The Pleasure to Play - Summer School
A 3-week summer school exploring complicité, scene work, clowning and intra-cultural actor training!
Available spots
Service Description
🔥 THE PLEASURE TO PLAY – SUMMER SCHOOL INTENSIVE 🗓 3 WEEKS — 15 DAYS OF TRAINING 📍 Melbourne Actors Guild | 🎟 Limited to 16 Participants With Kristine Landon-Smith & Fabio Motta Join us for a transformative 3-week acting intensive exploring The Pleasure to Play—a joyful, embodied approach that combines clown, text work, and complicité. This training is ideal for actors, clowns, creatives and performers seeking greater presence, authenticity, and freedom on stage and screen. 🎈 WEEK 1: Finding Complicité Discover the joy of ensemble play, improvisation, text, and clown. Rooted in Philippe Gaulier’s teachings (Le Jeu), this week places the actor at the centre—inviting spontaneity, vulnerability, and deep connection with the audience. 🎭 WEEK 2: Chekhov & Clown Dive deeper into text and complicité with a focus on Chekhov. Through games, scenes, and advanced clown work, you’ll explore intra-cultural methods and develop a richer, freer relationship with character and performance. (Prerequisite: Week 1 or previous Pleasure to Play workshop). 🎭 WEEK 3: Tragedy & Clown Routines Explore the emotional depth of Greek Tragedy and Shakespeare, while building your own structured clown routine. Learn to stay light, open, and playful—even in the most heightened theatrical worlds. (Prerequisite: Weeks 1 & 2). Saturday 24th will be a open rehearsal to an invited audience to showcase work from the program. ✅ What You’ll Gain: Authentic stage presence Tools for ensemble & solo work Confidence in both comedy & tragedy A structured clown routine A unified, embodied acting practice 🕐 Mon–Fri, 10:00–17:00 🎟 Early Bird: $2500 + GST (by Oct 18, 2025) 🎟 Full Price: $3000 + GST 🎟 Week 1 Only: $1000 + GST Week 1: 5th - 9th, Jan , 2026 Week 2: 12th -16th, Jan, 2026 Week 3: 19th - 24th, Jan, 2026 📩 Payment plans available Open to actors, dancers, clowns, directors, and creatives of all levels.
Upcoming Sessions
Cancellation Policy
REFUND POLICY: 24 hours notice is required for all Private Session bookings. Fail to notify within this time may result in a full fee charged. The course fees are due two (2) weeks prior to course commencement. The inability to pay fees by this time may result in your place being given to the next person on the list. Refunds for course cancellation are available until 14 days before course commencement. Cancellation up until 10 days prior to course commencement may be applied to a course credit, which can be transferred for courses or private training within 12 months of the cancellation. No refunds or credits are available from days prior to course commencement, and after the course has commenced. If for any reason you cannot attend the entire course, there is no refund for missed hours or classes. Please organise your schedule so that you do not miss a precious moment of our courses (and let us know in advance if this is the case). We look forward to seeing you very soon!
Contact Details
Melbourne Actors Guild, Acland Street, St Kilda VIC, Australia
admin@clowningworkshop.com