From Chaos to Performanc- Advanced Clowning Workshop & Show~ Bristol

**From Chaos to Performance- A 3 day Workshop in Bristol **

with Zuma Puma

Essential Details:
When: July 10th-12th
Where: Bristol (exact location shared upon booking)
Times: 2:00pm- 6:00pm Friday
& 10:30- 6pm Saturday & Sunday
* we will perform a show for invited friends and family on Sunday from 18:00-19:00pm

* Integrative Sauna + Plunge Experience-Add on - for an additional 10£/per session- Folks can opt in to have a Sauna+ Plunge experience on Friday and or Saturday evening from 6-7pm after the day is complete. Please let me know if you would like to opt in for this upon registration.

Investment: £220- £350 (Sliding Scale)
Earlybird discount: £195 (book by June 15th 2026)
Registration: Email info.clownlife@gmail.com
*If money is a barrier to your participation get in touch- there may be some support roles or extended bursaries from those who opted to pay it forward.

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** WHAT THIS WEEKEND IS**
A 3 day intensive in a beautiful nature location, where we devise a show together- culminating in an immersive nature based performance and a live cabaret for invited friends and family. After the show folks will be invited to sit and integrate the weekend around the fire.

You can expect:
• A rigorously playful space to explore solo, group & ensemble work
• A laboratory for reading the room, riding the flop & using feedback as fuel
• A coaching-led container for creative risk, emotional resilience & intuitive mastery
• A reclamation of performance as ritual, research & evolution
• A return to your artistry- less proving, more becoming

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** LIVE SHOW:** SUNDAY 6:00PM
This weekend culminates in a live performance for invited friends & family in a gorgeous outdoors space with a fire pit for a proper summery celebration.

You’ll step into:
The aliveness of a real audience
The unknown of performance creation
The joy, terror, and magic of sharing your work and collaborating.

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** PRE-REQUISITES**
This space is for those who have:
• Completed a minimum of 3 Clowning workshops
• A readiness to collaborate, risk, and be seen

If you’re unsure, email me info.clownlife@gmail.com

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THE LINEAGE

The last Advanced Cohort in London (2020) went on to create award-winning and sold-out shows, as well as lifelong creative collaborations and ensembles.

“Since arriving in Bristol, I’ve felt the pulse rising again.

This feels like the beginning of a new wave and I’m excited to begin developing a new 6-month Advanced Course container here in Bristol starting in the Autumn.

This first weekend is an opportunity to gather, play, and discover what becomes possible when courageous and committed creatives come together.”- Zuma

Zuma Puma has over 16 years of extensive clown training with more than 50 international teachers.

She trained at some of the world’s most renowned schools and with leading masters in the field, including:

• L’École Philippe Gaulier (Paris)
• L’École de Comédie et Clown with Francine Côté (Montreal)
• Pochinko Clown with Sue Morrison (Toronto)

After moving to the UK, she co-founded London’s Advanced Clown Camp, where she trained and collaborated for four years alongside leading European clown teachers, exploring a wide spectrum of clowning — from theatre and ritual to circus, street performance and beyond.

Alongside her artistic training, Zuma has a deep commitment to personal growth and transformational practice. She is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and has also studied embodied dreamwork, ritual, rites of passage, shadow work, inner child work and a wide range of somatic, spiritual and therapeutic modalities.

Her approach is rooted in liberation, holistic growth and creative empowerment — helping people cultivate greater freedom, confidence and authenticity both on stage and in life.

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PLEASE NOTE
This work involves process. It may stir things. And it will absolutely be held. As an NLP Master Coach and artist mentor, I’ll guide you through the wobbles, rewires, and breakthroughs, so that:
• the Flop becomes your friend
• Failure becomes feedback
• The stage becomes your playground of freedom and expression

FACILITATED BY
Zuma Puma
Clown, director, ritual artist & founder of [**clownlife.org**](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fclownlife.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwWWFvNGdsM2FzMG54ZjU2N3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7MQZpPG4FIAKwyejELtjvUwliX-vHxtWWOMIMVC4oIauEa2QMzbvLrBW31mQ_aem_4Vpyt5dskQRzHWVhM_HobQ&h=AUAHMwr0WjLURatoXLdKMEq941ZbtPYXVmEyMbM6RT8QLLxZcnBvH57zHnqroXMqkeiBytT4J9UI_SqnFadkRBzaxsDQ2TBOegX3ysog8oRy883P0HA9mDoY3CytERr89pbNsAvBnze0UVkGtgM& __tn__ =q&c[0]=AUBGLrfa5fKP_pNWUdb6KWM5PkjJPcxwDU4SEihfVgty8DAQ3TMpdhE_SonUyM7YkhWyMjv_oTLn3dbczIr34VdICmKmzK4Ja_6KGtD_Gw9J62gv2bxv5qDuhnJfzPc38DVxy3VOUcgM0l-p8WHnJ2JrWJcp6WRj3ZA)

FINAL WORD
If you feel the pull~ come.
Let’s get weird and create something truly unique, memorable and very much alive this summer together.

I look forward to having you onboard.
Zuma x