PRESS RELEASE: Resilience Through Laughter For Young People
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
25th January 2019
RESILIENCE THROUGH LAUGHTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
QUEENSLAND & TASMANIA TOUR
CLINT BOLSTER
IN SCHOOL WROKSHOPS
&
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS
Clint Bolster in the guise of his beautiful clown character Booff was sheer magic. A baton, a few bells and audience participation had people rolling in laughter” ★★★★★ – Barry Stone, QLD (2018)
“Clint Bolster’s detailed and beguiling performance is sublimely breathtaking” ★★★★★ – Ian Billings, Comedian & Author, UK (2017)
Homunculus Theatre Company is thrilled to announce our annual Queensland & Tasmania In-Schools tour of internationally recognized Teaching Artist – Clint Bolster.
Clint Bolster is a Character Actor, Theatrical Clown, Commedia Dell’Arte & Mask Theatre Specialist, Stilt Performer & Trainer and Teaching Artist from Brisbane, Australia. With over 15 years’ committed to developing new works and training extensively, Clint regularly performs in Australia and internationally in the United Kingdom, Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.
He was recently accepted into the Cirque du Soleil database of Clowns for future productions. Clint is also Artistic Director of Homunculus Theatre Company- www.homunculustheatre.com.au- (Schools Programs ), ManoeuvreRoving Stilt Performers- www.manoeuvrestiltperformers.com – (Roving Stilt Acts ) and The Mask Family www.themaskfamily.com- (Highly Visual & Interactive Roving Mask Theatre Acts ).
Clint is a proud Queensland Board Member and Mentor forT he Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, and Board Member for Indelability Arts.
2019 TOUR DATES
TASMANIA
-LAUNCESTON • Monday 11th -Friday 15th February 2019
-HOBART • Monday 18th – Friday 22nd February 2019
QUEENSLAND
-CAIRNS • Monday 25th – Thursday 28th February 2019
-TOWNSVILLE • Monday 4th – Friday 8th March 2019
-MACKAY • Monday 11th March 2019
-MOUNT ISA • Wednesday 13th – Friday 15th March 2019
Homunculus Theatre Company has been delighting, educating and inspiring student audiences across Australia and New Zealand for over 15 years. We offer a wide range of curriculum-linked primary and secondary in-schools workshops, performances, artist- in-residence programs, show-doctoring and professional development for teachers. Homunculus also offers roving and street theatre performances and performance outcome projects for school fetes/
events and regional community projects.
www.homunculustheatre.com
WE SPECIALISE IN:
-Commedia Dell’Arte
-Physical Theatre
-Contempoary Circus
-Full-Face Non-Verbal Mask Theatre
-Traditional & Contemporary Clowning
-Non-Verbal Communication & Mime
-Slapstick & Stage Combat
-Absurdisum, Melodrama, Political Satire & Brecht
-Shakespeare & Clowns In Shakespeare
Our mission is to nurture a love of, and life-long engagement with, live performance. We seek to achieve this through sharing the power, beauty, craft and humour of these theatrical forms with young people worldwide. We strongly believe access to live performing arts contributes greatly to social-emotional skills development. It builds resilience, compassion, understanding of diversity, empathy, focus, problem-solving and communication skills, a sense of community and well-being.
“Laughter gives permission to play, allows expression, liberates and reveals. Participants will be continually amazed by their own and their peers, at their transformations. Laughter has the capacity to instill a sense of joy, vulnerability, physical discipline and freedom of expression in the performer. Participants will be given the opportunity to play, express, be physical, relate and discover in real time and space.
My approach is underpinned by the assumption that everyone has something to offer and that laughter is a unique and powerful engager that has the capacity to inspire participants who might otherwise hang back.”
– Clint Bolster, Artistic Director, Homunculus Theatre Company
“Teaching Artist Clint Bolster and Homunculus is the ‘face of’ Masked Theatre and it is a live, modern, engaging face that can connect with all grades, genders, cultures and abilities. Clint’s use of Masked Theatre, allows students to engage in a socially aware style of theatre that can be hard to access in a general classroom. Schools across the state may not always have access to resources such as masks so allowing Homunculus to demonstrate this art form would not only capture the audience but would build their appreciation for the endless opportunities to manipulate non-verbal communication in drama.”
★★★★★ – Mau Billiau, Drama Coordinator, Corinda State High School, QLD (2017)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Clint Bolster PH: 0421 524 401 E: [email protected] W: www.homunculustheatre.com.au