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Comedy Workshop with one of the UK’s leading physical comedy artist!
Curio is thrilled to bring you one of the most sought-after clowning teachers in the world. Aitor Basauri, Joint Artistic Director & performer of SPYMONKEY. Spymonkey Clown with Aitor Basauri Who: All levels of experience welcome. Minimum age is 18 years. When: Monday, September 2nd – Friday, September 6th What time: 10:00am-4:00pm Where: Curio Theatre Company. 4740 Baltimore Avenue. Philadelphia, PA 19143 Cost: $750 for this five-day intensive. A $100 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your place. The deposit and/or partial payment must be made to hold your place. Please note, class space is limited. If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call 215-921-8243. |
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Deposit must be made to hold your place in this workshop.
Not red noses, not mime – think funny!
What is it that makes you as a performer uniquely funny? How do you share that brilliant, special ridiculousness with an audience so that they are helpless with laughter? This 5-day introduction to Spymonkey Clown will focus on how to identify and develop that particular quality of Funny that is special to you, and only you.
You will be supported to develop these comedic skills in a safe, fun and laughter-filled environment. This positive group dynamic will allow you to focus on identifying and trusting your best impulses, taking risks, being adventurous, generous and honest as a performer.
In this highly enjoyable workshop we will play games and exercises, developing trust and complicity with the group. You will find the pleasure in your own ridiculousness, stay optimistic, discover your comedy gold, and get ready to laugh until your face hurts.
Learn the methods that Spymonkey have found essential over the years in creating Theatre of the Funny: physical games, improvisational games, status exercises, physical comedy routines, chorus exercises and parody.
The workshop attracts a wide range of artists—actors, directors, clowns, comedians, aerialists, and more. Regardless of your professional practice, you can apply the skills learned in this workshop in any kind of performance space, from purpose-built theaters and cabarets to variety stages, circus tents, and street corners.
What is it that makes you as a performer uniquely funny? How do you share that brilliant, special ridiculousness with an audience so that they are helpless with laughter? This 5-day introduction to Spymonkey Clown will focus on how to identify and develop that particular quality of Funny that is special to you, and only you.
You will be supported to develop these comedic skills in a safe, fun and laughter-filled environment. This positive group dynamic will allow you to focus on identifying and trusting your best impulses, taking risks, being adventurous, generous and honest as a performer.
In this highly enjoyable workshop we will play games and exercises, developing trust and complicity with the group. You will find the pleasure in your own ridiculousness, stay optimistic, discover your comedy gold, and get ready to laugh until your face hurts.
Learn the methods that Spymonkey have found essential over the years in creating Theatre of the Funny: physical games, improvisational games, status exercises, physical comedy routines, chorus exercises and parody.
The workshop attracts a wide range of artists—actors, directors, clowns, comedians, aerialists, and more. Regardless of your professional practice, you can apply the skills learned in this workshop in any kind of performance space, from purpose-built theaters and cabarets to variety stages, circus tents, and street corners.
Spymonkey is the UK’s leading physical comedy ensemble, comprising a core creative ensemble comprising artistic directors Toby Park and Aitor Basauri, executive producer Emily Coleman, associate artist Lucy Bradridge, and education and training officer Natasha Britton. Founding associate Petra Massey has been on long-term secondment to Spiegelworld Las Vegas since 2019. Stephan Kreiss was an associate artist until his death in 2022.
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Aitor Basauri
SPYMONKEY Joint Artistic Director & Performer. Founder, co-creator and performer of all Spymonkey shows to date. Performed in The Servant of Two Masters at Sheffield Crucible (1996), Axomate at the Seville Expo (1992), Eulenspiegel (1991) and in Karl’s Kuhne Gassenchau’s Grand Paradis and Stau in Zurich (1997 and 1998). Director of Little Prince for Donkey Productions (1997), Un Vento Impetuoso for La Canoppia (1996) and Meci Y Me Fui for Pez Enraya ( 1997). In 1999 he appeared in Circus Knie, the Swiss State Circus, and in 2000 formed his own company Punto Fijo, based in Bilbao. Appeared in Cirque Images’ 2003 series Solstrom for Bravo Cable Network. Appeared in Bertold Brecht’s Senor Carrera’s Rifles at the Young Vic, directed by Paul Hunter (2007). Directing credits include: ‘Lily & Marlene’ for La Dinamica (Spain 2015); ’Looking for Duende’ for Teatro Entre Escombros (Spain 2015); ’Hondycops’ for Squadra Sua (Czech Republic 2015); ’Ferucchio Peru is Extraordinaire’ for Leebo Luby (UK 2015); Manifest Destiny (New York 2015); Fabulous Bäckström Brothers (Finland 2014); Entre Escobros ‘600 Teatro’ (Spain 2014); ‘Gloriator’ for Skipstick Productions (London 2013); ‘NMIIDP’ Simone Riccio, (London 2013); ‘Herr Ist Immer Der Natur’ for Die Drei Auf Den Baum (Berlin 2012); ‘Discombobulated’ for Publick Transport (Bristol & UK tour, 2011); ‘Ramshackadelicious’ (Bristol 2011); ‘Shake’ for The Last Baguette (Switzerland 2010). Director of physical comedy for Chichester Festival Theatre’s ‘Mack & Mabel’ (2015) starring Michael Ball. Co-director of Orpheus in the Underworld at Vienna Volksoper operahouse which opens in 2023. Aitor is an acclaimed teacher of clown, regularly holding Spymonkey masterclasses in London, New York, Berlin, Los Angeles and around the world, and for the Clown Doctors organisation in Germany, Austria and France. |
