© 2026 Beatrice Sica.
Non sono né clown né burattinaia, ma mi piacciono molto gli spettacoli di clown e in generale tutto il teatro di figura, tanto che prima e durante la pandemia ho partecipato a numerosi corsi soprattutto di teatro di figura. Tra questi, nella primavera del 2020 c'è stato "Il teatro di animazione in funzione terapeutica" offerto dall'Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia nell'ambito del loro Master in Medical Humanities; da lì è nato il mio articolo "Puppets and Covid-19. Lockdown, Health Prevention, and Language Education for Children." Mi sono esibita con la Brighton Summer School of Puppetry nell'estate del 2019 e con il Little Angel Theatre Puppetry Ensemble nell'autunno 2020. Da allora continuo a fare soltanto scenette e mini-video in famiglia o per gli amici, ma chissà, non è detto che in futuro non prosegua la mia formazione e riprenda le mie performance pubbliche ;)
Corsi seguiti
TEATRO DI FIGURA
2020-2021
- Translating Live Performance to Film (Little Angel Theatre, 8h, taught by Matthew Robins)
- Sock Puppets. A Masterclass (Little Angel Theatre, 10h, taught by Oliver Smart)
- Little Angel Theatre Puppetry online Ensemble (Little Angel Theatre, 16h, taught by Oliver Hymans)
- Shadowgraphy (Little Angel Theatre, 8h, taught by Drew Colby)
- “Le figure di legno. Corso di specializzazione sulla costruzione e animazione dei burattini a guanto” (Atelier delle Figure, Faenza, 100h, taught by Gaspare Nasuto and Stefano Giunchi)
2019-2020
- Little Angel Theatre Puppetry online Ensemble (Little Angel Theatre, 16h, taught by Oliver Hymans)
- Activism through Puppetry: Using Art to Make Social Commentary and Enact Change (taught by Kate Katz, online, hosted by the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry, 1h)
- Workshop with Marzia Gambardella (Compagnie Philippe Genty), online, 4h)
- “Il teatro di animazione in funzione terapeutica”, module of the Master in Medical Humanities at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, taught by Moreno Pigoni)
- Intensive Introduction to Play (Jackson Lane Theatre, 2 days, taught by Kane Husbands of The Puppyshow as part of the London Mime Festival training courses)
- Broaden your mime (Jackson Lane Theatre, 2 days, taught by Nola Rae as part of the London Mime Festival training courses)
- Full-mask masterclass (Jackson Lane Theatre, 4h, taught by Rachael Savage, Vamos Theatre’s Artistic Director, as part of the London Mime Festival training courses)
- Puppetry and Therapy (Brighton School of Puppetry, 1 day, led by Darren East and Beccy Smith of “Touched Theatre”)
- Intermediate Puppetry Course (Little Angel Theatre, 25h, taught by Oliver James Hymans)
- Shadow and Light (Little Angel Theatre, 12h, taught by Steve Tiplady)
- Puppet Lab at Little Angel Theatre (4h)
- Puppet Jam at Little Angel Theatre (2h)
2018-2019
- Brighton Summer School of Puppetry (Brighton School of Puppetry, 6 intensive days, taught by Darren East, Beccy Smith, and Isobel Smith, with final publica performance)
- Initiation au Theatre d’objet (Theatre de Cuisine, Marseille, 28-31 August 2019, 4 intensive days, taught by Katy Deville)
- Burattini all’improvviso (Workshop on improvising with glove puppets, Sorrivoli, 19-23 August 2019, 10h, taught by Elis Ferracini)
- Using Puppetry to Help Children Achieve Positive Relationships with their Peers, INSET training, CPD session (Little Angel Theatre, 2h, taught by Dinah Mason)
- Writing for Puppetry (Little Angel Theatre, 3h, taught by Rachel Warr)
- Puppetry Foundation Course (Little Angel Theatre, 20h, taught by Oliver James Hymans)
- Designing and Making a ‘Theatre for One’ (Little Angel Theatre, 10h out of 20h, taught by Judith Hope)
- Object Theatre (Little Angel Theatre, 18h, taught by “Le Théatre de la Pire Espèce”)
- Talking with Puppets (Brighton Puppetry School, 6h, taught by Darren East)
CLOWN
2018-2019
- Clowning, “The Beauty of Mistakes” (Why Not Institute, 6h)
- Clowning: an introduction (CityLit, 10h, taught by Gerard Flanagan)