Bouffon BAD, BOLD and BRILLIANT
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BOUFFON – BAD, BOLD AND BRILLIANT (Level 1 & 2) lead by Jaime Mears
23rd - 29th of October 2026
Start your Bouffon journey – or dive deeper into the wild, provocative, and playful world of Bouffon. This is a unique opportunity to join either a 3-day weekend workshop (Level 1) or extend your experience into a full 7-day intensive (Level 1 + 2) if you’re ready to fully embrace the bold madness of Bouffon.
Workshop Overview
In this workshop, we explore the darker cousin of the clown – the hidden, “undesirable” parts of ourselves that often sit outside our social identity. We will visit the Bouffon, where these aspects resurface to disrupt, expose, and provoke.
Bouffon mocks everything. It challenges norms, reveals hypocrisy, and invites us to laugh at what we usually hide – starting with ourselves.
Level 1
Create a body mask and explore the Bouffon gang. Through play, transformation, and group work, you’ll discover the joy, mischief, and physical language of Bouffon.
Level 2
Dive deeper into the madness. Develop your body mask further, create small scenes, and present work to each other. Through more games and exploration, you’ll deepen your understanding of the raw and profound nature of Bouffon.
Working with such a heightened physical awareness and expression, as well as the size and energy required for Bouffon to work, provides any artist with a beautiful challenge to find something absolutely outside the realms of what they know.
Jaime Mears
Jaime Mears is an internationally acclaimed actress and workshop facilitator who has been teaching theatre practices worldwide since 2001.
“Jaime’s fusion of Jungian shadow with Bouffon exercises is a powerful prompt to create work that is both personal and universal.”
– Eric Davis (RED BASTARD)
“If you have any interest in Bouffon, give Jaime a try—she is terrific!!!”
– Hilary Chaplin, Clown & Performer (NY)
New to Bouffon?
You’ll be introduced to foundational techniques and get a taste of this wicked and liberating performance style.
Experienced with Bouffon?
Deepen your practice and experience its intensity and explosiveness in new ways.
What You Will Explore
Liberating energy through play and pushing boundaries
Discovering your personal shadow as performance material
Working with parody—from subtle to extreme
The pleasure and craft of mockery
Bouffon chorus work
Physical transformation and disguise
Creating a body mask
Rhythm, manipulation, and surprise in performance
Storytelling and devising in a Bouffon ensemble
Schedule
Level 1 (3 days)
Friday: 15:00–20:00
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00–16:00
Level 2 (4 days)
Monday–Thursday: 09:00–15:00
Dates
Level 1: 23–25 October
Level 2: 26–29 October
Location
The Commedia School Studio
Kobbelvænget 65
2700 Copenhagen, Denmark
Pricing
Level 1
Regular: 2,250 DKK (€300)
Early Bird: 1,850 DKK (€250) before 1 August
Level 2
Regular: 2,500 DKK (€340)
Early Bird: 2,050 DKK (€280) before 1 August
Level 1 + 2
Regular: 4,250 DKK (€570)
Early Bird: 3,500 DKK (€470) before 1 August
23rd - 29th of October 2026
Start your Bouffon journey – or dive deeper into the wild, provocative, and playful world of Bouffon. This is a unique opportunity to join either a 3-day weekend workshop (Level 1) or extend your experience into a full 7-day intensive (Level 1 + 2) if you’re ready to fully embrace the bold madness of Bouffon.
Workshop Overview
In this workshop, we explore the darker cousin of the clown – the hidden, “undesirable” parts of ourselves that often sit outside our social identity. We will visit the Bouffon, where these aspects resurface to disrupt, expose, and provoke.
Bouffon mocks everything. It challenges norms, reveals hypocrisy, and invites us to laugh at what we usually hide – starting with ourselves.
Level 1
Create a body mask and explore the Bouffon gang. Through play, transformation, and group work, you’ll discover the joy, mischief, and physical language of Bouffon.
Level 2
Dive deeper into the madness. Develop your body mask further, create small scenes, and present work to each other. Through more games and exploration, you’ll deepen your understanding of the raw and profound nature of Bouffon.
Working with such a heightened physical awareness and expression, as well as the size and energy required for Bouffon to work, provides any artist with a beautiful challenge to find something absolutely outside the realms of what they know.
Jaime Mears
Jaime Mears is an internationally acclaimed actress and workshop facilitator who has been teaching theatre practices worldwide since 2001.
“Jaime’s fusion of Jungian shadow with Bouffon exercises is a powerful prompt to create work that is both personal and universal.”
– Eric Davis (RED BASTARD)
“If you have any interest in Bouffon, give Jaime a try—she is terrific!!!”
– Hilary Chaplin, Clown & Performer (NY)
New to Bouffon?
You’ll be introduced to foundational techniques and get a taste of this wicked and liberating performance style.
Experienced with Bouffon?
Deepen your practice and experience its intensity and explosiveness in new ways.
What You Will Explore
Liberating energy through play and pushing boundaries
Discovering your personal shadow as performance material
Working with parody—from subtle to extreme
The pleasure and craft of mockery
Bouffon chorus work
Physical transformation and disguise
Creating a body mask
Rhythm, manipulation, and surprise in performance
Storytelling and devising in a Bouffon ensemble
Schedule
Level 1 (3 days)
Friday: 15:00–20:00
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00–16:00
Level 2 (4 days)
Monday–Thursday: 09:00–15:00
Dates
Level 1: 23–25 October
Level 2: 26–29 October
Location
The Commedia School Studio
Kobbelvænget 65
2700 Copenhagen, Denmark
Pricing
Level 1
Regular: 2,250 DKK (€300)
Early Bird: 1,850 DKK (€250) before 1 August
Level 2
Regular: 2,500 DKK (€340)
Early Bird: 2,050 DKK (€280) before 1 August
Level 1 + 2
Regular: 4,250 DKK (€570)
Early Bird: 3,500 DKK (€470) before 1 August
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Where is it happening?
Kobbelvænget 65, 2700 Brønshøj, Kobbelvænget 65, 2700 Brønshøj, Danmark, Herlev, Denmark
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Host or PublisherThe Commedia School
