Photos: Robert Piwko, Tiff Wear, PL. Colour sketch: Tracey Tofiled. Colour illustration E. M. Parry.
WHAT'S AN ONLINE COURSE LIKE?
Click the link above ... or come find out for yourself - scroll to the bottom of this or any page on the site to join the mailing list.
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THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL - go here to join the waiting list
Re-fresh and grow your Clown
and be guided safely over to the Dark Side*
This course is open to those with some clown experience.
In Clown work we open up play and physical expression. Have fun playing with others as we learn the comedy craft that supports the Dark Side Play.
Dark Clown further develops your timing, emotional range, audience awareness and gives possibility to express darker themes - see the Dark Clown video (scroll below).
'Best Zoom course - I forgot I wasn't in a room!'
- Course Participant
APPLY: email peta[at]petalily.com with first and last name, 2-line biog (just a bit about your background) and mobile number.
WHEN:
Saturday 14 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT)
Sunday 15 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT
Monday 16 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT)
Tuesday 17 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT)
PLEASE CHECK your local time zone if outside UK
WHERE:
ONLINE - via ZOOM
What’s an online course like? Is it interactive? Go here now:
https://www.petalily.com/online-course-info.html
COST: £209
APPLY: email peta[at]petalily.com with first and last name, 2-line biog and mobile number.
FAQ’s about the Dark Clown part of the work:
https://www.petalily.com/faqs-for-the-clown--dark-clown-course.html
'This course opened new ways into dark comedy, I really enjoyed every minute of it and Peta is a wonderful teacher and facilitator.
I felt embraced in a safe space (even on zoom) and had the opportunity to explore a range of new techniques (and old ones in a new way).
I thoroughly recommend it!'
- Carolina Ortega, Director & Performer
‘Incredibly good fun! Exciting to encounter this important genre and the clever, simple practices for developing it!’
- Course Participant
‘New skills in a safe and encouraging environment. I finished the course feeling inspired by all the intricacies of the teaching and interested to learn more.’
- Aleisha Smart, Course Participant
'Peta Lily's work is incredible - her workshops have been so crucial to my own performance training. Her Dark Clown work really is unique!'
- Alex Hofgartner, Circus Performer
This course is the prerequisite for the Level Two Dark Clown course.
* How Dark Clown works:
The skills of comedy craft can be employed to bring laughter to challenging subjects. Lily's Dark Clown work retains respect for the subject matter and provides a user-friendly way to represent Marginalised Emotions - creating an intriguing and enriching experience for performer and audience alike. Lily's unique approach makes widening the range of the clown's expression both safe and invigorating.
'Inspirational teaching in expert hands.'
- Keith Barlow, Head of Movement, Dance & Physical Theatre, Birmingham School of Acting
'Her work is unique. Highly recommended.'
- Stephen K. Levine–Educator, Theatre Practitioner, Author
Re-fresh and grow your Clown
and be guided safely over to the Dark Side*
This course is open to those with some clown experience.
In Clown work we open up play and physical expression. Have fun playing with others as we learn the comedy craft that supports the Dark Side Play.
Dark Clown further develops your timing, emotional range, audience awareness and gives possibility to express darker themes - see the Dark Clown video (scroll below).
'Best Zoom course - I forgot I wasn't in a room!'
- Course Participant
APPLY: email peta[at]petalily.com with first and last name, 2-line biog (just a bit about your background) and mobile number.
WHEN:
Saturday 14 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT)
Sunday 15 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT
Monday 16 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT)
Tuesday 17 November 2.00pm – 5.00pm UK time (GMT)
PLEASE CHECK your local time zone if outside UK
WHERE:
ONLINE - via ZOOM
What’s an online course like? Is it interactive? Go here now:
https://www.petalily.com/online-course-info.html
COST: £209
APPLY: email peta[at]petalily.com with first and last name, 2-line biog and mobile number.
FAQ’s about the Dark Clown part of the work:
https://www.petalily.com/faqs-for-the-clown--dark-clown-course.html
'This course opened new ways into dark comedy, I really enjoyed every minute of it and Peta is a wonderful teacher and facilitator.
I felt embraced in a safe space (even on zoom) and had the opportunity to explore a range of new techniques (and old ones in a new way).
I thoroughly recommend it!'
- Carolina Ortega, Director & Performer
‘Incredibly good fun! Exciting to encounter this important genre and the clever, simple practices for developing it!’
- Course Participant
‘New skills in a safe and encouraging environment. I finished the course feeling inspired by all the intricacies of the teaching and interested to learn more.’
- Aleisha Smart, Course Participant
'Peta Lily's work is incredible - her workshops have been so crucial to my own performance training. Her Dark Clown work really is unique!'
- Alex Hofgartner, Circus Performer
This course is the prerequisite for the Level Two Dark Clown course.
* How Dark Clown works:
The skills of comedy craft can be employed to bring laughter to challenging subjects. Lily's Dark Clown work retains respect for the subject matter and provides a user-friendly way to represent Marginalised Emotions - creating an intriguing and enriching experience for performer and audience alike. Lily's unique approach makes widening the range of the clown's expression both safe and invigorating.
'Inspirational teaching in expert hands.'
- Keith Barlow, Head of Movement, Dance & Physical Theatre, Birmingham School of Acting
'Her work is unique. Highly recommended.'
- Stephen K. Levine–Educator, Theatre Practitioner, Author
Stay tuned for more information.
'The guided journeys were transporting ... brought a new level to my acting.'
'A deeply rich journey. Incredibly freeing, wonderfully funny and serious.'
'Such a safe place to work and explore and play! Loved the it from warm up to feedback.'
'The zoom experience was not limiting at all, the course delves into bodily, emotional and imaginative aspects - perfectly achieved online, which surprised me. A great number of tools and points of view that nurture me as an actor and creator.'
Images below were drawn during the 2019 AoA workshop by artist Tracey Tofield
'The guided journeys were transporting ... brought a new level to my acting.'
'A deeply rich journey. Incredibly freeing, wonderfully funny and serious.'
'Such a safe place to work and explore and play! Loved the it from warm up to feedback.'
'The zoom experience was not limiting at all, the course delves into bodily, emotional and imaginative aspects - perfectly achieved online, which surprised me. A great number of tools and points of view that nurture me as an actor and creator.'
Images below were drawn during the 2019 AoA workshop by artist Tracey Tofield
Under non-pandemic circumstances: Lily teaches workshops, master classes and open workshops live in a studio
‘a phenomenal teacher…skilled like you wouldn't believe…an exhilarating experience…’
Regular open courses include: Clown & Dark Clown; Dark Clown Level Two (available to graduates of the 2-day Clown & Dark Clown course); Take your Clown / Act / Idea Further; Comedy Toolbox and
The Alchemy of Archetypes (working with half mask and 9 archetypes) and Commedia dell'Arte.
To hire a workshop leader (for the future) go here.
‘a phenomenal teacher…skilled like you wouldn't believe…an exhilarating experience…’
Regular open courses include: Clown & Dark Clown; Dark Clown Level Two (available to graduates of the 2-day Clown & Dark Clown course); Take your Clown / Act / Idea Further; Comedy Toolbox and
The Alchemy of Archetypes (working with half mask and 9 archetypes) and Commedia dell'Arte.
To hire a workshop leader (for the future) go here.
Illustration by Charlotte Biszewski
How Dark Clown works: Comedy craft can be employed to bring laughter to challenging subjects. Lily's Dark Clown work retains respect for the subject matter and creates intriguing and enriching experiences for performer and audience alike. Lily's unique approach makes widening the range of the clown's expression both safe and invigorating. Read more on the blog: www.petalily.com/clown-dark-clown-theatre-practice-blog
WATCH: ‘Peta Lily’s Dark Clown; Taking Laughter to the Limits' - Made by the remarkable photographer and documentary filmmaker Robert Golden, the film traces the steps of Peta Lily taking a group on the Clown & Dark Clown Course journey, extending the possibilities of Clown work beyond the Red Nose Clown style as taught by Philippe Gaulier and Jacques Lecoq. Through practical explorations over the last 30 years, she has built a unique approach to generating laughter from a darker context. View it HERE.
Dark Clown is Lily's unique body of work - an exciting new genre of Clown. Her paper The Comedy of Terrors – Dark Clown & Enforced Performance was delivered at the Bath Spa University and her Dark Clown work is cited in Jon Davison’s Clown (Readings in Theatre Practice) - Palgrave MacMillan 2013. You can also watch these short, sweet videos on Lily's Clown and Dark Clown work made by Nick Cowell.
WATCH: ‘Peta Lily’s Dark Clown; Taking Laughter to the Limits' - Made by the remarkable photographer and documentary filmmaker Robert Golden, the film traces the steps of Peta Lily taking a group on the Clown & Dark Clown Course journey, extending the possibilities of Clown work beyond the Red Nose Clown style as taught by Philippe Gaulier and Jacques Lecoq. Through practical explorations over the last 30 years, she has built a unique approach to generating laughter from a darker context. View it HERE.
Dark Clown is Lily's unique body of work - an exciting new genre of Clown. Her paper The Comedy of Terrors – Dark Clown & Enforced Performance was delivered at the Bath Spa University and her Dark Clown work is cited in Jon Davison’s Clown (Readings in Theatre Practice) - Palgrave MacMillan 2013. You can also watch these short, sweet videos on Lily's Clown and Dark Clown work made by Nick Cowell.
Peta Lily works as a Director, Acting Coach, Creative Mentor in online 121's - use the contact form below to know more
ONLINE CREATIVE 121’S
'I left the session buzzing and feeling THIS IS POSSIBLE! Peta is an effervescent and supportive mine of wisdom, creativity and knowledge. Thoroughly recommended.’ - Lexi Strauss Artist and Performer
'My favourite call this quarantine. Hugely inspired and in-spirit-ed.' - Ian Sellars, Theatre Explorer (121 introduction to Clown)
I worked with Peta developing script fragments. She really knows how to build a piece, a theatre maker through and through!'
- Karola Gajda Writer and Theatre Maker
DIRECTING / DRAMATURGY / ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
'I cannot recommend Peta Lily highly enough - a brilliant dramaturg and mentor. She is sensitive to existing practice whilst questioning old habits to provoke bolder choices and deeper connection. We worked with her for just five days on La Poule and it was amazing.' - Sarah-Louise Young won The Stage Edinburgh Award 2016 Edinburgh directed by Peta Lily in 'La Poule Plombée/Je Regret'
‘I found the work liberating, wonderful fun and insightful ... so much to learn from her.’ - Shelley O’Brien, Mad Alice Theatre
'Her knowledge, understanding and experience within her craft is unprecedented.' - Stumbletrip Theatre Company
CREATIVE MENTOR / SCRIPT DOCTOR / SHOW DEVELOPMENT
‘In only two days, her advice, eye for details and sense of comedic timing took the work to a whole new level. Her experience and good spirit made it incredibly easy and intuitive to work together.’ - Sandrine Monin
‘Peta Lily is an incredible coach. I feel really privileged to have worked with her. Highly recommended.' - Fiona Coffey, Cabaret Artist 'A Touch of Mrs Robinson'
‘Thanks to Peta Lily for nipping and tucking the script and adding some absolutely hilarious moments.’ – Eva von Schnippisch, award-winning Cabaret Performer
ACTING COACHING / AUDITION COACHING
‘Detailed, astute coaching – helpful and uplifting.’ – Cindy-Jane Armbruster, Actor
And - when the world is open again: Inhouse workshops & master classes
Groups and companies need special skills for different projects. You might need movement, mime or comedy skills, or ways to physicalise characters. Some companies request Dark Clown consulting to stretch performers and add edge to a new production.
Courses can be designed specifically to suit groups - full information available - course themes include: Comedy Toolbox ● Emotional Zones and Character Creation ● Clown ● Clown & Dark Clown ● Mime ● You're On! - a course on turning your Life into Theatre (writing and performance) ● Comedy & Confidence ● Embodied Voice
Experience plus a wide ranging background - Lily has taught at many leading Drama schools and at Ecole Phillippe Gaulier in London. She regularly teaches at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and RADA. She has trained with Jacques Le Coq, Philippe Gaulier, Monika Pagneux, Theatre du Mouvement, Yoshi Oida, Carlo Boso (Commedia dell'Arte), Sankai Juku (Butoh Dance), Alvin Ailey School, NY, Master Yeung Kim Wah (Cantonese Opera) and Mike Alfreds (Theatre Direction). She also brings processes and insights from the liberating and integrating work of Dina Glouberman and Arnold Mindell.
Inspirational – the work and your whole approach to it. Tony Casement Assistant Creative Director, Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Remarkable work - creative, inspiring, challenging and satisfying. Graeme du Fresne, Summer School Director
She speaks the language of devising, focusing on character, honesty and audience connection. We whole-heartedly recommend her. Amelia Bird Artistic Director, Gomito Productions
Versatile and skillful, bringing great character and movement out of the performers both individually and as an ensemble. Writer and Theatre Director Debbie Oates
Course participants report Lily's clown work teaching to be 'empowering' with 'the right amount of support and challenge':
Dark Clown has helped me develop a balanced rounded clown character that has real depth. I already feel it has helped me free up my emotional range as a performer! - Ella Golt, Artist
Demystifying comedy and explaining all the rules – very empowering - Stewart Pemberton Circus Performer and Tap Dancer
ONLINE CREATIVE 121’S
'I left the session buzzing and feeling THIS IS POSSIBLE! Peta is an effervescent and supportive mine of wisdom, creativity and knowledge. Thoroughly recommended.’ - Lexi Strauss Artist and Performer
'My favourite call this quarantine. Hugely inspired and in-spirit-ed.' - Ian Sellars, Theatre Explorer (121 introduction to Clown)
I worked with Peta developing script fragments. She really knows how to build a piece, a theatre maker through and through!'
- Karola Gajda Writer and Theatre Maker
DIRECTING / DRAMATURGY / ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
'I cannot recommend Peta Lily highly enough - a brilliant dramaturg and mentor. She is sensitive to existing practice whilst questioning old habits to provoke bolder choices and deeper connection. We worked with her for just five days on La Poule and it was amazing.' - Sarah-Louise Young won The Stage Edinburgh Award 2016 Edinburgh directed by Peta Lily in 'La Poule Plombée/Je Regret'
‘I found the work liberating, wonderful fun and insightful ... so much to learn from her.’ - Shelley O’Brien, Mad Alice Theatre
'Her knowledge, understanding and experience within her craft is unprecedented.' - Stumbletrip Theatre Company
CREATIVE MENTOR / SCRIPT DOCTOR / SHOW DEVELOPMENT
‘In only two days, her advice, eye for details and sense of comedic timing took the work to a whole new level. Her experience and good spirit made it incredibly easy and intuitive to work together.’ - Sandrine Monin
‘Peta Lily is an incredible coach. I feel really privileged to have worked with her. Highly recommended.' - Fiona Coffey, Cabaret Artist 'A Touch of Mrs Robinson'
‘Thanks to Peta Lily for nipping and tucking the script and adding some absolutely hilarious moments.’ – Eva von Schnippisch, award-winning Cabaret Performer
ACTING COACHING / AUDITION COACHING
‘Detailed, astute coaching – helpful and uplifting.’ – Cindy-Jane Armbruster, Actor
And - when the world is open again: Inhouse workshops & master classes
Groups and companies need special skills for different projects. You might need movement, mime or comedy skills, or ways to physicalise characters. Some companies request Dark Clown consulting to stretch performers and add edge to a new production.
Courses can be designed specifically to suit groups - full information available - course themes include: Comedy Toolbox ● Emotional Zones and Character Creation ● Clown ● Clown & Dark Clown ● Mime ● You're On! - a course on turning your Life into Theatre (writing and performance) ● Comedy & Confidence ● Embodied Voice
Experience plus a wide ranging background - Lily has taught at many leading Drama schools and at Ecole Phillippe Gaulier in London. She regularly teaches at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and RADA. She has trained with Jacques Le Coq, Philippe Gaulier, Monika Pagneux, Theatre du Mouvement, Yoshi Oida, Carlo Boso (Commedia dell'Arte), Sankai Juku (Butoh Dance), Alvin Ailey School, NY, Master Yeung Kim Wah (Cantonese Opera) and Mike Alfreds (Theatre Direction). She also brings processes and insights from the liberating and integrating work of Dina Glouberman and Arnold Mindell.
Inspirational – the work and your whole approach to it. Tony Casement Assistant Creative Director, Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Remarkable work - creative, inspiring, challenging and satisfying. Graeme du Fresne, Summer School Director
She speaks the language of devising, focusing on character, honesty and audience connection. We whole-heartedly recommend her. Amelia Bird Artistic Director, Gomito Productions
Versatile and skillful, bringing great character and movement out of the performers both individually and as an ensemble. Writer and Theatre Director Debbie Oates
Course participants report Lily's clown work teaching to be 'empowering' with 'the right amount of support and challenge':
Dark Clown has helped me develop a balanced rounded clown character that has real depth. I already feel it has helped me free up my emotional range as a performer! - Ella Golt, Artist
Demystifying comedy and explaining all the rules – very empowering - Stewart Pemberton Circus Performer and Tap Dancer
