What happens when a lovable idiot leads a memorial service for a long-deceased family member? In this off-the-wall comedy, New York-based comedian, improvisor and clown Julia VanderVeen leads the audience through wild stages of grief as she attempts to honor her beloved Grandmother. The show is an original concept first devised in 2019 with Brighton, England-based physical comedy masters Spymonkey’s Artistic Director Aitor Basauri

About Julia

Julia VanderVeen is a New York based actor and physical comedian. She has a degree in Music Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. She was studying Classical Theatre and High Comedy at BADA (British American Drama Academy) when her grandmother died in 2006, and, as a result, missed attending her memorial service. 

Julia has trained extensively in Clown and Bouffon, and apprenticed under head of physical theatre at Yale University, Christopher Bayes. As an actor, Julia has worked all over the United States, and performed in places as remote as Alaska, and as tropical as the Mediterranean; appearing in Hairspray on Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas.

Dates & Times

Thu Sep 26 - 7.00pm - 8.00pm*

Sat Sep 28 - 7.00pm - 8.00pm

* The performance of My Grandmother’s Eye Patch on Thursday Sep 26 will be ASL Interpreted

Workshop

WORKSHOP WITH JULIA: A Clown

Sat Sep 28 - 10.00am - 1.00pm