Professional Development for Teachers
Clint Bolster
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS 
Unlock new possibilities in your teaching and transform your classroom into a hub of creativity and laughter with Homunculus Theatre.
What’s On Offer?
Suitability: Grades P–12
Available Terms: 1–4
Experience dynamic, hands-on workshops designed to deepen your knowledge of comedic forms and dramatic styles and equip you with practical skills to enhance your teaching.
What You’ll Learn:
- Master a variety of theatrical styles, including:
- -Commedia Dell’Arte: The art of masks, high-energy physicality, and classic archetypes.
- -Clowning (Traditional & Contemporary): Techniques to inspire playfulness and connect emotionally with your students.
- -Absurdism: Explore how chaos, humour, and unconventional narratives can drive creativity.
- -Slapstick & Stage Combat: Learn physical comedy and safe, effective methods for dramatic action.
- -Non-Verbal Communication & Mime: Develop expressive physical storytelling to captivate and communicate without words.
- -Physical Theatre & Circus: Incorporate dynamic movement and spectacle into your teaching.
- -Melodrama: Teach students to heighten emotion and master theatrical exaggeration.
- -Political Satire: Empower students to explore social and political themes through humour.
Key Skills You’ll Gain:
-Building Confidence: Equip students with tools to express themselves and take creative risks.
-Improvisation Techniques: Teach students to think on their feet and embrace spontaneity.
-Storytelling Through Movement: Learn how physicality and gesture can communicate complex narratives.
-Effective Communication: Strengthen your ability to connect with students through engaging and relatable methods.
-Classroom Engagement: Discover fun and inclusive ways to make lessons dynamic and memorable.
-Curriculum Integration: Practical strategies to align lessons with drama education standards.
-Creative Collaboration: Foster teamwork, empathy, and shared creativity in your students.
What Teachers Are Saying:
“The workshops are packed with insights and techniques that transformed my teaching. Clint and the team’s expertise is unmatched—every session leaves me with new ways to inspire and engage my students!”
– Townsville State High School
Contact Clint Bolster for Professional Development for Teachers
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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