FABIO MOTTA
Fitzmaurice Voice Technique and Le Jeu & Clowning
“Working with Fabio and Fitzmaurice Voicework has been nothing short of transformative. His sensitive and rigorous application of the method has helped me build a whole new relationship with my voice as an actor and singer. I feel equipped with a practical technique that will grow as I grow, and I feel infinitely more confident in approaching text and music in a way that is physically and psychologically safe and conducive to creativity, free expression, and longevity.”
— Beth Paterson, actor and singer
BACKGROUND
Fabio Motta is an award-winning performer, theatre maker, director, and teaching artist who has worked across Australia, Italy, and the United States. He has performed with renowned companies such as the Australian Shakespeare Company, Melbourne Shakespeare Company, Polka Theatre (UK), Born in a Taxi, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (NY), and The Theatre86 (NYC). Some notable screen credits include, Ronny Chieng: International Student, Utopia, Warnie, Carla Cametti PD, Slant and Little Tornadoes.
Fabio’s critically acclaimed solo show SPOT had a sold-out season at Theatre Works and earned him a Green Room Award for Best Performer in 2022. As a director, his most recent credits include; CVNT (Best Comedy, Melbourne Fringe 2024; Weekly Fringe Award, 2025) and Sunday Roast by Thomas Sainsbury (Weekly Fringe Award, Adelaide Fringe 2023).
He is a certified Associate Teacher and the Regional Director of Fitzmaurice Voicework® for Australia and New Zealand. Fabio teaches acting, clown, mask work, voice, and complicité for actors. He has taught at institutions including NYU Tisch, HB Studio,The Victorian College of the Arts, the National Theatre Drama School, Tamasha Theatre (UK), University of West Virginia, The Australian Shakespeare Company, National Institute of Circus Arts, The Actors Studio MFA Program, 16th Street Actors Studio, and Brave Studio. He is the Founder and Director of The Clowning Workshop in Melbourne, a school dedicated to the art and practice of theatrical clowning and related disciplines.
He trained and graduated from institutions across the globe with masters in their field, including Accademia Teatrale Veneta (Italy) in Commedia dell’Arte, HB Studio and the Hagen Teacher Lab (NY) under the mentorship of Carol Rosenfeld, and 16th Street Actors Studio. He has trained with acclaimed coaches such as Larry Moss, Lyndsey Davies, Catherine Fitzmaurice, and Austin Pendleton. Fabio also studied Clown and Le Jeu with Philippe Gaulier, Movement Theatre Pedagogy with Giovanni Fusetti and Normal Taylor, and completed an advanced clown teacher training with Christopher Bayes (Head of Movement, David Gaffen School of Drama at Yale).
PHILOSOPHY
Fabio is a certified Associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and the regional coordinator for Australia and New Zealand. He is also the artistic director of the Clowning Workshop where he runs on-going workshops. Fabio has taught at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, HB studio, the Ume Group (Physical Theatre Ensemble New York) in the United States. In Melbourne, he runs classes in Clowning, Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Mask, games for theatre as a freelance.
