CLOWNS - An unfinished mini lecture
Venue: Battersea Arts Centre
Date: 02/05/2026
Type: Theatre
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CLOWNS centres a fictionalised mother–child relationship explored through clowning, mime, improvisation, and vocal experimentation. A series of unfinished mini-lectures that loosely explore a developing work titled CLOWNS, this presentation draws on a year of failed attempts to embody a clown that seems to stalk the artist, a brief trip to clown school, and a Cape Verdean carnival.
In CLOWNS, Samra engages with motherhood as a site of erasure and concealment, and considers inherited behaviours around shame and delusion. By placing clowning at the centre of this inquiry, Samra offers a voice that resists polish and respectability, embracing instability, risk and transformation.
Time: 6pm
Tickets: Free – booking required
Running Time: 1 hour (no interval)
Age Recommendation: TBC
This presentation takes place in person in our Members Library
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Battersea Arts Centre, Lavendar Hill, London, SW11 5TN
Phone: 020 7223 2223
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