Melbourne Physical Theatre School

Melbourne Physical Theatre School was officially started by Kimberley Twiner in 2019. It is a place for high quality training in the Lecoq lineage, taught by local, national and international maestros. Kimberley's main collaborating teacher is Giovanni Fusetti.

Kimberley is a Melbourne based performer, director and teacher. She is a Fusetti, Bolton and Gaulier trained performer. In 2019 she studied THE PEDAGOGIC JOURNEY: An Advanced Training in Movement Theatre under the tutelage of Giovanni Fusetti. This was a study into teaching theatre within the Lecoq lineage of mime and movement training. Kimberley has accumulated over 500 hours as pedagogic assistant to Giovanni Fusetti.

Kimberley is obsessed with many aspects of theatre training and believes that technical training and play-based training hold hands with each other. Play without technique doesn't work, and technique without play doesn't work. Kimberley seeks to train people in a non-personal way, because theatre trangresses the personal, a performer must go beyond their own private experience. Mask, mime and movement training is her core passions to move towards a dynamic theatre.

Kimberley's expertise is found in devised physical comedy, clown, bouffon and character comedy. Her practice is ensemble powered, devised and deeply collaborative. Her current working ensembles are PO PO MO CO, The Beaks, Fish & Twiner's Bait Shop, The Bouffonery, The Wholesome Hour and Brunswick East Entertainment Festival.