Jos Houben
Jos Houben (b.1959) is a Belgian native. He studied at L’École Jacques Lecoq and with Philippe Gaulier, Monika Pagneux and Pierre Byland. An original member of Complicité, he co-created and performed in “A Minute Too Late” and collaborated on many other projects with Annabel Arden, Simon McBurney and Liso Bauer. Jos was a director and co-writer of the cult comedy troupe “The Right Size” (which won Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment 1999 and Best New Comedy 2002) playing in the West End and Off-Broadway. For Thames TV he created and performed “Mr Fixit”, a silent slapstick TV comedy for children. He was also creative director and associate producer for Ragdoll TV’s Brum – “The Magical Little Car”. He created and performed “Quatre Mains”, a theatre piece for four hands with Andrew Dawson. He has collaborated with Greek contemporary music composer Georges Aperghis on several shows in Paris, including “Commentaires”, “Zwielicht”, “Paysage sous Surveillance”. He has directed for Theater YBY in Salzburg, BPZoom in Paris, Les Flamiches Noires in Belgium, and performed in “Fragments”, directed by Peter Brook. In 2013 he co-created “Répertoire” by Mauricio Kagel for the Théàtre d’Arras and the Bouffes du Nord with Françoise Rivalland and Emily Wilson. Jos is currently working with Jean François Peyret on “RE:Walden” qui jouera en en 2013 dans le festival officiel à Avignon et en 2014 au Théâtre de la Colline. Jos’ conference/one-man show, “The Art of Laughter”, has toured the world many times over. He is a teacher, director, devisor and consultant with comedy troups, opera companies, circus schools, workshop festivals, dance schools, universities and magicians worldwide. Since 2000 he is a teacher at L’École Jacques Lecoq
Source: Jos Houben ‘s website
