Jon Davison

Jon Davison has been a clown, teacher, director, actor and writer for the last 26 years, most of the last 16 in Barcelona.

In 1993 he began working together with Clara Cenoz, performing as Companyia d’Idiotes at festivals, theatres, tents, streets and bars throughout Europe – London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Sicily, Russia...

He taught clown, impro, and acting at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona from 1996-2006, as well as working regularly at the Col.legi del Teatre, El Timbal, Co and Co., etc. Since 2007 he has been co-director o studies at the Escola de Clown de Barcelona. He was recently a research fellow at Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His first book, "Clown - a Reader in Theatre Practice", will be published in June 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan.