Meet The Team
Therapeutic Clown Practitioners
Jody Boston
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Ruby / Kimmy
Jody Boston is an award-winning artist with 18 years’ experience teaching drama, music, and movement in Hamilton schools. She is a regular guest artist at McMaster University and teaches Improv and Clown. As the Director of Under the Willows, Jody led artists to create arts and garden programming at a pediatric mental health facility. A triple-threat performer, highlights include Femme Arts Comedy, Open Hearts, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and FiXT POINT. Jody is a graduate of the George Brown College Therapeutic Clown Program.
Andrew Gaboury
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Cecil / Radar
Andrew Gaboury a graduate of the George Brown Therapeutic Clown program is also an award-winning performer, writer and educator based in Port Credit, Mississauga. He is a collaborating artist with site-specific dancetheatre company Frog in Hand, and in 2023 he created a roaming clown performance called “Pastel’s Imaginarium”.You may have seen him performing with and supporting the work of various community arts groups in Toronto such as Clay & Paper Theatre, Mabelle Arts, Jumblies and Lakeshore Arts.
Derek Kwan
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Biscuit
Derek Kwan is an actor, singer, and theatre creator working at the intersection of theatre, music and movement in a number of forms, including opera, clown, and puppetry. His performing career has taken him across Canada and the globe, from London, England, to performances in the Czech Republic, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, and China. He was the Artistic Director of Common Boots Theatre, and works as a freelance theatre director, dramaturg, and teacher/lecturer on theatre, diversity and representation. He has worked as a professional Therapeutic Clown in Taiwan and in Canada. Recently, Derek has enjoyed performing in several seasons at the Stratford Theatre Festival.
Mackenzie Muldoon
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Maisie / Twirl
Mackenzie Muldoon is a Toronto based actor, creator, clown, producer, and festival director. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University, specializing in Theatre Performance and has built a career in the arts ever since. She toured North America and parts of Asia performing with Theatre Beyond Words. She studied improv with Kate Ashby, clown with Francine Coté and Helen Donnelly and graduated from North America’s first Therapeutic Clown Certificate Program at George Brown College in 2019.
Ruy Nieves
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Babe Ruy / Mambo
Ruy Nieves is a Mexican stage-clown artist who has been the director of two Non-profit organizations in Mexico, engaging in community theater, opening alternative spaces and approaching art to disadvantaged environments; in addition he has developed Youtube channels and a local Mexican television show with educational and cultural content. He has worked in many different productions from classical to contemporary as an actor, director and playwright. He has participated in international festivals and taken workshops in Mexico, United States, London and Spain. He has a BA in acting and a MA in Literature.
Natalie Fullerton
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Rose / Steps
Natalie Fullerton is a classically trained, multi-disciplinary artist; a dancer, aerialist, poi and fire performer, as well as a theatrical and therapeutic clown. Natalie holds a BFA in Dance from York University and a diploma from George Brown College’s therapeutic clowning programme. She was the co-founder and co-director of Goodness Gracious aerial and fire performance event company and Collective Space studio in Toronto.
Natalie is currently working as a therapeutic clown with both Red Nose Remedy and Lookup Theatre serving clients in hospice, long term care, rehab, respite and hospitals all over Toronto.
Haven Klassen
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Shirley / Woosh
Haven Klassen has been clowning with Red Nose Remedy since its inception. In 2019 she completed the Therapeutic Clowning Certificate program at George Brown College. Over the years she has workshopped with several clown instructors including Helen Donnelly, John Beale, and Fiona Griffiths. Besides her therapeutic clown work with Red Nose Remedy she has also performed in clown at events and on the street as a busker.
Isaac Luy
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Ricky / Yay
Isaac Luy is a clown and actor originally from Caracas, Venezuela. He has trained with some of the most renowned teachers in the world, including Carlo Colombaioni (France), Jango Edwards and the “The Rebel Clown Army” (Spain); with Francine Côté, James Keylon, and Roch Jutras (Montreal); and with Sue Morrison (Toronto). Since 2011, he has been an apprentice and is now a teacher of the Canadian Pochinko clown technique under the guidance of Sue Morrison.
He wrote and performed a solo clown show “EXIT”, which toured across Canada and was presented in Europe.
Angola Murdoch
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Mabel / Candy
Since graduating from the George Brown College Therapeutic Clowning program in 2019, Angola Murdoch has proudly served youth as Candy and elders as Mabel. She is a therapeutic clown with Red Nose Remedy at Sunnybrook Hospital and Savehaven. She also works at LookUp Theatre and serves clients at St. Joseph Hospital. Before therapeutic clowning, she spent the last 20 years as an aerial circus performer. A career highlight was performing as a Klingon aerial silk performer on Star Trek: Discovery.
Hilary Wear
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Flo / Hay
Hilary Wear is a theatre artist who, more and more, has become a Clown. Her Theatrical clown Tootah has appeared at festivals across Ontario. She is a graduate of the George Brown College Therapeutic Clown program and has been working with Red Nose Remedy since its inception. Gchi Miigwech-Many Thanks!
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