Creativity for Entertainers: Creative Routines

This collection of some of the most popular clown and magic routines created by Bruce "Charlie" Johnson demonstrates how the creative process, techniques, and tools can be used to create material for performance. The routines also illustrate principles of showmanship that can be used in other types of material. Additional routines from the public domain demonstrate how entertainers have creatively adapted ideas over the years. You may perform these routines in your own shows, but they are most valuable as starting points. There are questions that prompt you to create your own versions and to inspire your own ideas.