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NOSE TO NOSE 2025-2026
CLOWNING WORKSHOPS IN UK, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY AND NORTH AMERICA

Created in 1990, Nose to Nose brings together our diverse experiences in the fields of theatre, community building, teaching, storytelling, play therapy, counselling, Special Needs and organisational consultancy. Our influence and training ranges from The Bataclown (France) and  the Sacred Art of Clowning to Jonathan Kay’s Theatre of Now and the Roy Hart Theatre.

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Our approach

Here are some of the key principles we are committed to in our teaching:

  1. SMALL GROUP SIZES
  2. A PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH
  3. STRUCTURED TEACHING ADAPTED TO YOUR LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE
  4. A COMMITMENT TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT YOU IN THE WORK
  5. POSITIVE REGARD
  6. EMPOWERING YOU TO BECOME YOUR OWN TEACHER
  7. COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND LEARNING
  8. GIVING A VOICE TO BOTH THE PERSONAL AND THE SOCIAL

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NEW COURSE!!!
CELEBRATING NOT KNOWING: A Joyful Retreat for Accessing Grounding, Lightness, and Wisdom in Our Chaotic World,
EMERSON COLLEGE, FOREST ROW, UK

Wednesday February 18, 2026 – Sunday February 22, 2026

Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving
Mary Oliver

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
Agnes de Mille


NEW COURSE!!!
WRITING FROM THE CLOWN’S IMAGINATION
Clowning as an inspiration for writers

 


POPULAR COURSE!!!
WHEN TREES COULD SPEAK
Exploring the basics of clowning and comedy through improvisations with puppets

 

TESTIMONIALS

R. K. Stroud, UK – Clown 1 March 2024

If you only do one course this year to discover and develop new sides within yourself this year: this is it. Beautifully organised and held by Ali and Vivian; plenty of opportunity to breathe, move and use your voice in a safe space with like-minded people – who come as strangers and leave as, well, […]

A. O. – London – Clown 2 march 2025

“Nose to Nose is a transformative experience! The gentleness, generosity and care surrounding the playing and clowning makes it such a safe and exhilarating experience. I always leave these workshops feeling like a better person. I am becoming a happier and more confident clown and it is thanks to this special way of working. I […]

AD, Denmark – Clown 1 July 2025

Clown 1 was a fantastic opportunity to play, connect, fail, and laugh. A safe space, lots of inspiration, and fantastic facilitators. I would love to come back.

N. C. from Hastings, UK – Clown 1 August 2025

It was one of the most beautiful, playful and deep experiences I’ve had. Vivian and Ali created a space for us to open up, play, grow and laugh. As a result, I love clowning, I love meeting other other clowns and doing some clownery with them.  I’m carrying this deep lightness and playfulness in my […]

E. S. from Brookline, MA

The work was life changing… the exercises were miraculously simple and profound and effective. I wish the workshop had been two weeks.

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P. C. from Lenox, MA

One of my goals in attending your “Courage to Be” workshop was to become more spontaneous and less stiff in my relationships with others. …What a delight! Many thanks.

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S.T. from Boston, MA

Thank you for the deep look into what is going on; in me and around me. Wow

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