Find What Makes You Funny

Find your authentic sense of fun and learn stand up comedy, clown, performance and movement with me.

Elizabeth is an experienced teacher, director and facilitator. She teaches stand up, clown, performance, mindfulness and movement for a range of ages and experience levels.

She also works with artists and individuals 1:1, directing their work or honing their performance skills.

Elizabeth delivers both in person and online workshops and has taught at RMIT University, the Centre for Adult Education, Space on Earth, Fusion Theatre, Darebin FReeZA and The Improv Conspiracy.

Work with Me

  • Group Workshops

    Learn stand up comedy, clown, performance and movement with me.

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  • Play in the Park

    Be a kid again! Play in the Park is a free one hour after-work park session, open to anyone to attend.

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  • Work with me 1:1

    Creating a show and need some support? Want coaching to hone your performance skills? I can help!

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My Teaching Philosophy

Through my clown and performance training I rediscovered the pure, embodied joy of playing and being silly as an adult. As children we have an unselfconscious and impulsive love of play, movement and games.

But as adults we're told to stop mucking around, be serious and act professional. It doesn't have to be that way! Adults need play and laughter too.

My goal as a teacher is to help people re-discover and celebrate their inner child, their inner clown, their inner comedian. We all have one, just waiting for an opportunity to break free.

— Elizabeth

Testimonials

  • “It was such an amazing experience for me. Comedy changed me a lot and I feel the passion to keep exploring.”

    — Xiangyi, Intro to Stand Up Comedy Workshop

  • “Thanks so much for all your encouragement and support, I really appreciate it as well as your endless positivity.”

    — Melissa, Intro to Stand Up Comedy Workshop

  • “I had an absolute ball and feel like clowning is something I’d like to pursue further and see where it takes me.”

    — Jo, Intro to Clown Workshop

  • “Thank you so much for our workshop. It was a really accessible and welcoming environment. I could have stayed for years. Was really lovely to learn from you, would love to do it again if you offer more workshops in future!!”

    — Merryn, Intro to Clown Workshop

  • “Thank you so much. You have made class such a nurturing and safe space. I feel like I uncovered a lot last week about myself, not just as a baby stand-up maker, but as a person.”

    — Jerrica, Stand Up Comedy Explorations Workshop

  • “It was so great to meet and work with you yesterday. I can't get over how much fun I had & how immediately re-obsessed I am with clowning.”

    — Eloise, Intro to Clown Worksho

  • “Thanks again for helping me meet my clown for the first time. I really enjoyed it, even the thinking parts.”

    — Aden, Intro to Clown Workshop

  • “Thanks Elizabeth for all you taught us. I absolutely loved it”

    — Sunderai, Intro to Stand Up Workshop

  • “It was a great opportunity to play and explore facets of body and character expression. I came away feeling free, sparkly and freshly connected with my body and others. Highly recommend.”

    — Sarah, Meet Your Inner Child

  • "Thank you so much for yesterday - 'it's AMAZING!!!' would be an understatement. I can't wait for the next 2.5hrs with you and other playful spirits,"

    — Weiyu, Meet Your Inner Child

  • "Elizabeth facilitates a generous, nurturing and supportive environment within which I saw myself and the other artists flourish and grow. By providing a safe space to be creatively vulnerable, I am now able to much better define and articulate the core of my character and my show.”

    — Jessie, Artist Incubator

  • “I have attended two incubators with Elizabeth facilitating and I loved working with her so much I asked her to direct my show! Elizabeth is like a midwife for shows. She’s there for you in whatever phase you’re in, guiding you with her experience and collected wisdom."

    — Sarah, Artist Incubator

  • "I’ve been a part of two incubator series run by Elizabeth. They were a safe environment to play, fail, laugh, and stumble on, test and re-test ideas. Elizabeth is an incredibly supportive facilitator."

    — Shannan, Artist Incubator

  • It was such a joy to have you as artist in residence with Fusion Theatre’s evening ensemble. It was a perfect way to brighten up the winter nights with such a lot of energy, warmth, love and laughter in the studio. We found moments of pure clown and developed some really useful skills to carry forward into our theatre making. Thank you Elizabeth!

    Jo, Artistic Director of Fusion Theatre