internationally (Ei! Marionetas, Portugal). As a collaborating artist with Frog in Hand, Andrew leads the Summer Company in clown training and performance. Andrew’s clown projects have performed for thousands of audience members at events and festivals across the GTA. Andrew is also acting executive director of and a therapeutic clown practitioner with Red Nose Remedy, a therapeutic clowning not-for-profit that brings the art of clown to people in healthcare settings through compassionate connection, lightness and joy.