Biography

Dr Simon Thompson PhD
A Practice-Based Exploration of Mask/Clown and the Development of a New Pedagogy

• Artistic Director, Clown Noir 2009 Ongoing
• Lecturer Below the Bar, University Limerick 2014-2020 (M.A. Festive Arts)
• Board Member Spleodar Halloween Arts Festival 2018,19, 20, 21
• Panellist for the Arts Council of Ireland (Circus and Street Arts) 2018 Ongoing
• Founder and Chair of Limerick Fringe Festival 2017,18,19
• Producer of The Autonomy Project 2018
• Board Member Irish Street Arts and Circus Spectacle Network 2014-15

Conferences and Papers delivered:

• ISTR Conference 2019 ‘The neutral mask and the development of its application in a creative pedagogy’.

• LPRC Conference 2019 ‘The neutral mask and the development of its application in a creative pedagogy’.
• A Narrative for Limerick, Narrative 4. 2018 ‘New Beginnings’
• Creative and Cultural Industries, Challenges and Opportunities U.L Feb 2018
• Mask and Arts Pedagogy Symposium Feb 2018 ‘Designing and testing a creative pedagogy with masks’
• Heros and Idols, Narrative 4. 2017 ‘From the Tabenacle to the Theatre, The Bouffon’

Recent Productions Devised and Performed:

• ‘This is me’ 2013-14 (European Tour)
• ‘Love, Labour, Lost’ 2014-15 (European Tour)
• ‘Nose Business’ 2016-17 (USA and European Tour)
• ‘Altjeringa’ A Metaphysical Mask Etude 2017 (Irish World Academy)
• ‘Lifted Up’ 2019 (Irish World Academy)
• ‘A Millers Story’ 2018-20 (European Tour)