Absolute Theatre – extraordinary, stimulating theatre

RECENT/CURRENT PROJECTS:
‘BECAUSE I’M A LONDONER’, ‘THE STORY TREE’ and ‘THE PIRATES OF THE RIVER LEA’

THE SIMPLE CLOWN.
2 sessions on Sunday 13th July 2025 at PLAYHOUSE EAST Haggerston London E8 4DG.

11.30am ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS.
A chance to play! Dip your toes into the marvellous and liberating pleasure of clowning. This workshop is entry-level.

2.00pm FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD.
For clowns with a bit of previous, or who have just done the morning session! We will go further into the character behind the nose, building on physicality and the power in movement and silence – being able to not do!

Workshops fully booked. Waiting list for tickets –

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/27003/the-simple-clown-workshops

Absolute Theatre exists to make extraordinary, stimulating theatre, create new audiences and promote wider engagement with live performance.

The company was established in 1991 and acquired a reputation for an innovative, highly visual style, offering a sensorial, emotional and intellectual experience not available through any other medium.

Over the years it has established strong connections with other theatres and arts bodies, in particular, the Theatre Royal Bath, where the company’s creative team was involved in a number of productions which included ’Twelfth Night’, a new adaptation of ‘Electra’, several youth theatre shows and a revue piece for the Bath Shakespeare Festival.

Our 2018 collaboration with Portuguese company Teatro do Montemuro resulted in ‘Os 4 Clowns do Apocalipse’, which toured internationally and has inspired a continuing relationship with clowning.

Absolute has regularly delivered training and education, often as an element of the performances. Close links with schools and colleges within London and further afield have developed, leading to numerous projects including ‘Jericho Stone’ (Kingston Jamaica), ‘Portland Stories/Quarters Kids’ (Dorset) and, between January 2022 and February 2025, ‘Because I’m A Londoner’, made possible with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.