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.
“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)
PLAY MY WAY - an introduction to clown + play
THE WORKSHOP:
Following success in Glasgow, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN is excited to bring PLAY MY WAY to Edinburgh. Come and learn about playfulness and clowning in this 5-hour introductory workshop - learn 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 beautiful and 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 your own ridiculousness. Please come with an open mind and heart.
ABOUT IZZY STOTT:
Izzy Stott is an award-winning Scottish performer, theatre maker and singer. Having trained in contemporary performance, physical theatre and clown, Izzy works as a solo artist, is the creator of YOLK and the artistic director of Glasgow based production company, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN. She co-produces the southside's monthly absurd cabaret, SHIITAKE NIGHTS. Izzy is also a psychology graduate with a keen interest into how playfulness and vulnerability can spark resilience, self-acceptance and positive change.
ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN:
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN is a 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"
"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."
11-4pm Saturday 28th March 2026, Vision Mechanics, Edinburgh
PRICED on a sliding scale
EARLY BIRD TICKETS on sale until Saturday 14th March (5pm)
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* Limited availibility, sign up ASAP to secure place.
* Purchase of this ticket includes access to this workshop only. We cannot offer refunds on your purchase.
* Please contact izzystott@googlemail.com for any questions about access and concessions.
“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)