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Absurd4
Clint Bolster
Booking Details
Type
Incursion
Students
25 - 150 persons
Ages
Year 10 - Year 12
Duration
50 Mins
Cost
$1,650.00 Per Session
Distance
Can travel to All Queensland
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Event details

ABSURD 4 PERFORMANCE ??

Two Actors. Twelve Characters. Four Absurdist Plays.

 

Claude and Tina, an internationally acclaimed comedy duo from The United Kingdom Theatre For The Absurd Academy, take the stage for a mind-bending, side-splitting, and thought-provoking performance that dives deep into the world of Absurdist Theatre.

? What’s On Offer?
✅ Duration: Tailored to your needs
✅ Suitability: Grades 11–12
✅ Available Terms: 1–4
✅ Book Online Today!

 

? What’s the Performance About?
Through masterful character transformations and razor-sharp comedic timing, Claude and Tina bring to life four iconic Absurdist plays, reimagined with twelve unforgettable characters:

? Waiting For Godot – Samuel Beckett’s iconic exploration of meaning, futility, and time.
? The Dumb Waiter – Harold Pinter’s tense, darkly comic study of power and ambiguity.
? The Chairs – Eugène Ionesco’s surreal and tragic vision of human isolation.
? Rhinoceros – Eugène Ionesco’s biting critique of conformity and mass hysteria.

? A Theatrical Experience Like No Other

✨ Witness stream-of-consciousness storytelling, where thoughts unravel in unpredictable and hilarious ways.
✨ Experience the art of waiting, Absurdist-style—where tension, comedy, and meaning collide.
✨ Watch two performers embody twelve distinct characters, switching seamlessly between personas.
✨ Engage with the unpredictable, as the performance bends reality, logic, and theatrical convention.

? Why Absurdism?
Absurdist Theatre challenges perceptions, breaks expectations, and leaves audiences questioning everything. Absurd 4 Performance is a rollercoaster of laughter, paradox, and existential curiosity—perfect for students exploring theatrical innovation, philosophy, and the beautifully bizarre nature of life itself.

? What Audiences Are Saying:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Brilliantly executed—funny, unsettling, and thought-provoking all at once.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A powerhouse performance that left us questioning reality—and laughing the whole way through!”

Key learning outcomes

Absurdism

Learning Areas:The Arts (Drama)Strands: Developing an understanding of practicesResponding to and interpreting artworksHumanities and Social Science (History) World War II.Rights and Freedoms.Popular culture.EnglishLanguage for interaction.Style/Form:Absurdism.Contemporary Clowning.Physical Theatre and Comedy.Improvisation.Themes and Contexts:Creativity and Imagination.Transformation.Roles and Relationships.Play.Audience Engagement and Interaction.Teacher Resource Pack – https://homunculustheatre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ABSURD-4.pdf

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About the Artist

CLINT BOLSTER is a Clown, Physical Actor, Producer and Teaching Artist based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. With over 22 years of professional experience, Clint has dedicated his career to creating original theatrical works and training artists across multiple disciplines. His original creations —HIGH TEA with BOOFF, BOLSTER & LEE: The Knock Em Downs, The Lost Balloon, and The Bubble Canteen—alongside ensemble projects such as The Mask Family, Manoeuvre, and Homunculus Theatre, are programmed widely across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. These works feature prominently at major arts festivals and in community, cultural, and educational settings, having reached a live global audience in the millions.

Clint has performed extensively throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan—including over 900 solo shows in Japanese at Universal Studios Japan, Osaka. He has toured over 500 primary and secondary schools across Australia. Most recently, he performed in the 2022/2023 Australian tour of Slava’s Snow Show and was accepted into the Cirque du Soleil database of Clowns.

As a dedicated Teaching Artist, Clint has delivered training and masterclasses for actor training institutions and universities worldwide, including the Queensland University of Technology (QLD), Griffith University (QLD), Drama Australia (AUS), Pontio University Wales (UK), and Shakespeare4All (Hong Kong), to name a few.

A proud Queensland member and mentor for the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Clint also serves as a Board Member for Indel-Ability Arts. His extensive touring and producing credits include collaborations with Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival, Cairns Festival, Cluster Arts Global, and Live Nation, among many others.

For a complete list of credits, visit – https://www.clintbolster.com/performance-credits

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