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The Clown Jewels will bring you a unique variety of multi-talented clowns performing their distinctive acts to make you laugh. Join us in the River Room with host, Athena Amoret, emerging multi-disciplinary artist, provocative clown, silly person, as she guides you through this inclusive new show, appreciating the absurdly serious business of clowning. You’d be a fool to miss it.
South London born clown, Athena Amoret trained at Circomedia, studying Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre and shortly after joined a monthly clown night Friday Flop, created, and directed by Jon Davison. The company performed at Rosemary Branch Theatre, Blue Elephant Theatre as well as running workshops at London Metropolitan University and Rose Bruford College. Athena then went on to create her one-woman, feminist, provocative clown show, CHICK-IN SHOW, which debuted at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2023 and in February 2024 was staged at Riverside Studios, part of Bitesize Festival 2024 to a great reception.
Headliner:
Shabs
Shabs is a comedy writer, singer/songwriter and neo-burlesque performer, birthed by the world of clowning and her desperate need to be loved. Her latest persona, Mrs Applebee, debuted at the Soho Comedy Plus Lab ’23 showcasing the result of succumbing to an intrusive thought in the absolute worst of all settings. Her previous acts, “Wine For The Newly Dumped” and “Diva in a Heatwave” have been a hit across the London comedy & cabaret scenes such as Kemah Bob’s FOC It Up and Soho Theatre.
Calum Robshaw is a multi award winning Clown, Burlesque Artist and Physical Comedy Practitioner in London. He trained in Clown at Ecole Gaulier in Paris and Commedia in Italy. He uses his unique blend of Clowning, Parody and dark humour to delight, tantalise and horrify.
He is also the producer for Stripped Back Cabaret in South London.
Zoe Hughes is Flo, a well-meaning disaster. Whether she's serenading the sky, falling hopelessly in love, or leading the audience astray, she does so with maximum joy and zero shame. Flo invites you into her world - whether you like it or not!
Tom Curran has been lucky to study with clown teachers including Mick Barnfather (Complicite); Aitor Bausori (Spymonkey); Cal McCrystal; Nola Rae; Lucy Hopkins; Anna Esmith; Joey Robinson-Holden (Cirque De Soleil); Phil Burgers (Dr Brown); Jon Davison; Daniel Lees, Marnie Godden. Tom has been performing clown since 2012 at such shows as Lost Cabaret, Dr Clive’s Circus, House of Idiot, Friday Flop.
Bienam Pérez is a graduate of the London Clown School run by Jon Davison. She also trained in clowning with Sue Morrison, Clara Cenoz and Hilary Ramsden (Rebel Clown Army) in Barcelona, where she volunteered as a hospital clown for 2 years. In the UK she did fooling with Franki Anderson and improvisation with Guy Dartnell. She was once in the same room as Philippe Gaulier. She studied Commedia dell’arte and Eccentric Dance with Barry Grantham. She loves clog dancing - traditional East Lancashire style - quite specific indeed. Oh, and she was a member of Friday Flop (a monthly clown night for many years) and Stupididity (touring Not a Real Horse for several summers).
Instagram: @bienambi
Recommended age: 16+