This workshop brings the weird and wonderful world of clowning into improvised comedy. We take clowning and improv exercises that help us develop a more playful and responsive style to our performance. As well as exploring show formats that could be taken to the stage.

This workshop will help you:

• Bring more play, physicality and props into your improv
• Give the audience more of what they want by listening and responding to them more
• Be okay with breaking the rules in order to follow the fun
• Discover old and new improv show formats that benefit most from these techniques

We do this by looking at various concepts such as:

• Game
• The flop
• Fixed point
• Major / minor
• Audience sensitivity
• Breaking the rules

About Charlie:

Charlie Jackson is a clown and improv comedian, teaching comedy with Playface and Hoopla as well as performing with multiple teams and individually. He’s been performing comedy since 2015 and has trained with various organisations and individuals from Phillippe Gaulier, Mick Barnfather, Hoopla, Free Association, Monkey Toast, Why Not Institute, The Maydays, Spontaneity Shop, Viggo Venn, Zack Zucker, Elf Lyons, Damien Warren-Smith and more. He has performed in hundreds of shows both in London and internationally.

Charlie Jackson is the Disco Wizard incarnate and brings magical props, costumes and silliness to all their shows and online videos!

Suitable for intermediate to advanced improvisers or clowns. You do not need experience in both improv and clowning, but do need experience in at least one.