Philippe gaulier biography sample

For five weeks during the months of July and August, the inspired but controversial teacher Philippe Gaulier ran his summer school in association with Middlesex Polytechnic, at Ivy House Hampstead, attracting a range of actors and directors from all over the country.

Courses on offer ranged from Clowning to Direction and Tragedy. For some, myself included, working with Philippe is a stimulating and provocative experience. His incisive comments are like subjecting yourself to open-heart surgery without anaesthetic, and the only thing that makes it bearable is Gaulier’s wicked sense of humour.

‘You treated your partner like a lavatory brush,’ he said to me, ‘a Viennese lavatory brush!’ The class laughed at this, and looked pityingly at me standing in the centre of the acting space.

Philippe gaulier biography sample pdf

Of course he was absolutely right. Adrenalin can make you do very peculiar things sometimes. Stand-up comedy artist Huw Thomas said after taking the clown course, ‘I had to keep reminding myself that there