In another post, I wondered if I got into National Theatre School to meet Richard Pochinko. Let me amend that. Richard Pochinko’s ideas were the main thing I was supposed to LEARN at NTS. They’ve percolated in my brain for years. And I regret not looking him up in Toronto and training more with him…
When I got into the National Theatre School (NTS), the first project we were working on was Clown. The teacher was Richard Pochinko. Pochinko’s style of Clown was a mix of European Clown and Native American Clown. I had already taken some Clown classes before. But this was unlike anything I had ever seen. It…
In July, I will be putting on my first solo Clown Show at the Hamilton Fringe Festival. Gulp. This show is almost fifty years in the making, so I thought I’d reflect back on my Clown influences. Jerry Lewis was my first Clown. I watched The Jerry Lewis Show when I was six years old and…
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