Garry Garrett's Homepage

Mimé and Clowning

I enjoy doing Mimé, and hope to start up a Christian mimé troupe called "King Solomon's Mimés". I have dabbled in clowning and am currently a member of "Faith Christian Clowns". I have not yet developed a clown persona. I also do theatre from time to time.

• Yahoo's page on Mimé
• Mimeistry International - a national group that promotes Christian Mimé by teaching the trade of Mimé and Theology.
• Stronger Than Silence - A Christian Mimé troupe from New Zealand.
• Le Centre Du Silence mimé school.
• Meriwether Publishing publishes some books on mimé (though I find their books, even the ones that claim to be mimé books, to be more clowning than mimé)
• Christian Scripts (has some Mime)
• My collection of Mimé Skits (Mimeography):
• Greed
• I've had some difficulties locating supplies (mime makeup - I like to use Ben Nye PC-1) locally, so I'm adding some bookmarks to some vendors on the Internet
• Ben Nye
• Would You Believe carries Ben Nye make up including PC-1 Pancake
• Both Clowning and Mimé have their origins in the character Harlequin from an early form of pseudo improvisation known as Comedia Del'Arte
• The sound of silence... an interview with Marcel Marceau.
• Gospel Balloons has a nice page with examples on face painting
• Rotation.org has skits, etc.
• Dramatix (free drama scripts)
• Drama Mission
• Puppet Resources (puppet skits, etc.)
• Clowning For Christ gives instructional seminars