The word ‘clown’...oh ho ho, how so many people use it, define it…it’s a bit like trying to put a cagoule on a fish. (For any non-clowns reading this, I’m not going to be talking about floppy shoes.) Here’s how I’m going to frame it: clown is about how a performer pays attention to the thing they are doing. LAZZI LAZZI LAZZI (AH AH AH AH AH…) Typically, one label I have given myself is ‘improviser’ because I’m not a fan of fixing things, and I don’t like stable meanings. This

The set is not directly interacted with by cast. It's function is to tell the audience they are always in an unorthodox academic space in Cambridge in 1926 even as we re/create other spaces within the show. Photo: Paul Ashley. Context: Shadows Over the Cam was a live unscripted show set in 1920s Cambridge, performed at the Corpus Playroom in January 2026. Framed as the public presentation of newly discovered academic research, the audience were invited to attend an unorthodox

Ontroerend Goed arrived at the Fringe this year with Thanks for Being Here - a show that makes the act of simply being present its...

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how audiences experience theatre and how the final performance is only one part of the journey. After...