Clowning is a mix of reality and th

Clowning is a mix of reality and the surreal and sprinkles the seriousness of life with touches of absurdity and lightness.
As an example of this absurd mix of reality and the surreal, I remember an improvisation where I ended being little Red Riding Hood. At one point, I got to Grandma's house and was desperate to find a way to get into her house. I found myself having to run around trying to jump through a window that kept moving away from me. The window was in fact an empty picture frame held up and moved around by none other than the Big Bad Wolf (my partner on stage). The picture frame, my running around and my frustration in trying to get into the house were real. The situation of a moving window was absurd and surreal. This absurd mixture of drama and lightness creates laughter and is what clowning invites you into.