Resilience Training Through Laughter
Clint Bolster
Booking Details
Event details
Resilience Training Through Laughter is a dynamic and empowering workshop designed to build resilience, emotional strength, empathy, and creative expression through the transformative power of laughter.
Led by Clint Bolster — a seasoned performer, educator, and mentor — this workshop invites students to engage with physical theatre, clowning, improvisation, and playful human connection to foster personal growth, confidence, and community. Students are encouraged to reconnect with their authentic selves, build vulnerability into strength, and find joy in their individuality. Students develop critical social-emotional skills that support lifelong wellbeing and adaptability by embracing laughter as a gateway to emotional resilience.
Throughout this workshop – students will:
- Engage in physical theatre and clowning exercises that cultivate joy, vulnerability, and connection.
- Explore the role of laughter in dismantling fear, building confidence, and encouraging authentic self-expression.
- Develop emotional resilience by embracing mistakes, celebrating imperfections, and thriving in unpredictable situations.
- Participate in collaborative activities that strengthen empathy, teamwork, and communication skills.
- Reflect on the role of play and creativity in mental health, wellbeing, and personal growth.
The workshop is energetic, fun, and deeply meaningful. It offers students practical strategies for emotional regulation, self-care, and building positive relationships.
Key learning outcomes
THE ARTS – DRAMA (Years 7–12)
Years 7–8
ACADRM040: Develop roles and characters consistent with the situation, dramatic forms, and performance styles.
ACADRM043: Perform devised and scripted drama, using voice and movement to sustain belief in character.
Years 9–10
ACADRM048: Perform devised and scripted drama focusing on non-verbal communication, improvisation, and physical storytelling.
ACADRM049: Evaluate how the elements of drama, forms, and performance styles convey meaning and influence audiences.
Senior Drama (Years 11–12)
Exploration of non-realist forms, including physical theatre and clowning.
Application of ensemble and improvisational techniques to create dynamic performances that explore personal and collective experiences.
Reflection on the relationship between performer and audience in building emotional engagement and resilience.
HPE [7-12]
Years 7–8
ACPPS070: Investigate strategies and practices that enhance their own, others’, and the community’s health, safety, and wellbeing.
ACPPS074: Investigate how emotional responses vary in different situations and how to manage these responses.
Years 9–10
ACPPS091: Evaluate factors that shape identities and critically analyse how individuals impact the identities of others.
ACPPS092: Plan, rehearse and evaluate options for managing emotional responses and social interactions.
Senior Health and Physical Education (Years 11–12)
Study of wellbeing frameworks focusing on resilience, emotional regulation, mindfulness, and building positive social support systems.
Application of positive psychology principles through laughter and community-building activities.
GENERAL CAPABILITIES (Years 7–12)
Personal and Social Capability
Develop resilience, initiative, empathy, and adaptability through collaborative and improvisational experiences.
Build confidence in expressing thoughts, emotions, and individuality.
Critical and Creative Thinking
Develop divergent thinking and problem-solving strategies through improvisation and play.
Adapt quickly to changing circumstances with creative flexibility.
Ethical Understanding
Reflect on the power of kindness, inclusion, and human connection in strengthening personal and collective wellbeing.
STYLE / FORM
Physical Theatre and Clowning
Improvisational Play
Non-verbal and Expressive Movement
Storytelling through Body and Gesture
Ensemble Creation and Group Dynamics
Additional Information
- Duration: Various (2-hour workshops to full-day intensives, 3 days or Full Week)
- Suitability: Years 7–12
- Available Terms: 1–4
- Venue: School Hall, Drama Room, Multi-purpose Space, Theatre
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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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