The Art Of Clowning – Workshop
Clint Bolster
Booking Details
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CLOWN WORKSHOP
Get ready to embark on a joyous and fun-filled journey of self-discovery as you discover your inner clown! This workshop is perfect for students who are eager to explore the art of comedy, authenticity, and connection.
What’s On Offer?
Duration: Flexible to your needs
Suitability: Grades 7–12
Available Terms: 1–4
Workshop Focus
An immersive, high-energy exploration of clowning as a performance art.
- Encourages risk-taking, playfulness, and vulnerability in performance.
- Develops expressive physicality, comedic timing, and audience connection.
- Explores clown archetypes, improvisation, and the role of failure in comedy.
- It helps students embrace spontaneity and develop resilience through laughter.
Explore a Variety of Clowning Styles & Techniques:
- The Simple Clown: Embrace the beauty of simplicity in comedy.
- The Augustine Clown: Tap into mischievous and playful energy.
- The Adult Clown: Discover complexity and nuance in comedic performance.
- Character Clown: Create unique, memorable clown characters.
- Developing a Unique Character: Craft your clown persona with quirks and individuality.
- Finding the Game: Learn to spot and highlight the comedic “game” in any scene.
- Checking In & The Rule of 3: Master audience engagement and comedic timing.
- Improvisation & Audience Connection: Build skills to interact with audiences in real time.
- Building a Routine: Create cohesive, entertaining clown performances.
What You’ll Gain:
- Confidence in self-expression and vulnerability
- Skills in improvisation and quick thinking
- The ability to craft and perform unique comedic routines
- An appreciation for the art of connecting with an audience
- A joyful, transformative experience that blends humour with sincerity
What Teachers Are Saying:
“This workshop brought out sides of my students I’d never seen before! They laughed, learned, and left with Confidence and a new perspective on performance.” Clayfield College, QLD
Key learning outcomes
Years P-7 Drama (ACARA)
- Investigate and experiment with the physical and expressive skills of clowning.
- Develop confidence in using improvisation and spontaneity in performance.
- Explore movement, facial expression, and audience interaction to communicate meaning.
- Perform devised and improvised clowning sequences, maintaining comedic timing and audience engagement.
Years 8-12 Drama (ACARA)
- Explore the historical and cultural significance of clowning as a theatrical tradition.
- Develop and refine expressive skills to create comedic performances that engage and entertain audiences.
- Experiment with clowning conventions such as playfulness, failure, and audience interaction.
- Analyse how clowning and comedy shape audience engagement in different contexts.
General Capabilities
Critical and Creative Thinking: Using improvisation to solve problems and think on the spot.
Personal and Social Capability: Building confidence, resilience, and collaboration skills through play.
Ethical Understanding: Understanding the impact of humour, satire, and comedy on social perspectives.
Intercultural Understanding: Exploring clown traditions across different cultures (e.g., European clowning, Commedia dell’Arte, slapstick comedy).
Additional Information
General Venue & Setup Requirements for Workshops
Requires an open space such as a classroom, double teaching classroom, drama room, studio, or theatre space
There are no technical requirements – chairs for participants are optional.
Workshops are designed to be engaging, interactive, and accessible, catering to students with different learning styles.
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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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