Halloween Clown and Monster Workshop

HALLOWEEN CLOWN & MONSTER WORKSHOP

• PUT the TRICK back into TRICK or TREAT!
• LEARN the secret art of CLOWNING!
• BUILD a personage of UNPRECEDENTED INGENUITY!
• DESIGN a COSTUME to blow the SOCKS off your neighbor!

Through a series of improvisational games and clowning exercises, you will be trained in basic street performance and clowning techniques to give you the confidence to play with the public. You will develop a character and costume for Halloween and receive training on bringing the costume to life. The workshop will culminate in a chance for you to put your new skills into practice at the White River Junction Gory Daze Festival and Parade.

TIME: Saturday, October 24 - 10am to 5pm Workshop Saturday, October 31 - 12pm to 4pm Workshop 6pm to 9pm Festival and Parade

WHERE: St. Barnabas Church, Norwich, Vermont Main Street Museum and Tip Top Cafe, White River Junction

WHO: Participants ages 16 and up, with or without experience

COST: $120 - some scholarship and special rates available

CONTACT Patrick and Lidia at 802.333.3549 or email p.faurot@gmail.com for more information or to reserve a place in the workshop.

Remember! space is limited! Reserve a place soon!

Patrick Faurot-Pigeon and Lidia Cangiano just got off the boat from Europe. Why the former left the comfort of the Vermont winters, nobody knows; why the latter scorned the volcanic coasts of Italy, remains a mystery. Nevertheless, they both happened upon the swampy backwaters of Germany where they met in the burning Berlin Wald Art Scene. They ended up living and performing in the Karmanoia Gaia Theater, a free-absurd-militant-dramatic stage/labyrinth/concert hall/forest. Patrick and Lidia come from a background in theater, clown, mime, music, dance and puppetry (once in a while but not always in isolation but rather collaboration one at a time but sometimes all at once, perhaps?), which they combine in their performances for the stage, street, and train!