A Little Bit of Nonsense — Fool’s First Step with Alicia Gonzalez

Freo local, fringe-performer, and all-round noodle, Emma aka 'Dandy MaGee' of The Hairy Godmothers has just recently returned home from a year of studying clown and theatre in France.

Keen to keep that playful ball rolling, she’s biting the bit for more fun and games here in the Perth Boorloo community! That’s why she jumped for joy when the epic clown teacher, Alicia Gonzalez, from The Clown Institute in Sydney, offered to teach a clown and fooling workshop at short notice while she’s in town!!

Spontaneous much? You better believe it! 🤠 Yeehaa!!

We’re going in, folks! We’re committing to the bit and we’re looking for 8-16 keen participants to join us THIS Sunday 20th September, 5pm-7:30pm for Alicia’s 2.5 hour workshop “A Little Bit of Nonsense — Fool’s First Step”.

A more brief and relaxed version of Alicia’s more intensive and immersive workshops, “A Little Bit of Nonsense — Fool’s First Step” is a mischievous taster of the fun stuff, designed to ignite that sparkle in your eye and get you feeling more playful, silly, and connected. This workshop explores presence, movement, timing, play, and connection through simple solo, partner, and group games and exercises.

No experience is necessary whatsoever, and whether you’re a performer or not, so long as you are a curious human who’s enthusiastic to better connect with their silly side, this workshop is for you!

This workshop is perfect for:

• performers, creatives, and curious humans

• people wanting to reconnect with spontaneity and play

• anyone interested in physical theatre and clowning

• those ready to take creative risks and be more fully seen

A Little Bit of Nonsense — Fool’s First Step - a special, spontaneous workshop with Alicia Gonzalez.

When exactly?
Sunday 20th September, 5pm-7:30pm (2.5 hours)

Where exactly?
King Street Arts Centre

How much exactly are we talking?
$75 smackeroonies each

What do I bring?
Some comfy clothes, a water bottle, and a pen and paper for recording all the little wisdoms.

Please note this is a 18+ workshop.

Alicia will have to head off after the workshop, but your host Dandy MaGee invites participants for dinner, drinks, and a delightful debrief afterwards at PICA bar.

Seeya there! 🤠

Alicia Gonzalez is a Sydney-based clown teacher, performer and facilitator trained at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Her work combines physical theatre, clowning and embodied play to create spaces for creative risk, connection and transformation.

Emma aka 'Dandy MaGee' is a Freo local, a piano teacher, and a long-time fringe performer - most notably with The Hairy Godmothers (Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody, WET, Villains: A Dizney in Drag Parody). She has also just recently finished training at École Philippe Gaulier, just south of Paris, France. Adding to her repertoire of drag, musical-theatre-comedy, and cabaret, Dandy MaGee is now sinking her teeth into her new found loves - clown, bouffon, and physical theatre.