Workshops

Holly’s workshops are designed to be of benefit to both professional performers seeking performance skills training and the brave and curious seeking self-development. Through skillful holding and carefully paced progressions of games and exercises, Holly creates the ideal conditions that allow creativity, play, insight, wonder and discovery to thrive.

Holly has been devising and delivering workshops for adults since 2007. She draws upon her huge history of training and experience in many areas, including: improvisation, clowning, fooling, dance, physical theatre, voice work, creative writing, dramaturgy, dramatherapy, mindfulness, playwork, group process, nonviolent communication and laughter yoga to deliver bespoke, bountiful group experiences. To read more about Holly's experience or see her TEDx Bristol talk, click here.

See below for a full list of Holly's workshops. If you have a company or are an individual artist looking to commission your own bespoke training, have a look at what’ s on offer and get in touch with Holly to begin co-designing your ideal workshop. Holly’ s workshops range from 2-hour play sessions to 10 day residencies.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

It's probably no surprise for you to hear that we have taken the decision to cancel all our live courses until it's safe to return to the room. Unfortunately, the nature of our work involves bringing room-fulls of people together and inviting them to explore intimate connection, laughing, touching and sharing breath. It’s just too risky with the virus on the rampage.

To keep our community playing, laughing and learning, we have developed a series of online courses in collaboration with Robyn Hambrook. These courses come under the banner of The Online Clown Academy and you can find out about them below.

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Wishing you health, safety and peace of mind.

Upcoming Workshops and Events

The Clowning Out of Chaos Conference

21st-23rd May 2021 Online

As we start to emerge, blinking, into this new post-coronavirus world, we’re asking:

How can we clown with chaos?
How can clowning help us move beyond chaos and create the world we want to live in?

Over the weekend of Friday 21 - Sunday 23 May 2021, The Online Clown Academy will be offering an online programme of workshops, performances, a panel discussion and an Open Space event, to explore the personal and political applications of clowning in chaotic times.

Programme here.

The Mindful Play Inquiry Online with Holly Stoppit

The Mindful Play Inquiry roots participants in grounded awareness whilst fanning the flames of joy, laughter and connection. It’s a space for grown-ups to explore and improve their relationship with play.

Dates: Thursdays: 3, 10, 17, 24 June & 1 July 2021

More info and booking here.

The Activist Clown Toolkit with Robyn Hambrook

Our second co-lab series, building on Robyn Hambrook’s continued research and playful investigation into how to use clowning for political activism. This series of masterclasses with expert clowns & activists will use discussion, play, experimentation and reflection to explore a big bunch of questions.

Dates: Tuesdays: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 June 2021

More info and booking here.