Bad New Days
Right Brain Theatre for a Left Brain World
What's On:
Are you drawn to the fusion of physical theatre, clowning, and improvisation? Do you admire Bad New Days’ distinctive approach to devised creation?
If so, this workshop is for you!!
In Playing Clown, Adam Paolozza will guide you through the his unique approach to clown play, grounded in the physical theatre practice that inspired the works of Bad New Days, including The Double, Italian Mime Suicide, and the award-winning Last Landscape.
During this intensive three day workshop we’ll explore core principles of clowning and improvisation, with a special focus on the invisible structures of play that facilitate a greater sense of presence and playfulness while improvising. We'll cultivate a deeper connection between our sense of humour, our bodies, and the audience.
We'll expand our sense of freedom and presence on stage, while exploring practical tools for character creation and devising clown work.
This is a unique opportunity for artists of all disciplines and skill levels to work on your sense of play, to improve playing beats with intention, clarity and rhythm, and to get comfortable with vulnerability and failure.
Details
When:
October 28th + 29th: 10am-3pm
October 30th: 1pm-6pm
Where:
The Practice Room
688 Richmond Street West, Toronto Room 302
Fee: $250 + HST
*Discounts available for those in financial need.
*For more information and to register, please contact Adam at: badnewdaysperformance@gmail.com
Adam Paolozza is an award winning performer, director and teacher, and the Artistic Director of Bad New Days. His work fuses elements of mask, mime, movement, physical theatre, clown and object work to create dynamic, original devised creations. His work has been recognized with numerous awards and has toured nationally and internationally.
Recent Shows
A BAD NEW DAYS PRODUCTION,
IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH COMMON BOOTS THEATRE
In a sometime somewhere devoid of nature, posthuman ‘workers’ enter an empty space and assemble a series of artificial landscapes out of found objects, striving with their bodies to recreate the natural world from memory. But is it the deep past we see, or some genetically modified future?
The world premiere of Last Landscape blends Bad New Days’ signature brand of physical theatre with an eco-dramaturgical, DIY aesthetic to create a slowly transforming, imagistic meditation on extinction, ecological grief and interspecies care, where colossal puppets of prehistoric megafauna roam free. On the brink of environmental collapse, Last Landscape offers hopeful possibilities for how we might share this big green miraclemarble.
**Last Landscape was nominated for 8 Dora Awards in 2025, winning 2 for Scenic Design & Sound Design**
Conceived and Directed by Adam Paolozza
Creative Producer Victor Pokinko
Last Landscape is performed by Nada Abusaleh, Nicholas Eddie, Gibum Dante Lim, Annie Luján, Adam Paolozza, and Kari Pederson. SlowPitchSound will provide both original music and live turntablism.
The creative team includes set designer Ken Mackenzie, lighting design by André du Toit, and the work of scenic marionette designer Roxanne Ignatius, with original puppets created by Graeme Black Robinson, Clelia Scala, and Puppetmongers Theatre. The show’s creative producer is Victor Pokinko. Adam Paolozza conceived the piece and will direct. Ian Garrett is the production’s eco-dramaturgical consultant.
Last Landscape prioritises sustainability in every stage of its creation—from the artistic vision to the materials used in production . Because of its eco-dramaturgical ethos, Last Landscape was recently awarded the prestigious Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant from the Ontario Arts Foundation and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.
Eco-dramaturgy asks us to find alternative forms of storytelling that embody climate change rather than merely speaking about it. This sustainable approach attracted Common Boots Theatre to the project as a partner, sharing with Bad New Days a passion for creating sustainable art that fosters environmental awareness to inspire meaningful change.
Last Landscape imagines a future where we find alternative ways to reconnect with and remember nature, embodying storytelling centred in care over conflict.
Preview: January 12 7:30PM
Opening Night: January 14
Show Run: January 14 – 26
Tue – Fri 7:30PM
Sat 2PM + 7:30PM
Sun 2PM
Mask Mandatory Performance: Saturday, January 18th @ 2PM
Last Landscape is produced in partnership with Common Boots Theatre
and is the recipient of the Ray Ferris Sustainability and Innovation Grant
Awarded by TAPA, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, and Ontario Arts Foundation
Thanks to our funders and development partners:
The Kick & Push Festival; Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada; Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario; Toronto Arts Council; The National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts; Ontario Arts Foundation; TAPA Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts & Common Boots Theatre
Promo Art Direction/Photography: Fran Chudnoff
Photography Assistants: @kristanewey + @b.cair Makeup: @rahsthetics Styling: @garconnnne + @cursed_shawty