COME AND PLAY
With 6 years of experience teaching workshops on clown and playfulness, Izzy now offers a range of workshops, from 1 day to weekends, from 6 week series to residentials. She has experience blending her performance experience with her psychological work, and has facilitated community workshops around women’s empowerment using such concepts as freedom, resilience and vulnerability.
Workshops Offered
SILLY BITCH - feminist 3-hour introduction to clown + playfulness for women (trans + non-binary inclusive)
PLAY MY WAY - 3-hour introduction to clown + playfulness for all.
BEAUTIFUL FOOLS - clown + playfulness 6-week workshop series, to delve deeper (Levels 1 + 2)
FREEDOM PLAY - free/donation-based anti-capitalist 3-hour clown + playfulness community workshop series
COMING SOON….
BLISSFUL SHADOWS - a workshop on bouffon + satirical Play
PLAY MY WAY// WEEKENDER - clown + playfulness weekend workshop, to delve deeper
Please see below for upcoming events.
If you would like to organise a bespoke workshop for a specific group, or would like to invite Izzy to teach in your community/town/school/festival, please contact Izzy directly.
The SILLY BITCH Project - 6 week series
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN presents The SILLY BITCH Project // 6-week series at The Old Nunshead
THE WORKSHOP
The SILLY BITCH project is a series of inclusive workshops that centre the experience of women (trans + non-binary inclusive)*, taught by Izzy Stott.
Drawing technique from contemporary clowning and satirical play, this 6-week workshop series provides a safe and nurturing space for participants to explore and discover their ridiculousness, away from the often male-dominated world of comedy. Through intuitive playful practice that explores the joys of failure and the beauty of vulnerability, we can can begin to shed the societal pressure of perfection and learn to revel in our own unique silliness.
Suitable for all experience levels, this workshop series involves a series of games and exercises designed to help you find freedom. This can compliment other performance practices, from classic acting to improv, drag and burlesque, as well as filter into your daily lives.
Mondays, 7-9pm, October 5th - November 16th (NOT 26th October)
The Old Nunshead
(15 Nunhead Grn, London SE15 3QQ)
*We use the term inclusively and do not police or assume gender identity / presentation.
ABOUT IZZY STOTT
Izzy is a multidisciplinary artist, performer and workshop facilitator based in Glasgow, focusing on contemporary performance, bouffon, drag and clown. She trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and believes that being playful and free whilst creating is the only way to fully release the body and mind's potential to eternally question, react, move, and hopefully, move others. Izzy's socially engaged arts practice focuses on empowerment and interactive performance. She runs SOMEWHERE BETWEEN - a femme/queer performance production company which aims to produce, create and facilitate new innovative and uniquely styled work, as well as teach, host workshops and work with marginalised groups in society, making theatre accessible to all. Izzy is also co-creator of SHIITAKE NIGHTS, Glasgow Southside’s SELL-OUT absurd cabaret. Her workshops centre clowning and playful practice through a psychological lens, exploring vulnerability, failure, self-acceptance and resilience. She has created and performed original work and hosted cabarets at Edinburgh, Brighton and Prague Fringe Festivals and Queer Theory as well as at Eden and Kelburn festivals. (You may have seen her as GÜNTER or as a banana that eats bananas.)
ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN is a feminist and queer creative production company based in Glasgow, working with new, innovative theatre and absurd comedy. We create, produce, facilitate, host and teach. We believe in theatre for all, and specialise in working with marginalised groups in society, helping the wider community to communicate and share. We like work that is ridiculous, bold, beautiful, honest, with a strong sense of personality.
WEBSITE + SOCIALS
https://www.somewherebetween.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/_somewhere_between_/
“I benefited from the relaxed safe space where I could be myself and feel free. The teaching was supportive and nurturing. The combination of teaching, experience and the people I met there has, I think, allowed me to feel a greater sense of freedom and possibility.”
- Workshop Participant (BEAUTIFUL FOOLS)
Priced on a sliding scale, so please choose the ticket that feels most comfortable for you. If money is a barrier to your attendance, please email me. I would like this workshop to be as accessible as possible.
* Limited availibility, sign up ASAP to secure place.
* Purchase of this ticket includes access to the full workshop. We cannot offer refunds on your purchase.
* Please contact izzystott@googlemail.com for any questions about access.
Location
The Old Nunshead, 15 Nunhead Grn, London SE15 3QQ
BEAUTIFUL FOOLS - 6 week series
Following the success of BEAUTIFUL FOOLS in Glasgow and Edinburgh, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN and Izzy Stott are delighted to invite you to take part in this new and innovative clown workshop series, for the first time in London!
Taking place over 6 weeks, this exclusive series of 2-hour morning workshops aims to provide a safe and nurturing place to delve deeper into your learning, allowing you to discover more about your own unique clown practice. Offering a journey of playful self-discovery alongside professional performance development, BEAUTIFUL FOOLS is a one of kind opportunity to see how you can be both a powerful human and a beautiful idiot, on and off stage.
This series is suitable for all those who want to understand what makes them uniquely ridiculous, whether you are totally new to clowning or already have a bit of experience. From actors to improvisers, performers or not, clowning and playful practice can help participants learn to follow their intuition, shed societal expectations, joyfully accept failure and find more freedom.
Once you have completed Level 1, you will be invited to attend Level 2, the next step of the BEAUTIFUL FOOLS journey.
Taught by Scottish Gaulier-trained performer, director and clown Izzy Stott, this workshop series will help you discover your own innocent idiocy through a series of games, exercises and the weekly opportunity to play, flop, fail and save the show!
Izzy Stott is Scottish performer and theatre artist with a focus on clown, bouffon, cabaret and drag. Having trained in contemporary performance and physical theatre, Izzy now works as a solo artist, cabaret producer, consultant and workshop facilitator. She is the artistic director of SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, a creative production company born in Glasgow, newly based in London, that works with new, innovative performance, cabaret and absurd comedy.
Some comments from last time:
"I appreciate how good a teacher/support Izzy was at facilitating the teaching space and really allowing moments of vulnerability and playfulness within the group"
"I benefited from the relaxed safe space where I could be myself and feel free"
"It felt like a very safe environment to play, and Izzy's guidance throughout was the backbone that kept us on track."
"It was nice to bask in some failure."
Where - The Pen Theatre (Unit 22b, Penarth Centre, Penarth St, London SE15 1TR)
When - 6 week block of Saturday mornings, 11-1pm (October 10th - November 14th)
WEBSITE + SOCIALS
https://www.somewherebetween.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/_somewhere_between_/
BUY TICKETS
Priced on a sliding scale, so please choose the ticket that feels most comfortable for you. If money is a barrier to your attendance, please email me. I would like this workshop to be as accessible as possible.
* Limited availability, sign up ASAP to secure your place.
* Purchase of this ticket includes access to the full 6-workshop series. We cannot offer refunds on your purchase.
* Please contact izzystott@googlemail.com for any questions about access.
Location
The Pen Theatre, Unit 22b, Penarth Centre, Penarth St, London SE15 1TR
PLAY MY WAY - Brighton
THE WORKSHOP
Following the success of the SILLY BITCH and BEAUTIFUL FOOLS workshop series in Oslo, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN is finally coming to Brighton! Come and learn about playfulness and clowning in this 3 hour workshop - see that you can be both a powerful human and a beautiful fool!
Suitable for all humans that want to learn about what makes them uniquely ridiculous, experienced performers or not. Taught by Scottish Gaulier-trained performer, director and clown Izzy Stott, this workshop will be an introduction to clown, which will help you discover your own innocent idiocy through a series of games and exercises. The purpose of this workshop is to create a safe space to play, explore and discover their ridiculousness. Please come with an open mind and heart.
BUY TICKETS
ABOUT IZZY STOTT
Izzy is a multidisciplinary artist, performer and workshop facilitator based in Glasgow, focusing on contemporary performance, bouffon, drag and clown. She trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and believes that being playful and free whilst creating is the only way to fully release the body and mind's potential to eternally question, react, move, and hopefully, move others. Izzy's socially engaged arts practice focuses on empowerment and interactive performance. She runs SOMEWHERE BETWEEN - a femme/queer performance production company which aims to produce, create and facilitate new innovative and uniquely styled work, as well as teach, host workshops and work with marginalised groups in society, making theatre accessible to all. Izzy is also co-creator of SHIITAKE NIGHTS, Glasgow Southside’s SELL-OUT absurd cabaret. Her workshops centre clowning and playful practice through a psychological lens, exploring vulnerability, failure, self-acceptance and resilience. She has created and performed original work and hosted cabarets at Edinburgh, Brighton and Prague Fringe Festivals and Queer Theory as well as at Eden and Kelburn festivals. (You may have seen her as GÜNTER or as a banana that eats bananas.)
ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN is a feminist and queer creative production company born in Glasgow, based in London, working with new, innovative theatre and absurd comedy. We create, produce, facilitate, host and teach. We believe in theatre for all, and specialise in working with marginalised groups in society, helping the wider community to communicate and share. We like work that is ridiculous, bold, beautiful, honest, with a strong sense of personality.
WEBSITE + SOCIALS
https://www.somewherebetween.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/_somewhere_between_/
“I benefited from the relaxed safe space where I could be myself and feel free. The teaching was supportive and nurturing. The combination of teaching, experience and the people I met there has, I think, allowed me to feel a greater sense of freedom and possibility.”
- Workshop Participant (BEAUTIFUL FOOLS)
Priced on a sliding scale, so please choose the ticket that feels most comfortable for you. If money is a barrier to your attendance, please email me. I would like this workshop to be as accessible as possible.
* Limited availibility, sign up ASAP to secure place.
* Purchase of this ticket includes access to the full workshop. We cannot offer refunds on your purchase.
* Please contact izzystott@googlemail.com for any questions about access.
LOCATION
Presuming Ed's, 114 London Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4JG
HIT & MISS - a clown, play and movement workshop
HIT + MISS - a weekend workshop exploring movement, clown and play
with Izzy Stott and Oliver Fife-Nilsson
There is beauty in success! And there is beauty in Failure! How can we find freedom whilst discovering the joys of being in the midst of both? Bringing together the technique of Lecoq and the spirit of Gaulier, this weekend workshop will allow participants to explore movement as a starting point for play and clown practice.
The state of the clown is fully embodied and present, with no separation between body and mind. The word Naive derives from the latin word Nativus, newly born, and to be native to one's body. Through movement, play and clowning, we hope to re-discover our childlike mind and body, a state that is free, non-critical and explorative, and discover ways to merge this with our experienced adult self.
The workshop will be structured around movement, games and exercises, designed to free you up and allow for play. Taking inspiration from the teachings of Lecoq, the movement section serves to liberate the body, providing a physical tool box to use during clown practice. Games and exercises will facilitate play, and focus on vulnerability, impulse, intuition, presence and the joy of failure. Fusing together techniques from mime, mask, clown and physical comedy, this workshop will provide you with a safe and enjoyable space to delve deeper into playful practice and connect with yourselves, each other and the audience.
Suitable for anyone who is interested in playful self-discovery, from beginners or those with more experience, from actors and performers to comedians, burlesque performers and anything in between.
About the teachers -
Oliver Fife-Nilsson is a theatre-maker, clown and mime, director and facilitator. He studied at the International School of Theatre Jacques Lecoq (France). Oliver has toured across the world for nearly a decade and won multiple awards with solo-shows and his co-created theatre shows, with groups such as The Latebloomers, Jon and Ollie and Chicos Fritos. Oliver worked as a weekly play leader for children in a refugee camp in Sweden. He has frequently taught workshops at festivals while touring, and taught drama for youth with Autism for National Autistic Society. He is currently lecturing on movement and physical theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS).
Izzy is a multidisciplinary artist, performer and workshop facilitator based in Glasgow, focusing on contemporary performance, bouffon and clown. She trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and believes that being playful and free whilst creating is the only way to fully release the body and mind's potential to eternally question, react, move, and hopefully, move others. Izzy's socially engaged arts practice focuses on empowerment and interactive performance. She runs SOMEWHERE BETWEEN - a femme/queer performance production company which aims to produce, create and facilitate new innovative and uniquely styled work, as well as teach, host workshops and work with marginalised groups in society, making theatre accessible to all. Izzy is also co-creator of SHIITAKE NIGHTS, Glasgow Southside’s SELL-OUT absurd cabaret. Her workshops centre clowning and playful practice through a psychological lens, exploring vulnerability, failure, self-acceptance and resilience. She has created and performed original work and hosted cabarets at Edinburgh, Brighton and Prague Fringe Festivals, as well as at Eden and Kelburn festivals.
Feedback from previous workshops:
"I benefited from the relaxed safe space where I could be myself and feel free"
“It was nice to bask in some failure."
Where - SHIITAKE HQ, Templeton House, Glasgow Green
When - Saturday 8th August, 10-4pm
Priced on a sliding scale, so please choose the ticket that feels most comfortable for you. If money is a barrier to your attendance, please email me. I would like this workshop to be as accessible as possible.
* Limited availibility, sign up ASAP to secure place.
* Purchase of this ticket includes access to the full workshop. We cannot offer refunds on your purchase.
* We share the studio with other (quiet and lovely) artists and cannot guarantee exclusive use of the space.
* Please contact izzystott@googlemail.com for any questions about access.
The SILLY BITCH Project
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN presents The SILLY BITCH Project at The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar, London.
THE WORKSHOP
The SILLY BITCH project is a series of inclusive, accessibly-priced workshops that centre the experience of women (trans + non-binary inclusive)*, taught by Izzy Stott.
Drawing technique from contemporary clowning, bouffon and satirical play, this 3-hour workshop provides a safe and nurturing space for participants to explore and discover their ridiculousness, away from the often male-dominated world of comedy. Through intuitive playful practice that explores the joys of failure and the beauty of vulnerability, we can can begin to shed the societal pressure of perfection and learn to revel in our own unique silliness.
Suitable for all experience levels, this workshop involves a series of games and exercises designed to help you find freedom. This can compliment other performance practices, from classic acting to improv, drag and burlesque, as well as filter into your daily lives.
11-2pm Saturday 25th July, The Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar, London
(22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow G2 5AR)
*We use the term inclusively and do not police or assume gender identity / presentation.
ABOUT IZZY STOTT
Izzy is a multidisciplinary artist, performer and workshop facilitator based in Glasgow, focusing on contemporary performance, bouffon, drag and clown. She trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and believes that being playful and free whilst creating is the only way to fully release the body and mind's potential to eternally question, react, move, and hopefully, move others. Izzy's socially engaged arts practice focuses on empowerment and interactive performance. She runs SOMEWHERE BETWEEN - a femme/queer performance production company which aims to produce, create and facilitate new innovative and uniquely styled work, as well as teach, host workshops and work with marginalised groups in society, making theatre accessible to all. Izzy is also co-creator of SHIITAKE NIGHTS, Glasgow Southside’s SELL-OUT absurd cabaret. Her workshops centre clowning and playful practice through a psychological lens, exploring vulnerability, failure, self-acceptance and resilience. She has created and performed original work and hosted cabarets at Edinburgh, Brighton and Prague Fringe Festivals and Queer Theory as well as at Eden and Kelburn festivals. (You may have seen her as GÜNTER or as a banana that eats bananas.)
ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN is a feminist and queer creative production company based in Glasgow, working with new, innovative theatre and absurd comedy. We create, produce, facilitate, host and teach. We believe in theatre for all, and specialise in working with marginalised groups in society, helping the wider community to communicate and share. We like work that is ridiculous, bold, beautiful, honest, with a strong sense of personality.
“I benefited from the relaxed safe space where I could be myself and feel free. The teaching was supportive and nurturing. The combination of teaching, experience and the people I met there has, I think, allowed me to feel a greater sense of freedom and possibility.”
- Workshop Participant (BEAUTIFUL FOOLS)
EARLYBIRD on sale until 27th June! (£25!)
Priced on a sliding scale, so please choose the ticket that feels most comfortable for you. If money is a barrier to your attendance, please email me. I would like this workshop to be as accessible as possible.
* Limited availibility, sign up ASAP to secure place.
* Purchase of this ticket includes access to the full workshop. We cannot offer refunds on your purchase.
* Unfortunately the venue is not wheelchair accessible this time. Workshops taught at our studio are fully accessible. Please contact izzystott@googlemail.com for any questions about access.
Location
The Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar, 109 St Paul's Rd, London N1 2NA
“I benefited from the relaxed safe space where I could be myself and feel free. The teaching was supportive and nurturing. The combination of teaching, experience and the people I met there has, I think, allowed me to feel a greater sense of freedom and possibility.”
- Workshop Participant (BEAUTIFUL FOOLS)
"Izzy's clowning classes have been transformational for me! Learning to really engage with the audience, leaning into the flop... it can make you feel bulletproof. I've grown in confidence and reconnected with who I am, after I had got lost along the way. Izzy is a really supportive teacher - lucky London!"
-Workshop Participant (BEAUTIFUL FOOLS)
“Izzy has such a skill at holding the space and making it exciting and fun while ensuring it feels safe and inclusive”
- Workshop Participant (PLAY MY WAY)
"I first went along to Izzy's workshop to see if there was still a creative bone left in my body. Somewhere between motherhood and mortgages, I’d lost bits of myself and I missed them. Izzy created a safe space for me to play, to be vulnerable, to be silly and to realise that flopping is a magical and beautiful thing. Bits of me that had quietened started to wake up. New bits emerged alongside them. What started as an anxious curiosity is now a joyful passion and I am so grateful. Izzy is a kind, generous and intuitive teacher as well as a creative powerhouse! She sees your clown — even when you’re still searching — and gives them the space and encouragement to come out to play. Walking through Izzy's door has opened so many more for me and I'm beyond delighted to have discovered my clown. I would (and do) recommend Izzy's workshops to absolutely anyone. Play...it's important!"
-Workshop Participant (BEAUTIFUL FOOLS)
