Playing and Making Clown Workshops

Fresh off presenting their clown piece 'I Am Grease Grillson' at The Comedy Project (USA) and The Blue Room Theatre (Perth), Elise Wilson and Duncan Young are teaming up again to deliver more clown workshops to Boorloo.

Each Sunday workshop will have its own focus:

Finding Your Play - 24th Aug 4-6pm

Audience Connection - 31st Aug 3-6pm (note earlier start time)

Ensemble Performing - 7th Sept 4-6pm

Solo Performing - 14th Sept 4-6pm

Although each workshop will expand on training from previous weeks, you do not have to attend all four of them to participate (ie: you can register for one, two, three or four). However there is a $24 discount if you book all four through the "all four workshops" package.

These workshops are for performers with or without previous clown experience.

Please wear comfortable clothes to move in, and bring a water bottle. If you have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch with the "contact host" button so we can plan the exercises to accommodate your needs.

What previous participants are saying:
“What a delightful learning environment for people of all skill levels” - Kate
“The whole workshop was brilliantly balanced... It was so friendly and inclusive” - Michelle
"Elise has a range of tools to help you step into your own cheeky, joyfilled performance." - Esther
"Elise alleviated the scariness of clowning by encouraging shared humanity between performer and audience. Big laughs from little stress to impress!" - Emma

Meet Your Facilitators:

Elise Wilson

Elise is an award-winning performer, theatre-maker, improviser and clown who has performed across Australia and the US. Some credits include I Am Grease Grillson (The Comedy Project, 600 Seconds at The Blue Room Theatre), The Big Hoo Haa, The Secret Talent Show (Perth Fringe), All the Fraudulent Horse Girls (TBRT), York (Black Swan), Grace (TBRT) and The Wolves (TBRT & Red Ryder Productions).

Last year, Elise undertook clown training at the world renowned Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France, and visited Los Angeles where she trained in improv with Bob Dassie and clown with Deanna Fleysher (Butt Kapinski).

Duncan Young

Duncan Young is a clown, improviser, actor and writer based between the US and Perth. As a performer he's toured with Improv teams such as Basement Doctors, St. Bernard, and Space Dogs. In Los Angeles he regularly performed clown and improv at the Pack Theater, Public Displays of Altadena, the Elysian and UCB. He's studied with internationally known clown programs such as Spymonkey, Philippe Gaulier, and Dr. Brown. As a producer/collaborator/tech operator he's worked on many successful clown shows such as A Retrospection (Claire Woolner), Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha (Julia Masli), Cooking with Kathryn (Kate Owens), Knight Knight (Madeline Rowe), #1 Son (Natasha Mercado), and many others. Most recently he performed Out Loud Comedy at The Comedy Project, co-produced and hosted The Secret Talent Show at Perth Fringe 2025, and directed I Am Grease Grillson.