Exploring the poetry of the absurd and the art of transformation.
Lucie Betz is a clown, performer and artistic creator exploring the boundaries between humour and poetry, vulnerability and strength, beauty and the grotesque. Through physical expression, improvisation and transformation, she creates unexpected encounters that reveal the extraordinary within the ordinary.
Her artistic practice draws on the freedom of clowning, a curiosity about human behaviour and a taste for the absurd and the poetic. Through play, she explores the many facets of being human, moving between tenderness and provocation, the strange and the familiar.
Since 2022, she has been developing The Captain, a clown figure through which she explores power, authority and their contradictions. She also performs in A Final Joke, a duet with Günter Fortmeier, produced by Theater Zerberus and Art of Being. After eleven performances in 2024 and 2025, the piece returns for four more performances in October 2026. Through this work, she explores the artistic possibilities of the nature of laughter and what lies beyond the joke.
Alongside her artistic practice, Lucie has worked as a clinical clown with
ROTE NASEN e.V. since 2018 and with LACHVERBAND e.V., bringing humour and imagination to hospitals, gerontopsychiatric wards, children's refugee centres and other care settings. Performing as Lulu, she meets people of all ages with warmth, spontaneity and sensitivity. She also contributes to the international work of RED NOSES International.
Photo gallery: The Captain
Contact for artistic collaborations and bookings: luciebetz@nuagefou.com
