{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/69f303bc13ce2999f4518d24?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Seymour Mace: Clowning Around — From Tokyo Street Theatre to Doing Exactly What You Want","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1777533830714-de9e6ebf-d243-4269-80f5-9c76859dc693.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><ul><li>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 Disneyland</li><li>What doing a Fine Art degree during lockdown taught him about creativity — and why the education system quietly beats it out of most people </li><li>Comedy courses and clown schools — why Seymour thinks the best training is just being around funny people and working out why they're funny</li><li>The 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 </li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Seymour here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/seymourmace\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/seymour.mace\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}