Have you booked your place yet? Only 5 spots remain.
Come play with neutral mask on 23rd & 24th May.
@melbourneactorsguild
Train the body. Free your instrument .
Booking link in bio.
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Actors -
Before you play a character…
how do you meet the empty space?
As Peter Brook reminds us, theatre begins the moment we step into it.
The neutral mask is a powerful tool to awaken presence, stillness, and clarity movement and expression-
the zero point before character.
A blank canvas. A body of potential.
From here, we build a foundation for character, rhythm, impulse, and a deeper engagement with space-
stripping away habit and returning to the essential.
This is where performance begins.
Join us to explore the stillness, breath, and aliveness of the neutral mask.
📅 23–24 May : 10am - 5pm
📍 @melbourneactorsguild
Limited places available - booking link in bio.
#actortraining #physicaltheatre #maskwork #actingworkshop #neutralmask
Drawing on insights from over 20 in-depth interviews with leading international artists, this event offers a unique opportunity to explore how Commedia dell’Arte continues to evolve across cultures, practices, and performance contexts today.
May 25th. Link in bio.
Happy April Fools Day… 👀
But this is not a joke.
Today I’m incredibly excited (and honestly still a bit in disbelief) to share the release of a brand new book I’ve co-edited with my dear friend and colleague David Bridel from @theclownschool , published by @routledgebooks
Commedia dell’Arte: Contemporary Practitioners is finally out in the world. 🎭
This book brings together over 20 in-depth interviews with leading artists and companies working across the globe whose practice is shaped by Commedia dell’Arte. It dives into their training, creative processes, and the ways they honour, challenge, and reinvent this extraordinary form today.
From questions of tradition and innovation, to the craft of mask work, to the lived journeys of artists building international careers. This collection captures a wide spectrum of voices, all united by a deep passion for Commedia and its ongoing evolution.
We’ve also framed the interviews with historical context to situate these practices within a broader lineage, connecting past and present in a living, breathing tradition.
This book is for students, practitioners, researchers - and anyone curious about clowning, physical theatre, and the enduring power of Commedia dell’Arte.
📚 You can order the book online now - check the link in my bio.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. More to come ❤️
Join us for a 2-day immersive Neutral Mask Workshop where we return to the “zero point” - the place before character. Through breath, silence, and physical exploration, you’ll rediscover the foundation of presence, clarity, and expression.
This practice opens a powerful space of awareness. The neutral mask holds no expression - yet reveals everything. As you move, you begin to see what’s always been there: your patterns, your impulses, your way of meeting the world.
✨ What remains when character falls away?
✨ Can you become time, space, and rhythm itself?
For actors, performers, educators, and curious movers ready to deepen their practice and reconnect with the essentials.
Over two days, you will:
• Develop presence through stillness and breath
• Build a strong foundation for movement and character analysis
• Heighten your physical awareness
• Explore space, impulse, and rhythm beyond narrative
• Let go of habitual patterns and return to a neutral state
🗓 May 23–24
⏰ 10:00am – 5:00pm
📍 Open to all levels — no experience necessary
Spaces are limited. Booking link in bio.
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This workshop goes beyond traditional actor training, diving into character creation through transformative Mask Work.
For actors and creatives looking to devise their own work, this workshop strengthens the connection between body, voice, and imagination.
Blending BMTT (Budi Miller Taksu Training) with Fitzmaurice Voicework®, this workshop will unlock your creative energy, free your breath, and release your expressive body from any limitations.
Guided, moment-to-moment exercises help you tap into bold impulses and a richer imaginative life for both stage and screen.
✨ Explore character through the body
✨ Free your breath and voice
✨ Tap into powerful performance energy
✨ Devise bold, original work
Perfect for actors and creatives ready to expand their craft and embody character from the inside out.
📍 28 April – 16 May 2026
📅 12 sessions
🌙 Tues/Wed/Fri evenings (6:30pm–9:30pm)
☀️ Saturdays (10am–5pm)
Led by Fabio Motta & Dr. Budi Miller @budimillertraining
Spots are limited — secure yours now and step into a new level of creative freedom.
Link in bio.
#ActingWorkshop #MaskWork #ActorTraining #FitzmauriceVoicework #BMTT CharacterCreation
🎭 Ready to expand your spontaneity, playfulness, and creative range?!
Join us for a five-day clowning workshop designed to ignite your imagination 🔥, unlock fresh energy ⚡️, and deepen your joy and generosity in performance 💛
Leave with a bold stage presence, richer humanity, and a fearless openness that transforms your approach to every form of drama 🌈✨
🗓 7th–11th April 🌙 Tuesday–Friday: 6:30pm–9:30pm ☀️ Saturday: 10am–5pm
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February is shaping up to be an incredible month at the Clowning Workshop!
From Mask work, to Bouffon, to an immersive Devising week. We’re offering a series of workshops to help you kick-start your year with creativity, play, bold explorations!
Come play!
Arrivederci!
The Pleasure to Play Summer School!
Three weeks of training where text became embodiment and authenticity, failure became fuel for what’s uniquely funny about you, and play always led the way.
Grateful for the actors and clowns who brought their commitment, joy and talents every day!
🎭 Devising Lab | Feb 23–28, 2026
An immersive residency for theatre artists working with physical comedy, clowning, character, and bouffon.
Bring an existing project: a character, routine, text, or early show - and develop it inside a collaborative, professional lab environment.
With individual coaching, group feedback, and autonomous rehearsal time, this lab sharpens your comic voice and deepens your creative tools.
📅 Mon/Wed/Fri 6:30–9:30pm
📅 Sat 10am–5pm
For artists ready to perform, play, and push their work further.
Link in bio 👌👆👆
Dive into Bouffon and the Art of Mocking. This is a bold, playful, and satirical workshop where you learn to explore your unique pleasure in mocking 😈
This immersive 6-day workshop teaches you how to:
✨ build a Bouffon band through chorus and complicité
✨ explore rhythms, rituals & mocking dynamics
✨ use mimicry, musicality & grotesque physicality (amplified body)
✨ devise your own Bouffon material and unleash it onstage
It’s wild, provocative & perfect for performers wanting to push boundaries through theatrical satire.
📅 16–21 Feb 2026
📍 Melbourne Actors Guild, St Kilda
😈 places are limited!
🎉 Link in bio to book!
📷 Images by Darren Gill from the Bouffon show Golden Soil and Wealth for Toil, directed by Fabio Motta and produced by the National Drama School
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