Sue Morrison is the world-class premiere teacher of performance-oriented Clown and Bouffon. A beloved and experienced performer, she is a sought after show creator, director, and consultant. Throughout, she has been instrumental in redefining clown for today’s world.

Early in her career, Sue was the protégé of Richard Pochinko, chosen to develop and add multiple new dimensions to his original Clown Through Mask. Today, her unique and powerful work brings together the diverse elements of Native American and European Clowning, Bouffon, Le Jeu, Improvisation, and Puppetry, creating dynamic performances that grip the audience.

As a teacher, Sue’s approach is oriented to the individual, with an intense focus on developing and releasing each student’s potential to bring them to a new level. Her intensive workshops allow for the emotional excavation necessary to evolve stellar performances, as exemplified by her many students in global powerhouses Cirque du Soleil, Second City, Blue Man Group, Slava’s Snow Show and as individual performers internationally.

Sue has co-created and directed wildly successful award-winning productions at Fringe and theatre festivals across North and South America and Europe. She recently co-created and directed ‘Absence of Magic’, acclaimed in both the Village Voice and TimeOut NY, and ‘Party of One’, winner of Best Clown Show at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. Ms Morrison is the co-creator of the popular bouffon, Red Bastard, and was bouffon consultant for the award-winning ‘Bouffon Glass Menajoree’. She also co-created and directed the widely known Burnt Tongue trilogy (‘Burnt Tongue’, ‘It’s Me Only Better’, and ‘Out of My Skin’). The television debut of her production of ‘Burnt Tongue’ aired on the Bravo Arts Channel, and ‘Out of My Skin’ is currently a feature in the Cirque du Soleil’s Las Vegas production.

Ms Morrison has been Artistic Director of Toronto’s Theatre Resource Centre since 1993, and has taught worldwide, including at the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre in California and LUME Company in Brazil. She has collaborated with some of the leading lights of comedy performers and teachers, including Keith Johnstone of Second City and master Philippe Gaulier. Sue was in The Second City and performed as a puppeteer with Jim Henson and the Muppets. She continues to be recognized as the subject of documentaries and books, and as an invited speaker at international theater conferences in New York, Brazil and Argentina.