Photo: Trantino Priori
Details
When: Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 10am-12pm
Where: Live streamed on Zoom for you to participate in from your home
Cost: $15 (+ booking fees)
Any cancellations due to Covid-19, tickets will be refunded
About the workshop:
This workshop will explore the medium of clowning and autobiographical theatre, how to use ideas inspired by your life but use the clown, metaphors and games in order to present these events in a playful and safe way. The workshop will explore the foundations of clown with exercises and play, the participants will be lead through intuitive and stream of consciousness writing exercises to find moments from their lives, we will then workshop playful and inventive ways we could present these events.
Experience level:
Any creative artists, especially focusing on those interested in clowning, theatre, but dance and other approaches very welcome.
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Hew Parham is a graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre. In 2007 Hew was the recipient of the Neil Curnow Award where he trained at The Hunter Gates Academy of physical theatre in Edmonton Canada and in the Pochinko Clowning Method at The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance (MCCP) in Ontario, Canada. Hew has also trained with British Physical Comedy troupe Spymonkey in London, England and Italian clown Giovanni Fusetti.
Hew has developed several solo shows with his comedic characters such as: Giovanni which played at the New York Clown Theatre Festival, The Wonderland Festival in Brisbane and The Adelaide Fringe Festival; Odyssey Schmodyssey which played at the Sangeunay Arts Festival, Quebec Canada; Rudi’s The Rinse Cycle which played at The Adelaide Cabaret Festival. He also performed in the Kurt Weill dedication performance The Weill File. In 2019 Hew once again performed in The Cabaret Festival with British company Flabberghast Theatre in their show The Swell Mob. He has also created the hyperactive twins The Riddalin Brothers with Callan Fleming which performed at The Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Hew has travelled extensively with Melbourne based company Bunk Puppets to tour their show Sticks Stones Broken Bones to countries such as Norway, Germany and China. Other credits includes: Me and My Shadow (Patch Theatre Company); Boo (Windmill Theatre Company); Superheroes (Stone/Castro); Blister by Sarah Peters (Holden Street Theatres); and If you can learn to fake authenticity you have it made by Rebecca Meston, (Feltspace).
He has also directed a number of shows including Egg (Erin Fowler, Adelaide Fringe) Chameleon (Frank Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Rumpus); Moof’s Adventures (Backporch Theatre, Adelaide Fringe); Dead Gorgeous (Madness of Two, Adelaide Fringe Festival) and Light Minded (AC Arts).
Hew Parham will be presenting A Not So Trivial Pursuit for The Mill's 2022 Adelaide Fringe program.
