Seymour Mace: Clowning Around — From Tokyo Street Theatre to Doing Exactly What You Want

Seymour Mace spent time as a clown in Japan, did a Fine Art degree during COVID, built a potter's wheel in his back garden, got a first, and somewhere in the middle of all that did some stand-up. He's fine.Seymour Mace is a British comedian and actor known for his surreal, offbeat humour and cult status on the UK comedy circuit, best recognised for his role in the BBC series Ideal.How he ended up working as a street clown in Japan in the '90s — and how he nearly stayed on as Big Bird at Tokyo DisneylandWhat doing a Fine Art degree during lockdown taught him about creativity — and why the education system quietly beats it out of most people Comedy courses and clown schools — why Seymour thinks the best training is just being around funny people and working out why they're funnyThe freedom of not chasing fame, and why, with no mortgage or anyone to answer to, he's essentially living like a rich person without having to be a c**t Connect with Seymour here:InstagramFacebookFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.