Creativity For Entertainers Volume Three: Creative Routines

About the Book

This collection of some of the most popular clown and magic routines created by Bruce “Charlie” Johnson demonstrates how the creative process, techniques, and tools can be used to create material for performance. The routines also illustrate principles of showmanship that can be used in other types of material. Additional routines from the public domain demonstrate how entertainers have creatively adapted ideas over the years. You may perform these routines in your own shows, but they are most valuable as starting points. There are questions that prompt you to create your own versions and to inspire your own ideas.

About the Author

Bruce Johnson has been performing as Charlie The Juggling Clown since 1974. He has incorporated clowning, magic, juggling, pantomime, puppetry, trick cartoons, and audience interaction into his performances. His experience includes six seasons with American Circuses and eleven years at the Raging Waters amusement park. Bruce wrote Comedy Techniques For Entertainers, contributed to Creative Clowning, and was a senior columnist for Laugh-Makers Magazine. Bruce has taught at the U-W Clown Camp ®, and at variety arts conferences throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. His honors include Laugh-Makers Magazine Contributor of the Year and World Clown Association Clown of the Year.