• HOME

  • WATCH

  • TOUR

  • LISTEN

  • NEWS

  • TEACHING & CLOWNING

    • ADULT MENTORING & WORKSHOPS
  • ARCHIVE - PAST SHOWS

    • SWAN (2017/2018/2021)
    • GORGON: A HORROR STORY (2020/2021)
    • UNLIKELY DARLINGS (2019/2020)
    • LOVE SONGS TO GUINEA PIGS (2019)
    • CHIFFCHAFF (2018/2019)
    • HILDA & THE SPECTRUM (2017/2019)
  • MORE

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • Gigs & Comedy news!
    • Erotica!
    • London Life!
    • Elf's Musings...
    • The Clown Diaries!
    • Australian Adventure
    Search
    #16 The Clown Diaries - Shakespeare & Chekhov and MRI machines.
    Elf Lyons
    • May 23, 2016
    • 5 min

    #16 The Clown Diaries - Shakespeare & Chekhov and MRI machines.

    I write this blog entry whilst happily high on codeine. (WAHOO! Codeine is great.) At the moment, outside of class, whilst sitting at...
    #15 The Clown Diaries - How to Stay Sane
    Elf Lyons
    • May 8, 2016
    • 6 min

    #15 The Clown Diaries - How to Stay Sane

    It's Sunday. The weather is blissful. And my flat is empty. Due to a three hour cleaning session I am now removed of almost any bacteria...
    #14 - The Clown Diaries - Characters
    Elf Lyons
    • Apr 28, 2016
    • 5 min

    #14 - The Clown Diaries - Characters

    Post-Traumatic Gaulier Disorder After spending three weeks in London over the Easter break I have concluded that coming to Gaulier is the...
    #13 - The Clown Diaries - Bouffon
    Elf Lyons
    • Mar 24, 2016
    • 4 min

    #13 - The Clown Diaries - Bouffon

    My three flatmates have all gone out which means I can be sassy and naked at the computer. Coffee in one hand and a baguette in the...
    #12 - The Clown Diaries - Stress, Melodrama and Acrobatics.
    Elf Lyons
    • Mar 8, 2016
    • 4 min

    #12 - The Clown Diaries - Stress, Melodrama and Acrobatics.

    It is half midnight. My flat is silent and there are over eight pairs of mens' underpants drying on various chairs in the living room. I...
    #11 - The Clown Diaries - The flops, frustrations and breakthroughs of Gaulier.
    Elf Lyons
    • Feb 19, 2016
    • 5 min

    #11 - The Clown Diaries - The flops, frustrations and breakthroughs of Gaulier.

    Hello again! I didn't intend to take such a long time to write this blog, but a huge case of Writer's Block and January melcancholia came...
    #10 - The Clown Diaries - Second Term, First Year, Fresh Start…
    Elf Lyons
    • Jan 24, 2016
    • 5 min

    #10 - The Clown Diaries - Second Term, First Year, Fresh Start…

    You would find it hard to believe that christmas has ended here in Paris, because the french have a very ‘laissez-faire’ attitude to...
    #8 The Clown Diaries - My favourite things about France so far!
    Elf Lyons
    • Dec 8, 2015
    • 4 min

    #8 The Clown Diaries - My favourite things about France so far!

    First thing is first, I have concussion. It means I now speak in a similar way to how Tigga would have if he had taken a huge dose of...
    Elf Lyons
    • Dec 2, 2015
    • 4 min

    #7 PART ONE - The Clown Diaries - Greek Tragedy, Harsh Criticism and Tears

    Hello wonderfuls! Be warned, this is a long one! So much has happened in the last week that I have decided to split this week's blog into...
    Elf Lyons
    • Nov 25, 2015
    • 5 min

    #6 The Clown Diaries - WILD HORSES

    It's Wednesday the 25th of November. And it's cold. Bloody cold. The Christmas season is almost upon us in Etampes! In other words:...
    Elf Lyons
    • Nov 16, 2015
    • 6 min

    #5 The Clown Diaries - Neutral Mask

    Intro It's Monday morning on the 16th November. My room is currently being hounded by a very peristant and irritating wasp*. The plan was...
    Elf Lyons
    • Nov 11, 2015
    • 4 min

    #4 The Clown Diaries - Nightmares

    Apologies that this blog is late, Someone accidentally forgot to click 'publish post'. Anyways, this entry is one week behind. Keep your...
    #3 - The Clown Diaries - Autocour, Massage Parlours and Turd-Sticks.
    Elf Lyons
    • Oct 28, 2015
    • 6 min

    #3 - The Clown Diaries - Autocour, Massage Parlours and Turd-Sticks.

    It's Wednesday afternoon. Ryan has departed to Abs Club with the final words "Your fashion sense reminds me of Topman circa 2007". I...
    Elf Lyons
    • Oct 23, 2015
    • 4 min

    #2 - The Clown Diaries - Double Zero

    It's Friday morning and our flat is in a state of crisis. Tom is ironing, Ryan is straightening*, Greg is upstairs practising to smoulder...
    Elf Lyons
    • Oct 15, 2015
    • 5 min

    #1 - The Clown Diaries - First Week in Etampes

    Welcome to my first entry on this blog in AGES! At the time of writing this, there are six men, all of different nationalities and...

    © 2014 by ELF LYONS