The Fool Story

Be part of the show!Come and give the The Fool Effect a leg up onto the Emerson Stage by offering us your personal anecdotes, global news and neighbourly concerns. Tell us what got your goat or floated your boat and we'll transform your stories into an absurdest comic feast with a pinch of profundity and dash of insight. See you there. Contact Paul: 01342 824023

EMERSON COLLEGE.
Hartfield Rd.
Forest Row.
East Sussex
7.30pm in Ruskin Hall
21st of February 2009

Forest Row Fest

Despite buckets of rain, vintage tea, trips to casualty and karate kids, the Fool Effect executed yet another blistering show. A soggy but enthusiastic audience contributed to the event by sharing their extraordinary, heartwarming and simply bizarre tales from everyday life. The remaining 4 Fools found themselves playing in a mossy world of disappearing cars, grannies, rugby and bedside bombs. Meanwhile back at the hospital two other clowns await the attention of a nurse...................but that's another story.

Live Inclusive Poetry

Celebrating this years National Poetry day with a pioneering poetry festival LIP kicks off on the 11th of October at 2pm. Created for lovers of poetry new and old LIP provides a unique opportunity to move, speak, write or clown poetry. Located at Peredur, East Grinstead you can choose from a host of facilitators who are expert wordsmiths, artists or speakers/movers of poetry in their own right. Workshop of your choice and a slap up tea.....all for £15!!!

Paul will be there to offer a clown workshop which will be a fusion of word and fool. All workshops are 3 hrs in duration and culminate with an evening sharing of work. Advance booking essential. tel: 01342 321330

for more info:

e: lfc@lisntell.com

visit : www.lisntell.com

Forest Row Festival

Out on the streets, up your alley and down your strasse our fools will be meeting and mingling with the public prior to their Six O'clock Nose Show. If you fancy a fun day out in East Sussex come early and enjoy the festival and then join us at 6pm for a lighthearted evening where a personal anecdote of yours could take on adsurd and ridiculous proportions. We are at the Village Hall as seen above in the picture and opposite Tesco. Sit back and enjoy the show!

6pm Saturday 4th October
Village Hall
Tickets at the door £6/£4.
For more info on the festival see www.forestrow.org

Go on tell us a story...........

Ashdown Storytellers Club
Wednesday 4th of June.
7.30pm to 9.45pm
Forest Row Community Centre



You know you want to. And here is your opportunity because lets face it everyone has got a story to tell whether it be about themselves, their long lost parrot or their neighbours from hell. Whatever your story ( and it can be a fairytale or folktale if you prefer) it doesn't have to be funny. We'll do the work. By bringing it to life before your eyes, our fools will get deeply immmersed (that means hopelessly lost) in your story and in so doing find the humour, wonder and wisdom contained within it. Our performances are new, fresh and flavoursome everytime because you contribute that 'in the moment' spark that lights our frollicky improvisational fire. See you there.............................

Rabbit Guru

Prior to teaching at the Out Spirituality Group at St. James Piccadilly last tuesday, I found myself in the company of a large rabbit. He didn't say much but his expression was severe. Perhaps his message was 'less is more'. Or be still and hear the grass grow ( which is difficult in London) Or maybe he was just hoping for another carrot juice? Either way although he took a back seat in the workshop he still had a way of upstaging me. And apparently he's not gay.
Photo by David Rose

Not to be missed

If you are near Stourbridge and fancy a night of good humour and want to see national, globel and just over your garden fence news turned into fools gold......then this little troop of sillyness aim to warm the cockles of your heart.Come and see their show and even better do some clowning yourself on the very same weekend.

Friday 29th February at 7.30pm in the Lehr Studio Glasshouse Arts Centre. More details... 01384 812812


Workshop: Sat 1st and Sun 2nd March !0am to 5pm both days. With Paul MacDonald and Carol Thompson