Holly Stoppit
Oliver Parker
Holly Stoppit
Looking back at 2025
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Spring Workshops 2026
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Play, Presence and Parts
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Fooling + Somatic IFS
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Presenting at the BADth conference 2026!
Holly Stoppit
Clown Congress 2026

Holly Stoppit is a facilitator, educator, dramatherapist (MA), IFS therapist (level 2), clinical supervisor and creative consultant who offers playful, creative and reflective approaches to exploring the human condition. 

Holly creates and delivers unique performance skills / self-exploratory training courses in-person, online and hybrid, under the brand of Holly Stoppit Workshops and as a guest facilitator. 

Holly offers bespoke services for theatre companies, community organisations, universities, businesses and individual artists. 

Holly is artistic director of Beyond The Ridiculous, a collective of solo improvisers who use their authentic impulses to create audaciously truthful performance.

At the heart of all of Holly’s work is a desire to promote creative discovery and connection through play.

Press Interviews

Holly's TEDx Bristol talk

Holly talking about therapeutic clowning in The Guardian

Holly giving some tips about how to get into the clown state in The Guardian

Clown Congress 2025 in the media

Holly talking about her clowning methodology in The Guardian

Holly on the BBC

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