Dive into a world where mistakes become springboards for exploring and honing your clowning skills. In this workshop, you’ll learn to transform your slip-ups into a source of spontaneity and authenticity, turning every unexpected moment into an opportunity for expression. You will discover how to “go from bad to worse” by amplifying and repeating gestures or words to highlight the potential in each instant. By embracing and building on your missteps, you’ll refine your sense of rhythm, physical clarity, and emotional presence.

Above all, this course encourages resilience and invites you to “fail joyfully,” since accepting our imperfections remains an essential pillar of genuine clown development. Whether you’re a beginner or more experienced, get ready to walk away with strengthened techniques and a fresh surge of creativity.

Place : Sweet action theatre
Artscape Youngplace
180 Shaw St Unit 106
Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2W5
Canada

Date and times:
1-3 June 2026

MONDAY – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
TUEDAY– 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Facilitator
Vivian Gladwell

FOUNDER OF NOSE TO NOSE (1988)

Vivian is the founder and director of Nose to Nose and has given hundreds of workshops around the world. He lives both in the UK and France where he started clowning in 1978. He speaks French and English fluently.

Vivian began teaching in 1988 as part of the Lifeways Festival at Emerson College – UK. He trained as a facilitator with the Bataclown in 1990 and joined their team in 1991 also working as a modern day Court Jester (Clownanalyst).

He created Nose to Nose UK in 1990, Nose to Nose of North America in 2006, Nose to Nose Germany in 2008, NTN Italy in 2016 and Fool View, the Social Clowning group and has trained facilitators in the UK, the USA, Germany and Italy – view history.
He continues his role as ambassador for the work by researching the applications of clowning in the context of teacher training, medicine, conflict management, ecology and intercultural work in many countries (South Africa, USA, Senegal, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Italy, Germany, Norway…)

He holds clowning as a social playground for exploring our humanity.

Course fee: 375 CAD – Tuition only

Deposit – 150 CAD

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