Appearing on Radio Gloucestershire
Joe was recently interviewed by Dominic Cotter on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. You can listen to the feature here…
Why artistic venture is valuable.
Over the past 4.5 months I have been based in Tuncurry, NSW. My mother in law, Edna, has been kind enough to put up with us while we get another bus ready to get back on the road. The window in front of my computer looks out on an eighties brick two story squat ugly …
Reflections – on life, glossy magazines and performing in a foreign langauage.
Reflections, on life, glossy magazines, and performing in a foreign language. Greetings one and all. I wish you all the luck possible for 2014. 2013 presented me with one huge setback. Some emotionally disconnected individual burnt our 11 metre converted school bus in Australia. It was our home. To top off the incident the insurance …
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University of Western Sydney educationist writes about watching ‘Jeremy Farquar: the Fool, the cow and the art of corruption’.
Check it out! University of Western Sydney educators writing about my work! Edutainment is alive and well in the form of political street theatre. Touching minds and hearts. Even changing lives. This truly affirms for me my artistic existence! A Pedagogy of the Streets Posted by christinefjohnston by David R Cole When we exit the …
What can be derived from vandals destroying your home? Or …. Some bastard burnt my bus!
What can be derived from vandals destroying your home? Or …. Some bastard burnt my bus! Mid Uk/Europe tour on August 30th I woke up to messages coming in from friends in Australia. Our friends were directing us to news sites on which we found pictures of our converted live-in bus completely burnt out. …
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Education on the road …. or….. Mr Gove I believe you are mistaken.
Education on the road . or Mr Gove I believe you are mistaken. I am a professional Clown and Fool. www.passion4laughter.com . I also help my wife run her company Passion4Juice. www.passion4juice.com . We spend half the year in the UK/Europe and half the year in Australia. We have two young sons: 5 years and …
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What is art for? or….. We caused a bit of an upset in the park.
What is art for? or We caused a bit of an upset in the park. The ancient question “What is art for?” reared its head in a very real way a few weeks ago in Ireland. On June 1st and 2nd I had the pleasure of performing at The Greystones Arts Festival in County Wicklow, …
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Political street theatre succeeding, and gaining momentum! Read on….
The momentum grows. Together a difference can be made. Jeremy Farquar the twisted butler in “The Fool, the cow and the art of corruption”. Two weeks ago I wrote a blog about political street theatre; observing that in fact audiences do not leave when a piece of performance bites into a serious issue. http://passion4laughter.com/?page_id=9 …
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Can street theatre be political and succeed?
Can street theatre be political and succeed? Will a street audience stay when a piece of theatre becomes confronting? When I trained at Lecoq 24 years ago Alain Moulaut was teaching us the writing modules. He used to challenge us every now and again with the question “What do you want to say? As a …
When is an audience not an audience?
When is an audience not an audience? When you think you know them. Momentary realisations. My impressions when the crowd rolled in. They were very young. I had been told The Falls Festival was going to get very trashy. “Mindless”. I found myself wondering with a wry grin whether these people would even understand …