Suzie graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in Hispanic Studies in 2004. In 2006 she moved to Barcelona to pursue a secret desire to become a clown. After a short introduction course she spent the next 2 years street performing on The Ramblas developing a successful clown/magic act.
In 2008 she returned to Scotland and joined Theatre Modo, a Glasgow-based theatre company specialising in large scale community engagement projects and social circus as a Workshop Leader.
Her love of clowning and in particular her sense that clown can be the perfect medium for honest communication and connection, as well as humour, continued to grow. After training with Angela de Castro and Eric de Bont, she co-devised and performed SICK, a solo clown show exploring the experiences of being sick and in hospital through the eyes of a clown, with Martin Danziger and was nominated for a CATs award for best female performance in 2010.
In the same year she joined the Hearts & Minds team and trained first as a Clowndoctor and then as Elderflower. She is now a Senior Practitioner, and works in Children's Hospitals, Hospices, Respite centres and Dementia Units across Scotland as her alter egos, Dr Maybee and Bonnie Elderflower.
She continues to make work for theatre, and relishes the opportunity to collaborate with other performers, visual artists and film makers.
In 2008 she returned to Scotland and joined Theatre Modo, a Glasgow-based theatre company specialising in large scale community engagement projects and social circus as a Workshop Leader.
Her love of clowning and in particular her sense that clown can be the perfect medium for honest communication and connection, as well as humour, continued to grow. After training with Angela de Castro and Eric de Bont, she co-devised and performed SICK, a solo clown show exploring the experiences of being sick and in hospital through the eyes of a clown, with Martin Danziger and was nominated for a CATs award for best female performance in 2010.
In the same year she joined the Hearts & Minds team and trained first as a Clowndoctor and then as Elderflower. She is now a Senior Practitioner, and works in Children's Hospitals, Hospices, Respite centres and Dementia Units across Scotland as her alter egos, Dr Maybee and Bonnie Elderflower.
She continues to make work for theatre, and relishes the opportunity to collaborate with other performers, visual artists and film makers.
