Working Class Clown | Tommy Misa
Wednesday 22 October from 6pm to 7:15pm Thursday 23 October from 6pm to 7:15pm Friday 24 October from 6pm to 7:15pm Saturday 25 October from 3pm to 4:15pm Sunday 26 October from 2pm to 3:15pm
The Thursday performance will be Auslan interpreted.
Working Class Clown is a new work by Samoan (Toamua)/ Australian writer, performer and artist Tommy Misa that embodies the transcultural spirit of the fool and their ability to speak truth to power.
Taking inspiration from Samoan clowning, weaving and architecture it layers a story of grief, joy and riot, inspiring us to spiral up from the residue of the past and rebuild new worlds together. A collage of memory, performance, poetry and song, Working Class Clown asks what is possible when we create in togetherness? In Laughing Memory of Mefiposeta Misa.
See this performance at Liveworks, Performance Space’s flagship festival of live art taking over Carriageworks from 22 to 26 October 2025.
Photography by Joseph Mayers