Clowning around helps Gregor Paslawsky be a meaner, harder and stingier Scrooge. That doesn’t mean he plays the classic Dickens character with a red nose and goofy shoes. Rather, the veteran actor and ...

In a supposedly more sensitive era, hundreds of people regularly travel from all around the world to a small town an hour outside Paris to study clowning with Gaulier, a gruff 78-year-old éminence ...

Philippe Gaulier wears many hats in the arena of acting and live performance. His multiple designations include author, director, master clown, playwright and professor of theatre, but he is most ...

If you spent so much time and effort working on a skill only to have it criticised, how would you feel? TVB actress Natalie Tong doesn't have to wonder — she's experienced it herself. In an interview ...

In Etampes, 30 miles outside of Paris, the revered clown Philippe Gaulier has spent 35 years teaching performers how to abandon their inhibitions and access beauty. Alumni include Emma Thompson, Sacha ...

Jim Chim Sui-man has been busy recently with his hilarious and inspiring one-man show, Man of la Tiger. He has also produced his latest children's show, Villain Village. And recently he played the ...

If you've ever been to a Cirque du Soleil show, then you've seen the beauty and grace of the aerial performers as they seemingly fly across the stage on ropes or silks. While they make it look easy, ...

As summer begins to wind down and we head into all things pumpkin spice, Hallmark Channel finishes off their Summer Nights movie event with a film about... shoes. Before we begin the litany of ...

Philippe Gaulier is not a household name, but his theatre techniques have inspired such internationally recognized actors as Sacha Baron Cohen and Emma Thompson. Born and based in France, Gaulier ...