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• Simply Circus Handbooks
• FAQ's and Tutorials
• Library Books
• Other

Structural Clowning Textbook (print only)

Clowning Tutorial.  The Clowning Tutorial is a series of articles from the good folks over at www.clown-ministry.com.  While it focuses mostly on clowning in a church setting, the basics are all the same.  This is truly a great resource.

4-h Clowning Guide.  The 4-H Clowning guide contains sections on the history of clowning, clown makeup, clown costumes, communicating as a clown, clown etiquette, performing skits, pantomime, puppetry, ventriloquism, clown props, balloon artistry and a terrific reference section. 

Clowning essays from the Shrine Clowns.  This web page contains more than a dozen essays on various aspects of clowning.

Clowning essays at Clown-Ministry.com.  The web page contains dozens of articles and essays on clowning.  A great resource for anyone studying clowning.

The Big Book of Skits.  The Big Book of Skits is a resource developed for scouts that contains over 400 skits.  This book is an excellent resource for kids working on clowning (even those not in scouting!), or for those teaching clowning.

Skits Resource.  The Skit Resource from Scoutorama.com contains over 300 skits.  This site is an excellent resource for kids working on clowning acts - and you don't have to be a scout to use them!

Scout Skits.  Another small, but useful resource from the U.S. Scouts Project for skits.

The Skit Book.  Yet another book of skits from the world of scouting.  Great ideas for short, verbal skits.

Improv and Mime Games. This page contains many games and exercises for those learning Improv and Mime.

Mime Insites 

Feuershow.de Video Tutorials Our friends over at Feuershow have a number of video tutorials online for performing various mime illusions.  To access these video tutorials, click on the site and enter Quicklink-ID number: 1808 (lower left hand side of the page)

Library Books

The Simply Circus library contains a large collection of Clowning books.

Angels can Fly. This ebook includes a mix of fiction which follows the adventures of ten clown characters, some personal clown anecdotes from clowns from around the world, a total of 50 practical clown exercises, and some theory on the nature of modern clown.  An excelent read (Note: This is in Microsoft Reader format.  You can download Microsoft Reader  This file is made for the Microsoft Reader which, if you don't already have it, you can download free at: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/default.asp. Unfortunately the Reader only works with Windows machines, and is not yet available for Apple or Linux computers.)

The Clown News Letter.  One of the best Clown resources in the world today.  You can subscribe to this newsletter by sending an email to clownnewsletter@tobykid.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.