A two-day clown workshop with Piotr Sikora, creator of the punk-rock comedy show, Furiozo
This workshop aims to learn how to better make friends with our lack of being perfect, the part of us that is completely unfunny and funny, and learn to play with this imperfection, to use failure as a beautiful gift from the world. The workshop helps you connect with this creativity and discover the pleasure of being yourself, when everyone is looking at you… Sounds scary? Only a bit, but mostly it is pure fun.
The workshop is intended to familiarise you with being yourself on stage, taking more risks both on stage and in life. A bit like learning to fall – when you know how to fall – you risk more, make different moves, and increase the range of your possibilities. It’s the same with the Being Bad course – through seemingly embarrassing practice situations, you learn exceptional stage and life sensitivity. You will learn that the most interesting things are when you don’t know.
WHAT WILL WE ACTUALLY DO?
We will work on how to use our real emotions to enrich our stage skills, how to play with them on stage, maintain eye contact with the audience and how to be sensitive to the energy of our show, and how to discover comedy using the body. We will explore this using various games and activities, and although they are demanding, they are fun. The exercises are a series of ridiculous situations in which you will potentially experience multiple failures. The participants’ task is to play with 100% of their ability to be funny and beautiful. This leads to many failures and situations in which you are not funny at all – and this is where we will discover our creativity.
It is important for me to create a very safe and supportive atmosphere in which you can easily open up about all these seemingly very difficult topics.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
As a rule, the course is for people who work with creativity and human emotions on a daily basis – improvisers, actors, circus performers, singers, directors, magicians, writers, therapists, musicians. In practice – for everyone who is looking for authenticity, freedom to be yourself, no matter what, and is curious about the world.
“Piotr quickly created a world of safety in order for us to discover who we are in front of an audience. We learned how to connect with our audience and where to find the pleasure in situations. Piotr’s calm and encouraging disposition was exactly what I was looking for in a clown tutor.”
Participant Feedback
“A workshop unlike any other. It opened me like a can opener to a can of corn. I see more on stage, I feel more – I am simply “more”. Be sure to check out the poetry of stupidity, maybe it will change your life too…?”
Participant Feedback
“This workshop, unlike many other workshops I have participated in, permanently changed my way of perceiving being on stage by taming one of the most difficult spheres of performance (especially in the field of illusion) – failure. My freedom on stage increased, my contact with the audience improved, and I became a braver and much more conscious performer.”
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
My name is Piotr Sikora, a Polish clown and comedian with a passion for exploring the rich world of clowning and physical comedy. My journey has led me to create the original, award-winning comedy show Furiozo: Man Looking For Trouble. In 2024, Furiozo earned “The Besties” award at Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for the Comedians Choice Award for Best Show in 2023 and 2024.
My workshops are built on techniques I’ve gathered from theatre schools across the globe, from Los Angeles to Paris and San Miniato. I’ve trained intensively in physical theatre at institutions like Mask Movement Atelier and The School for Theater Creators, under the mentorship of teachers such as Paola Coletto and Matteo Destro. I studied clown with Aitor Basauri, Philippe Gaulier, Mick Barnfather, Dr. Brown, and Angela de Castro. My improvisation skills come from years of practice with my teams and training at world-renowned schools including iO, The Groundlings, and The Annoyance.
Based in London, I bring my work to major comedy festivals worldwide – Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne, Mumbai, Paris, New York, and beyond. In addition to performing internationally, I’m also a proud member of Klancyk, Poland’s oldest improv theatre, and Hofesinka.
That said, my biggest passion is staying at home under a warm blanket, playing my Nintendo Switch.
