Belgian actor-director Jos Houben has been performing and directing physical theatre and comedy for the last 30 years. His classic lecture-demonstration The Art of Laughter is the most performed show in LIMF’s history, with four appearances between 2007-2016.

One of the early members of Theatre de Complicité, appearing at LIMF in A Minute Too Late, Jos has worked with many different artists and organisations including Peter Brook, the National Theatre, Opera North, Georges Aperghis, the Opéra Comique, and on many occasions with The Right Size. Jos originally trained at Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, where he now teaches between a busy schedule of performance and directing engagements.

Andrew Dawson studied dance with Merce Cunningham in New York and theatre in Paris with Philippe Gaulier, Monika Pagneux, and Jacques Lecoq. He is a Feldenkrais practitioner and Hatha Yoga teacher, which compliment and reflect his curiosity into the physical body, mindfulness and movement.

His collaborations with Jos include Quatre Mains, Absence & Presence and Space Panorama, all of which can be seen in LIMF 2021's Videotheque.

This talk will also be available with Closed Captions on YouTube

Jos Houben's appearances in London International Mime Festival:

1985 A Minute Too Late, with Theatre de Complicite, ICA Theatre1987 A Minute Too Late, Waterman’s Arts Centre

1988 Theatre de Complicite & Guests, Shaw Theatre1994 A Minute Too Late, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall

1998 Quatre Mains, with Andrew Dawson, ICA Theatre

2007 The Art of Laughter, Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room

2008 The Art of Laughter, Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room2011 The Art of Laughter, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House2016 The Art of Laughter, Shaw Theatre2016 Marcel, with Marcelo Magni, Shaw Theatre2020 A Fundamental Journey, Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Central School of Speech & Drama