Written by Tony Kishawi, Ben Cornfoot & Brin Pritchard with input from the Mental Health Association, Thoughts Have Feelings Too is a performance that will enable a dialogue with students about their feelings. Through the traditional clowning relationship of adult and child the characters explore the feelings of the child clown and his ability to express those feelings and expel negative thoughts in order to feel better.
Students are taken through a range of feelings giving them the opportunity to identify them as they are expressed onstage. The Professors works with Clown to help him sort through his feelings, identifying them and putting them to the one side, if they are impacting negatively on him. Children who see the performance have an increased ability to identify feelings as they occur and are more likely to share feelings that can be identified.
Some Relevant Curriculum Areas
Emotional Health
Social Interactions
Clowning
Tour Availability
Term 3 & 4 2009
Show Duration
1 Hour
Cost
$6 per student
Suitable for years Prep to Seven
Bookings
Contact Lightwire Theatrical Productions
Venue Requirements
5m x 5m Stage area
Access to Power
Undercover and Cement Floors acceptable but not ideal
Now Touring
Touring Queensland with the Queensland Arts Council in 2009
You can request a tour via Nexus Arts in Victoria, South Australia & Tasmania
Ben Cornfoot has several years of training in clown theatre and commedia, and in 2005 established with Clint Bolster Birdwing Lane Theatre. He has performed to great acclaim in clown shows at The Powerhouse and The Judith Wright Centre, has toured with the Queensland Arts Council in the high school commedia show 'Café Floriani', is a member of The 'Angry Mime' Collective and can be seen most months at their performance night. Ben also performs regularly at festivals and events both in Brisbane and up and down the coast.
Clint Bolster
Clint Bolster has worked professionally in Australia and Japan as an actor, physical theatre performer, stilt performer and clown. He has studied Theatre at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and trained with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, Frank Theatre, The Moving Body, Expressions Dance Company, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Debase Productions, MAD DANCE, Theatre Active8, Red Spoon, 4 Change, Shoe Theatre, Transient Theatre and Lightwire Theatrical Productions. Clint has recently performed in Much ado About Nothing (4MBS), an 8 month contract with Universal Strudios Japan, an 8 month contract with Jupiters Casino - Aerial Angels, and Cafe Floraini (Secondary School show to QLD, VIC, SA and TAS - been touring for the past 6 years). Recently Clint was a mentoree to Annie Lee (The Krasky Sisters), through the Youth Arts Mentorship Program, where he created a solo clown show entitled 'The Secret Life of Warbro Roulston'. This will be showcased at Metro Arts in 2009. Clint is also owner of Manoeuvre, an elite stilt performance company catering for Corporate Events, Night Clubs and Festivals, both Nationally and Internationally. Clint, in 2010, has been accepted to train at the Circus Centre in San Francisco, The International Commedia dell'arte School in Italy and the Phillipe Gaulier School of Clown in Paris. He will also, this year, perform in 'Thoughts Have feelings Two' & 'The Spirit of the Mask' toured by The QLD Arts Council, 'Cafe Floraini' toured by Nexus Arts, and an Australian National Tour of a Las Vegas - a Circus Show where he will be performing dance routines on stilts and aerials. Clint will also perform Shakespears Classics with 4MBS on a Cruise Ship in December. Clint is a proud QLD Branch Council member for MEAA.
Touring Queensland with the Queensland Arts Council in 2009
Ben Cornfoot