Clownlife facilitates programmes that explore the worlds of Clowning for life on and off the stage. The courses are designed and facilitated by Zuma Puma, A Canadian contemporary clown, who lives in London, UK. Offering International workshops, Artistic Residencies, Six month long Advanced curriculum courses and tailored programmes for University and College cohorts. Zuma is also available for one to one coaching and private direction as well as offering workshops in creative practice and Clowning Online. To find out more about programme options and global tours visit the Courses tab above.
What is the approach?
The Clownlife pedagogy is focused on self research through the art and practice of clown with a strong focus on well-being and mindful living. Exploring the central questions: Who are you in relation to the self, the other and the natural world beyond? What is funny about you? How does the world see you? How do you connect? How do you fail? How easy is it to laugh with yourself? What are the different masks (of your personality) that you wear? How curious can you be? and Where is your pleasure?
Where does it come from?
The facilitation of Clownlife and the interest in cultivating clown as a way of life on and off the stage is inspired by Zuma's extensive studies in personal development; as a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, her experiences in Vision Quests, Rites of Passage and spiritual apprenticeships. Combined with 12 years of clown training with more than 40 Clown teachers from a varying range of styles, aesthetics and pedagogies from around the world. To find out more about Zuma's training, performance experience and her facilitation style visit her Facilitator Bio in the About Section.
Who is it for?
The Clownlife approach is about meeting the comedy of life, in this way it is important that this work embraces everyone and excludes no one. Whether you are a professional actor looking to enhance your repertoire or a total beginner curious about how the work of clown can transform your life, this work is for you. The Clownlife community is an advocate for safe consensual space and welcomes all LGBTQ and BAME communities with a strong intention to create affordable training opportunities for everyone to experience this work.
What is the approach?
The Clownlife pedagogy is focused on self research through the art and practice of clown with a strong focus on well-being and mindful living. Exploring the central questions: Who are you in relation to the self, the other and the natural world beyond? What is funny about you? How does the world see you? How do you connect? How do you fail? How easy is it to laugh with yourself? What are the different masks (of your personality) that you wear? How curious can you be? and Where is your pleasure?
Where does it come from?
The facilitation of Clownlife and the interest in cultivating clown as a way of life on and off the stage is inspired by Zuma's extensive studies in personal development; as a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, her experiences in Vision Quests, Rites of Passage and spiritual apprenticeships. Combined with 12 years of clown training with more than 40 Clown teachers from a varying range of styles, aesthetics and pedagogies from around the world. To find out more about Zuma's training, performance experience and her facilitation style visit her Facilitator Bio in the About Section.
Who is it for?
The Clownlife approach is about meeting the comedy of life, in this way it is important that this work embraces everyone and excludes no one. Whether you are a professional actor looking to enhance your repertoire or a total beginner curious about how the work of clown can transform your life, this work is for you. The Clownlife community is an advocate for safe consensual space and welcomes all LGBTQ and BAME communities with a strong intention to create affordable training opportunities for everyone to experience this work.
An intense, yet insightful, fun inspiring course... Whether you're an actor, comedian, performer or even someone who wants to learn about yourself and laugh a ton in the process, this course is for you!"- 2016 Participant
It's amazing, soul lifting, transformative work through liberating play and restores you to the very essence of who you are as a being... Loved the weekend"- 2018 Participant
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Services include: ( Curious to find out more?... Click on the courses page above)
workshops & ImmersionsJoin Clownlife in a 2 day intensive of playful self development through the vehicle of clown- focusing on play, connection, failing well, authenticity, self acceptance and risk. A fun and insightful way to discover more of yourself and what makes you funny.
These workshops welcome all walks of life from professional performance backgrounds, comedians, public speakers to those who want to learn about themselves, connect with a community and laugh a ton in the process. |
Universities/ Theatre CompaniesWorkshops and intensives designed especially to meet the desired outcome of your curriculum, students, theatre company or community.
Zuma will work with you and your department to design the perfect course to help bond and build the ensemble of your class/group whilst learning the techniques behind clown and the essential elements of stage craft (as through the clown lens). |
INTERNATIONAL RETREATS
Clown and Ritual performance Retreats and Residencies designed to embrace the natural world through the research of Clown and Life. Inviting dynamic and curious artists, interested in the work of clown, ritual and/or performance to join in an enquiry based process exploring clown and ritual in relationship to ourselves and the land. Engaging with the natural environment to inform our artistic enquiry related to self research, clown, ritual performance and artistic expression in the most beautiful places around the world, devising and developing work in a supportive creative environment.
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FESTIVALS
Short Festival Playshops facilitating up to 75 participants- Known amongst festival go-ers as "a festival favourite!" A workshop that inspires play, laughter and connects festival goers to the community, creating friendships that last forever. Guaranteed to up your festival to the next level- Memories that last forever.
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NON- PROFITS & CHARITIES
Working with all ages, gendres/ non-gendres, abilities/ disabilities- holding an inclusive space for everyone to play, discover, laugh and connect.
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SCHOOLS- (YOUTH AGED 6-17)
Playful, life en-riching workshops that focuses on the main principals of practical happiness via experiential theatre improv and Clown games. Zuma has written a 22 page reference book on facilitating young people and children's clown games. If you would like to purchase thew book- get in touch.
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Business & workplace An experiential approach to making working life creative and enjoyable. Moving past the blocks and assumptions that normally stop us from being everything we can become in work and in life. Exercises focused on team building, rapport and group dynamics.
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News & Updates!!!
UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP & EVENT DATES ANOUNCED!!
Visit the CALENDAR page above for more info!
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Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/clownlife.org/
Visit the CALENDAR page above for more info!
* To find out more about upcoming retreats, subscribe to our mailing list or like the Clownlife facebook page below.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/clownlife.org/
The Clownlife Performance Residency & Festival
(In Person Retreat)
July 1st - 12th 2021
Artistic Nature Retreat in Dartmoor & Festival in Somerset, UK
Sliding Scale investment: £350- £600
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Part One: July 1st- 6th: A 5 day facilitated performance Immersion in nature at The Hillyfield (nearest train, Totnes, Devon)
Part Two: July 6th- 12th- 3 day Buddhafeilds festival ticket (Taunton, Somerset) with early entry to work as a collective to hold down the Word Up Theatre stage and make magic happen.
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APPLY HERE- Application Deadline is June 12th: https://form.jotform.com/211456670528357
THE INVITATION:
Dear Wild Humans of Expression
It is a great pleasure to invite you to this 2 part performance development camp this coming July, on the edge of Dartmoor.
You are invited to join a community of clowns, fools, movers, shakers and magic makers for Part One or Both of this Clownlife Residency nestled in a woodland valley with a lake and a sauna on the edge of Northern Dartmoor. If you choose to join us for Part Two, we will travel as a collective to a lush family friendly alternative festival that celebrates wellbeing, arts, culture, nature,connection and live music to hold down the Word up stage and literally make magic happen as a popup theatre clown company with the help of visiting artists over 2 days of the festival.
For the first time ever we will be piloting this unique 2 part residency opportunity. We will gather to do what we’ve been craving to do all year! Play, dance and create performance material intended for the stage and beyond. We will be diving deep into the profound worlds of clown, ritual rites, movement, performance practice with a focus on community, connection, ceremony and artistic performance development. Our days will be filled with movement warm ups, performance practice, Clownlife pedagogy and facilitated exercises to generate material for immersive shows, clown comedy and cabaret performances. We will have an opportunity to perform what we create for our hosts on the land as well as bring what we’ve created straight into the lush Buddhafields Festival to converge with live audiences.
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Quick info at a Glance…
INVESTMENT: £350- £600 (sliding scale) this cost includes;
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WHERE: Part One: Hillyfield, Devon (Near Totnes on the edge of North Eastern Dartmoor) Part Two: Near Taunton, Somerset
Festival link here: https://www.buddhafield.com/buddhafield-weekender-2021
Application deadline June 12th 2021: https://form.jotform.com/21145667052835
(In Person Retreat)
July 1st - 12th 2021
Artistic Nature Retreat in Dartmoor & Festival in Somerset, UK
Sliding Scale investment: £350- £600
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Part One: July 1st- 6th: A 5 day facilitated performance Immersion in nature at The Hillyfield (nearest train, Totnes, Devon)
Part Two: July 6th- 12th- 3 day Buddhafeilds festival ticket (Taunton, Somerset) with early entry to work as a collective to hold down the Word Up Theatre stage and make magic happen.
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APPLY HERE- Application Deadline is June 12th: https://form.jotform.com/211456670528357
THE INVITATION:
Dear Wild Humans of Expression
It is a great pleasure to invite you to this 2 part performance development camp this coming July, on the edge of Dartmoor.
You are invited to join a community of clowns, fools, movers, shakers and magic makers for Part One or Both of this Clownlife Residency nestled in a woodland valley with a lake and a sauna on the edge of Northern Dartmoor. If you choose to join us for Part Two, we will travel as a collective to a lush family friendly alternative festival that celebrates wellbeing, arts, culture, nature,connection and live music to hold down the Word up stage and literally make magic happen as a popup theatre clown company with the help of visiting artists over 2 days of the festival.
For the first time ever we will be piloting this unique 2 part residency opportunity. We will gather to do what we’ve been craving to do all year! Play, dance and create performance material intended for the stage and beyond. We will be diving deep into the profound worlds of clown, ritual rites, movement, performance practice with a focus on community, connection, ceremony and artistic performance development. Our days will be filled with movement warm ups, performance practice, Clownlife pedagogy and facilitated exercises to generate material for immersive shows, clown comedy and cabaret performances. We will have an opportunity to perform what we create for our hosts on the land as well as bring what we’ve created straight into the lush Buddhafields Festival to converge with live audiences.
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Quick info at a Glance…
INVESTMENT: £350- £600 (sliding scale) this cost includes;
- Part One: Venue, Food and Facilitation
- Part Two is an exchange- Perform as a collective of artists to hold down the Word Up (Theatre) stage in exchange for a Buddhafields ticket & camping pass worth £145.
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WHERE: Part One: Hillyfield, Devon (Near Totnes on the edge of North Eastern Dartmoor) Part Two: Near Taunton, Somerset
Festival link here: https://www.buddhafield.com/buddhafield-weekender-2021
Application deadline June 12th 2021: https://form.jotform.com/21145667052835
Download the Full Programme PDF Here:
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ONLINE response to Covid-19
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VICE GERMANY Features ClownlifeVICE Germany came and filmed a CLOWNLIFE workshop in Berlin in February 2020, here is a short DOC they made about the work and its relationship to healing and self development. Tune in to find out more.
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Upcoming Shows!
Upcoming International Shows:
Don’t Do it, Don’t Do it, DO IT!- One Woman Show
*2021 Tour Dates TBC
Don’t Do it, Don’t Do it, DO IT!- One Woman Show
*2021 Tour Dates TBC
Short Facilitator Bio:
Zuma Puma aka. Nelly Scott is a Canadian/British Clown, Comedian and Neuro Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner. Zuma founded Clownlife in early 2016 a program designed to encourage a happy life full of connection, laughter, self research/development through the vehicles of Clown, Improv, NLP life coaching, psycho magic and ritual- supporting performers, artistic repertoire, performance craft and technique as well as individuals looking to live whole heartedly, understand who they are and how they are seen in the world and laugh a ton in the process.
Zuma is also the co-founder of Neuro Linguistic Clowning a programme created with Ben Grassby (Bristol NLP) combining NLP, clown games and mindfulness.
Besides her work in transformational facilitation Zuma is an award winning actress (The Bernard Shaw Award and The Christopher Newton Awards). In 2012 Zuma moved to London, UK and founded the International Lost Cabaret-London's most alternative comedy night; which has since grown to become a collective initiative since 2016 and now appears regularly in; London UK, Paris France and Melbourne Australia. She is the visionary, creator of the YouTube comedy series; Grumpy Lettuce as well as a solo clown performer currently touring her latest One Woman Show- Don't Do it, Don't Do it, DO IT- Internationally.
Over the years she has toured 14 countries from North to South America and across Europe performing and teaching Clownlife workshops with Universities, festivals, theatres, streets, communities, charities, retreat centres, Schools, has also assisted individuals with one to one coaching for devising/directing theatre as well as life coaching and support in life and the arts.
See the Calendar page to find out where she will be next...
Zuma Puma aka. Nelly Scott is a Canadian/British Clown, Comedian and Neuro Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner. Zuma founded Clownlife in early 2016 a program designed to encourage a happy life full of connection, laughter, self research/development through the vehicles of Clown, Improv, NLP life coaching, psycho magic and ritual- supporting performers, artistic repertoire, performance craft and technique as well as individuals looking to live whole heartedly, understand who they are and how they are seen in the world and laugh a ton in the process.
Zuma is also the co-founder of Neuro Linguistic Clowning a programme created with Ben Grassby (Bristol NLP) combining NLP, clown games and mindfulness.
Besides her work in transformational facilitation Zuma is an award winning actress (The Bernard Shaw Award and The Christopher Newton Awards). In 2012 Zuma moved to London, UK and founded the International Lost Cabaret-London's most alternative comedy night; which has since grown to become a collective initiative since 2016 and now appears regularly in; London UK, Paris France and Melbourne Australia. She is the visionary, creator of the YouTube comedy series; Grumpy Lettuce as well as a solo clown performer currently touring her latest One Woman Show- Don't Do it, Don't Do it, DO IT- Internationally.
Over the years she has toured 14 countries from North to South America and across Europe performing and teaching Clownlife workshops with Universities, festivals, theatres, streets, communities, charities, retreat centres, Schools, has also assisted individuals with one to one coaching for devising/directing theatre as well as life coaching and support in life and the arts.
See the Calendar page to find out where she will be next...