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Kimberley Twiner

  • Kimberley Twiner
  • GINA RHINESTONE!
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    • Kimberley Twiner
    • GINA RHINESTONE!
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    • Teaching
    • Directing
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    Kimberley Twiner

    • Kimberley Twiner
    • GINA RHINESTONE!
    • About
    • Teaching
    • Directing
    • Sign Up
    • Performing
    • Connect
    • …  
      • Kimberley Twiner
      • GINA RHINESTONE!
      • About
      • Teaching
      • Directing
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      • Kimberley

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        'In these ridiculously

        serious times, seriously

        ridiculous people are

        crucial to survival.'

        -Kimberley Twiner

      • GINA RHINESTONE:

        PIG IRON QUEEN OF ASSTRAYA

        Shhh... Don't let Gina find out...

         

        A satire on wealth, power, land, mining and vanity in the lucky country.

         

        Created and performed by Kimberley Twiner.

        Directed by Lily Fish.

        Research Collaboration by Ell Sachs.

         

        Oct 2 - 6

        6pm (5pm on Sunday)

        The Meeting Room, Trades Hall

        Melbourne Fringe Festival

         

        5 SHOWS ONLY!!

        BOOK NOW!
      • ABOUT

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        Clown. Bouffon. Physical Comedian. Teacher. Director.

        Kimberley is a clown, bouffon, physical comedian, teacher and director based in Melbourne. Passionate about ferocious physical comedy and contemporary clown, Kimberley has full belief in the power of 'the stupid'.

         

        Her most recent achievement is winning Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe 2023 for her ensemble show Stickybeak, also receiving a five star review in The Age. Kimberley can be seen performing in her award-winning queer comedy troupe PO PO MO CO. She is a member of The Wholesome Hour who were Green Award winning artists in 2021 for Best Theatre Design. She initiated the roving performance troupe Brunswick East Entertainment Festival. She is performer and producer of The Bouffonery - who make bouffon theatre.

         

        Kimberley is founder of the Melbourne Physical Theatre School a training place for physical theatre grounded in the Lecoq Methodology. She has taught at NICA, VCA, Women*s Circus, Westside Circus, Laugh Masters Academy, Collarts, The Blue Room Theatre and Union House Theatre.

         

        She has trained at the schools of Giovanni Fusetti, John Bolton and Ecole Philippe Gaulier. She is under pedagogic mentorship with Giovanni Fusetti. She graduated from Bachelor of Creative Industries Drama QUT in 2009. She has taught at Women*s Circus, Footscray Community Arts, Collarts, NICA and the Victorian College of the Arts.

         

        Kimberley is currently in her second year studies of Gestalt Pyschotherapy at the Relational Skills Centre, Melbourne.

         

        She has written two articles for independent theatre press Witness Performance and one article for Midsumma Festival.

         

        Dancing for Collective Joy

        Losing the Body

        Clown and Campness

      • Teaching:

        It's all about the body

        In 2019 Kimberley completed An Advanced Training in the Pedagogy of Movement Theatre at Helikos School in Italy under the tutelage of Giovanni Fusetti.

         

        What does this mean?

        It means that Kimberley did intensive training in order to learn HOW to teach movement theatre, not just perform it, but how to teach it. The theatre teacher has many hats to wear and must know when to switch them in order to serve the work and the students.

         

        Kimberley is founder of the Melbourne Physical Theatre School. She designs training intensives to exercise the technique and play required to perform the following styles:

         

        Clown

        Bouffon

        Character

        Physical Comedy

        Mimodynamiques

        Neutral Mask

        Physical Theatre

        20 Movements

        Directing

        Visit Melbourne Physical Theatre School Website
      • Directing:

        Strict as physical comedy

        Available to direct shows, co-devise new projects, attend work-in-progress showings and give feedback.
        Interested in working with performers who are curious clowns or idiots who prioritize bodies, play and physicality.

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        The Pageant

        https://www.instagram.com/theberylscomedy/

        Company: The Beryls

        Directed by Kimberley Twiner

         

        Character comedy, satire, audience interactive

        WINNER Adelaide Fringe Weeky Award

         

        "The Pageant holds a magnifying glass to their distorted ideas of beauty, archaic and sexualised notions of gender and harmful practices toward children. The bright façade and dark underbelly was intense and disturbing, and still I had a lot of fun." Nothingeverhappensinbrisbane

         

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        The Five Year Old Girl

        A grotesque physical comedy.

        Co-devisor and Performer: Phoebe Mason.

        Director and Co-devisor: Kimberley Twiner.

        Performed as part of La Mama Explorations December 2022.

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        Jofus and The Whale

        https://www.facebook.com/fishandtwinersbaitshop

        Performed by Lily Fish

        Company: Fish & Twiner's Bait Shop

        Directed by Kimberley Twiner

        'An example of clown work in the modern era, utilising slapstick, very physical comedy and self-referential humour to depict an unconventional retelling of a prolific work of literature.' - Farrago Magazine

        'Jofus and the Whale is genuinely funny and surprising and endearing.' - Witness Performance

        'Charming, diverting and admirable.' - Stage Whispers

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        Jofus and The Plank

        https://www.facebook.com/fishandtwinersbaitshop

        Performed by Lily Fish

        Company: Fish & Twiner's Bait Shop

        Directed by Kimberley Twiner

        Winner 'BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE' New Zealand Fringe 2020

        'Flawlessly executed physical comedy.' - Stage Whispers

        'Physical theatre at it's best.' - Australian Stage

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        The Travelling Sisters

        http://thetravellingsisters.com/

        Company: The The Travelling Sisters

        Directed by Kimberley Twiner

         

        Kimberley has co-devised and directed three shows with The Travelling Sisters they have been collaborating since 2016.

         

        Winners 'BEST COMEDY' Melbourne Fringe 2017

        Winners 'NEW ZEALAND TOUR READY' Melbourne Fringe 2017

        Nominated 'BEST NEWCOMER' Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017

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        Maggot

        https://www.facebook.com/maggotshow

        Company: The Baby Girls

        Directed by Kimberley Twiner

        'Gleefully anarchic... Indisputable charm.' - Theatrescenes NZ

        'Each micro expression, each awkwardly held silence, each contortion of body language, was flippin' hilarious.' - Afterywork.com

      • Sign Up

        If you sign up to my mail list you will receive information about workshops in Melbourne.

        Those being Clown, Bouffon, Character, Physical Comedy, Physical Theatre, Physical Comedy and Theatre Pedagogy. You will also receive information about shows I am directing or performing in.

      • The Shows

        Performing in devised physical comedy since 2012

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        2024

        PO PO MO CO presents Lady MacBreast

        PO PO MO CO

        'World class clowning.'

        Stage Whispers

         

        Shakespeare, comedy, burleseque

         

        La Mama Courthouse Theatre

        Oct-Nov 2024

         

        Co-Directed by Rinske Ginsberg, Lily Fish and Kimberley Twiner

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        2024

        Gina Rhinestone: Pig Iron Queen of Asstraya

        Kimberley Twiner

        A satirical love letter to Ausralia's richest little battler.

         

        Bouffon, satire.

         

        4 stars in The Age!

        Melbourne Fringe, 2024

         

        Directed by Lily Fish.

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        2023

        Stickybeak

        The Beaks

        A physical, character comedy about the neigbours you know and love to hate.

         

        5 stars in The Age!

        Winner Best Comedy Melb Fringe 2023

         

        Devised and performed by Jessie Ngaio, Patrick Dwyer, Laura Trenerry and Kimberley Twiner.

         

        Directed by Lily Fish.

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        2022

        We Too Us Too Me Too Too Too

        Physical & Political

        A satirical, grotesque Bouffon show about rape and murder in Melbourne.

         

        La Mama Theatre 2022

         

        Directed by Rinske Ginsberg

         

        Devised and performed by Ell Sachs, Lucy Kingsley, Nick O'Regan.

        Devised with Fabio Motta, Maria Silva and Giovanni Fusetti.

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        2022

        Polite Mammals

        The Wholesome Hour

        Children's sketch comedy and music show.

         

        ArtPlay, Birrung-Marr, Melbourne

         

        Devised by Kimberley Twiner, Lily Fish, Ell Sachs and Sunanda Sachatrakul.

         

        Directed by Rinske Ginsberg.

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        2021

        The Wholesome Hour

        The Wholesome Hour

        Kids comedy TV show.

         

        Green Room Award for Best Theatre Design

         

        Watch it HERE

         

        Created by Kimberley Twiner, Ell Sachs, Lily Fish, Angela Fouhy and Jack Lewis. Animation by Sebastion Berto.

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        2019

        PO PO MO CO present 'Once Upon a Drag Storytime

        PO PO MO CO

        ''Ten out of ten for fun!' - Weekend Notes

         

        Physical comedy kids sketch show for rainbow families.

         

        Midsumma Festival 2019

        Gasworks Arts Park 2020

         

        Directed by Liz Skitch.

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        2019

        PO PO MO CO present 'Flutter and Flounce'

        PO PO MO CO

        'Phenomenal femme queer clowning.' - Emilie Collyer

         

        WINNER of New Zealand Tour Ready Award

        NOMINATED Best Comedy

        NOMINATED for the Green Room Award for Experimental Theatre

         

        New Zealand Fringe Festival 2020

        Melbourne Fringe Festival 2019

         

        Outside Eye by Maude Davey

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        2018

        Not Romeo and Juliet

        Kimberley Twiner & Lily Fish

        'Flawlessly executed physical comedy.' - Stage Whispers

         

        'What's striking about their work is their ability to make physical comedy so precise.' - Arts Review

         

        Clown comedy.

         

        La Mama Theatre

        Midsumma Festival 2018

        Perth Fringe Festival 2019

         

        Devised with Giovanni Fusetti.

        Outside Eye by Steph Kehoe.

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        2018

        Dudebox

        Dudebox Cabaret

        A drag king comedy cabaret featuring award winning artists.

         

        Collaboration with The Travelling Sisters, Selina Jenkins, Becky Lou, Sharnema Noughar and PO PO MO CO.

         

        Melbourne Fringe 2018

         

        Directed by Kimberley Twiner.

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        2016/2017

        PO PO MO CO present 'Recreation and Leisure'

        PO PO MO CO

        WINNER 'Original New Circus' Melbourne Fringe 2017

        NOMINATED 'Best Comedy' Melbourne Fringe 2017

         

        ★★★★½

        'Poingantly the worst queer nightmare of the Australian Christian Lobby.' - Theatrepeople.com

         

        Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017

        Melbourne Fringe 2017

         

        Devised sketch, physical comedy.

        Directed by Liz Skitch.

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        2016

        The Intensive Intensive Intensive

        Kimberley Twiner

        'Stella Luhrmann presents a life changing theatre workshop.'

         

        Character comedy/interactive parody theatre workshop.

         

        Melbourne Fringe 2016

         

        Performed by Kimberley Twiner. Assistant played by Warren Herbu.

         

        Directed by Liz Skitch.

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        2015

        The Baby Girls

        The Baby Girls

        'The U.K. pop group changing the world one community workshop at a time.'

         

        Character comedy & sketch.

         

        Melbourne Fringe 2015

         

        Devised and performed by Elle Wooten, Angela Fouhy, Freya Finch and Kimberley Twiner.

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        2014

        BASHA

        Kimberley Twiner

        'The cave-clown warrior love child of Cher & Encino Man.'

         

        Character comedy, clown, interactive.

         

        Edinburgh Fringe 2014

        Melbourne Fringe 2014

        Funny Babe Fest 2015

        Seven Sisters Fest 2015

        London Clown Fest 2016

        Cafe Haratzi, Cyrpus 2016

         

        Directed by Liz Skitch.

      • CONNECT

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        Email

        ktwiner@gmail.com

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