Anna Marie Simonsen

I am an award winning Norwegian clown, theatre maker and director based in London. I was selected for the SOHO Theatre Drag & Cabaret Labs and have a BA in Drama & Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths University 2019.

My work revolves around my own experience as a woman living with cognitional heart disease. The stage provides me an unregulated space to be ugly, to not appease or conform to society’s misogynistic ideals of beauty. Clowning is my form of protest.

I am fascinated by clowning - how it provides space & freedom to explore/challenge the audience's preconceptions. I love using comedy & audience interaction as toolsto subvert. Through my work I aim to unveil the complexity of the modern world through drawing attention to its inherent ridiculousness & promote the underrepresented art form of clowning.

(She/Her)

Credits

PERFORMER, Naughty, The Pleasance, Camden People's Theatre, SALT Art & Music, 2021-2022
DIRECTOR, Forbruker, SOHO Theatre, 2 days, 2019
DIRECTOR, Forbidden Fruit a Flavor Has, 1 day, Cockpit Theatre 2018
PERFORMER, No Soothing Grave For Us, 1 day, London Student Drama festival 2017

Training

2020 Drag and Cabaret, SOHO Labs, SOHO Theatre

2016-2019 BA(Hons) Drama and Theatre Arts, Goldsmiths University of London

2013-2014 Stage Acting, Film Acting and Improv, Mountain City Centre For The Arts, Maryland US

2012-2015 Drama College, Hartvig Nissens Vgs, Oslo Norway

2002-2013 Acting, Dance and Musical Theatre Classes, Cap a Pied/Den Norske Ballett Skole og Akademi, Oslo, Norway