Bodies in Space: A Report From Physical Theater Festival Chicago
For a week in early June, theatremakers from all over the world, and from the Windy City itself, converged in Chicago to test the limits of play and possibility.
All Stories About clowning
A Meeting of the Mimes (and Clowns)
In this excerpt from a new book by the founder of Movement Theatre International, the author reflects on the crucial 1988 gathering in Philadelphia.
Send in the Activist Clowns
One secret to the newly powerful social disruption unleashed by the bouffon and his ilk: They’re laughing at you, not with you.
A Key to Clown Logic: Follow the Red Nose
Once you’ve strapped on the world’s smallest mask, it’s time to soften your brain and activate your sense of wonder.
Acrobats of the Soul
The ‘new vaudevillians’ fuel the theatre with dazzling physical skill and a spirit of comic anarchy.
Serious Laughter
A new compendium of early 20th-century clowns is just that, a compendium, sans analysis, criticism, or context.
