CLARE PARRY-JONES

Clown, Actor, Workshop Leader

 

CLOWN:  

2009 -  Send in the Angels - Svendborg International Clown Festival, Denmark

          Titanic - Clowns International Convention, Bognor Regis, UK

          Kyla and Max at the Opera Night, Gliffaes Hotel, Powys UK

2008 - Dog♥ski -  New York Clown Theater Festival, USA

         Gladis and Bel - Llanthony Valley and District Show, Wales UK

         Frequency - Lys over Lolland Festival, Denmark

         Hans und Gabi and Bel - Green Man Festival, Wales UK           

          Gladis  and The Secret Life of Tess  - Symondsbury, Dorset UK

         Titanic - Svendborg International Clown Festival, Denmark

2007 - Gladis - New York Clown Theater Festival, USA

         Bel - The Green Man Festival, Wales UK

2006   Bel -  The Green Man Festival, UK

2005   Bel - Clowns International Convention, UK

2001 ongoing - Bel the Clown  

          Entertainment for children at parties, festivals, schools and centres for children with severe learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy and brain injury.  I also clown           at hospices for the elderly and young adults.

2007 ongoing - Bel the Clown with A Spoonful of Sugar

         Monthly visits to the Carousel Ward at UCL Hospital.

2001 ongoing  - Dr Betty Ding Dong, Bell Bottomist - Clown Doctor  with Theodora Children’s Trust, UK   (www.theodora.org.uk)

           I am part of a team of  20 clowns, specially trained to work in hospitals and specialist centres for children in England and Wales.

 

 CLOWN WORKSHOPS:

2009 - Leading a clown workshop with Denni Dennis at Koge Theatre School, Denmark

 

THEATRE:  

Various characters, UR, U Can B, The Abbreviated Adventures of Randall the Vandall, The Further Adventures of Randall the Vandall U Theatre, Newham Primary Schools, London

Rona, Oikos Jerwood Centre, London

Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern   Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond

Lady Preece, Plague of God    Roundabout T.I.E., Nottingham Playhouse

Penelope, The Gamester    White Bear Theatre, London

Sissy/Mrs Gradgrind/Mrs Sparsit/

Rachael/Mary Stokes, Hard Times   Derby Playhouse

Louise/Emma Gordon/Mrs Pegler/

Mrs Blackpool/Chairwoman, Hard Times  Salisbury Playhouse

Chorus/Helen, Agamemnon    The Royal Exchange, Manchester

Portia, The Merchant of Venice   Bryanston Arts Centre

Viola, Twelfth Night, Sally, Tissue , Title role, Duchess of Malfi, Title role, The Mother - Warwick Arts Centre

Fugue, The Education of Skinny Spew , Find Me, God and Death - Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Vasilisa, Lower Depths, Madame Danzard, My Sister In This House, Clarissa, The Confederacy, Jackie, My Mother Said I Never Should - R.A.D.A.

  

MUSICALS/OPERETTA:  

Gen. Matilda Cartwright, Guys & Dolls;  Bryanston Arts Centre

Chorus, Die Fledermaus Bryanston Arts Centre

  

FILM:  

"Catch 29"

Dir: Hossein Amini Riverside Studios Award

  

TELEVISION:  

"The Bill"      Thames Television

  

VIDEO:  

"Elements of Acting"  

Dir: Edward Petherbridge Yod Video Ltd

 

DRAMATHERAPY & LECTURING:

2001 - 2007 Dramatherapy Group, London, UK

 Dramatherapist

 Every summer I ran a weekly dramatherapy group for homeless women at The Church Army Day Centre, which culminated in a performance.  

  

2002 – 2005 Kensington & Chelsea College, London, UK

Lecturer in Performing Arts

 Teaching creative skills to students on Child Care courses, to encourage communication and creativity of students and the children under their supervision.

  

2001- 2003 City of Westminster College, London, UK

 Lecturer in Music and Drama; Dramatherapist

 TEACHING: music, storytelling and communication skills to young adults with severe learning disabilities; storytelling and creative activities to students learning Health and Social Care, and Child Care; creative drama groups for ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) students and EO students (Education Otherwise – young adults excluded from school).

 

DRAMATHERAPY: Groups for homeless people, one women only group, another for any participant over 21 years of age.

 

TRAINING: weekly one-to-one assertiveness training sessions for members of staff.

CO-DIRECTION OF SHOWS with adults with severe learning disabilities:

The Myth of Hephaestus – The Cockpit Theatre, London

Peter and The Wolf: A Puppet Show – City of Westminster College

  

CO-DIRECTION OF SHOWS with homeless adults:

Benjamin Britten’s Canticles  - Westminster Abbey, London (with Streetwise Opera)

“ex Parte”: an Installation Project – The Passage Day Centre, London

“Street Light” a theatre and dance production  - The Cockpit Theatre, London

EDUCATION:

2009  Moeno Wakamatsu, Wales UK - Butoh workshop

        Sue Morrison, Toronto, CA - Clown through Mask workshop

2008  Moeno Wakamatsu, London, UK - Butoh workshop

2007  Ecole Philippe Gaulier, Paris, France - Bouffon Course

         Yuko Kaseki, New York, USA - Butoh workshop

         Mick Barnfather, London, UK - Clown workshop

2005  Hilary Chaplain, Clowns International Convention, UK - Physical Theatre workshop

         Shobi Dobi, Clowns International Convention, UK - Mask workshop

2001 ongoing Theodora Childrens’ Trust, London

          Annual workshops in music, stand up comedy, improvisation, clowning, physical theatre, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), intensive interaction.

2000-2001 Circus Space, London - Clown with Bob Pearce

1998-2001 Institute of Dramatherapy, University of Surrey, London, UK -  Postgraduate diploma in Dramatherapy (PGDip)

1988-1991 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, UK - Diploma, Acting

OTHER:  

CRB Certificate from Criminal Records Bureau

Membership Equity, Clowns International