Holly Stoppit
Listed as: Actor/Performer, Director
elastic_concoctions [at] hotmail.com
- Keywords:
- comedy, music, physical theatre, performer, director
"Holly Stoppit...has the expressive eyes of Wallace’s Gromit and the physicality of Buffy the Vampire Slayer." - The Stage, April 2010
Originally from a background in circus-theatre, both tented touring and street theatre; Holly has trained in many performance disciplines and forged an interesting and varied career as a performer and theatre maker.
These days, Holly is mostly focusing on her directing and workshop-leading skills and is open to all offers of interesting collaborative creative projects. Her skills include:
*story-making
*clown/comedy
*character development
*improvisation techniques
*physical theatre/movement techniques
*laughter yoga
*integrating live music into performance
*making work for non-theatre spaces
Recent comments on Holly's 2-day clown/play/laughter workshop:
“Fun, crazy, but educational… it felt really safe and easy”
“Silly, technical, freeing, hilarious, liberating, useful, fun, BRILLIANT!!”
“It’s like 10 years therapy in two days."
“It’s all a bit of a hysterical blur”
Key Projects
- Director, 'Nobody's Home' Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
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Nobody's Home is a playfully dark, two-person theatre show, incorporating story-telling, physical theatre, clown, live music, dance and puppetry. It toured the highlands.
- Director / facilitator- '10 Ways To Die On Stage' and 'The Middle Bit' -Ed Ralpey
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Ed Rapley is a solo performer. His work combines improvisation, stand-up, storytelling, multiple personas, risk and revelation.
- Performer/deviser- The Honk Project
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The Honk Project is a musical-clown ensemble, we tour theatres and village halls.
- Co-founder, Creative Producer, deviser, performer- Ramshacklicious Theatre Company
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Subversive, funny, musical theatre for non-theatre spaces. The Road To Nowhere: a show about love and death, toured for two summers (2007/2008). The company is currently touring 'The Small Time'- a vaudaville show on a tricycle.
- Front Woman- Yupknuckle
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Yupknuckle was a 10 piece wonder-orchestra of wonky misfits. They travelled and played together for two and a half years. They had a lovely time. And so did the audiences.
- Creative Consultant / Director- Carny Ville, May 2009
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Carny Ville is a unique and dynamic performance extravaganza, set in the old Bristol Police and Fire station complex, currently known as The Island, and managed by Artspace Lifespace in partnership with Urban Splash. This salubrious spectacle consists of a variety of raucous stages, sideshows and bizarre spaces, bursting with music, magic, intrigue, dancing, circus, theatre, and celebration..
- Director- 'Pearl and Dean... and Irene' Cinecab-a-go-go
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Comedy/dance street show with newly commissioned soundtrack. This show was devised from interviews with old timers, capturing their memories of first loves, dance and cinema.
- Director/musician/performer 'Monster Magic', Cirque Idyllic
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I Directed Monster Magic in 2009 and returned in 2010 to support the performance with live music. Monster Magic is a one-woman storytelling show, performed in a yurt. It combines multiple characters, improvisation and masses of audience interaction.
- Clown teacher / Director of Boomchucka Circus show (Circus To Iraq)
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Circus To Iraq travels around Palestine, performing their show and facilitating circus workshops for children.
- Director of The Cockney Awkestra
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The Cockney Awkestra is a musical comedy show featuring live music, singing, dancing, clowning and loads of audience participation.