Performance

Clown and Physical Theatre

In 2017, I went to Giovanni Fusetti’s “Tao of Clown” three-day workshop, and was hooked on clown. A couple of years later, I attended Amy Russell’s “Embodied Poetics” workshops, further exploring mimesis and playing with the environment.

During 2025, I attended Anna Thomson’s “Down 2 Clown” and bouffon workshops. During these workshops I have explored connecting with the audience, finding the game, mirroring the environment and being deeply playful.

Improvisation

I performed with Playback Theatre Hobart for around a year, pre-2020. We “played back” the audience’s stories to them, using improvisation. In 2025, I performed with Protea Impro, after attending several of their workshops. This included multiple Theatresports performances, several long-form performances and attending workshops as part of the “Dark Impro Festival”.

Ensemble Work: Devising and Performing in MARE

Excerpts from MARE (Experimental devised work, University of Tasmania, 2026).

In the final year of my University theatre major, I have performed in two ensemble works for the public. The first, “MARE”, was an experimental production created by 17 students. We wove a surreal landscape of horses, worms, poetry and soundscapes, inspired by our dreams. I helped devise the piece and performed in it.

Ensemble Performance: Contest

I also performed in our capstone graduation show, “Contest” by Emilie Collyer. This is the story of a suburban netball team and a new player. I played the character “Goal Attack”. With five other theatre students (four actors and our production manager), we performed at the Studio Theatre, Theatre Royal in October, 2026. Our director was Sarah Hamilton. Photographs below are by Bliss Sandhu.

Excerpts from Contest (Studio Theatre, Theatre Royal, 2026).

Photo gallery from Contest. Photos by Bliss Sandhu (2026).

Summary

Interests: clown, improvisation, comedy and absurdism.

Workshops / training / performance:

2016 – 2018: React Drama School’s “introduction to acting for adults” course

Approx 2017: Performer in Hobart Playback Theatre

2017: Tao of Clown workshop with Giovanni Fusetti

2020: Mentoring from Tassos Stevens of Coney in the basics of creating participatory theatre

2025: Down 2 Clown and bouffon workshops with Anna Thomson

2025: Performer in Theatresports and Dark Impro festival with Protea Impro

2025: Attended multiple improvisation workshops, including “All the Paints in the Paintbox” and “The Sneaky Improviser”(Jim Fishwick),“Wizards at the Supermarket” (Malcolm Morris), and “Whiplash” (Jaron Why and Jason Geary).

2026: Puppetry 101 workshop with Terrapin Puppet Theatre

2022 – 2026: BA (theatre) – University of Tasmania

2026: Devised and performed in MARE at Hunter Street Arts School, Hobart, Tasmania

2026: Performed in Contest at Studio Theatre, Hobart