The Art of Laughter: Jos Houben
Fri 13 Nov 2009 7.30pm
Theatre £12.50 (£10)
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CloseJos Houben’s brilliant analysis of physical comedy was a Total Theatre Award winner at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival. This witty and engaging performance/lecture explains and illustrates what makes audiences laugh.
Review after review of this famous master class on the uniquely human phenomenon of laughter tells of audiences doubled over in stitches. Houben‘s brilliantly witty analysis of physical comedy has garnered him awards in Edinburgh and has delighted thousands of people worldwide.
As well as being one of the original members of Complicité and involved in many of its greatest early hits, Jos’ twenty year career includes writing and directing for groups such as The Right Size, involving him in some of the most successful physical comedy creations of recent times.
He was last here in Fragments, a production directed by Peter Brook to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Samuel Beckett’s birth. He teaches at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris.
“If there’s a more inspired contemporary physical comedian – I don’t know of him.” The New Yorker
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Seating up to 550, audiences are assured of an excellent view of the stage and comfortable seating in this well-designed auditorium. The theatre stages the best national and international plays and performances, as well as contemporary and international dance, music and comedians.
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