Jose Parra was born and raised in Bilbao where he studies IT. In 2001 he moved to London where years later he discovered the performing arts inspired by clowns like Avner the Eccentric or Fraser Hooper. He trains at the Desmond Jones School of Physical Theatre and the International School of Corporeal Mime for four years. In 2009 he discovered Clown Through Mask with Jonathan Young, and he loves discovering how beautiful, ridiculous and funny we can all be. During this training, he meets Charlie Blowers, an art psychotherapist and performer. He joins her company Moving Pieces inspired by Charlie's ideas about creating performance based on the inner world of the actor-creator. He meets other artists interested in devising theatre in this way, such as Jamie Wood, with whom he recently collaborated on making his one-man show Tomatoes Don't Fly.

 

Over the years he has performed in a wide variety of festivals and settings including Stroossefestival (Luxembourg), Festival Danse (France), Festival of Social Science (University of Holloway), Amman Children's Museum (Jordan), International Conference on Body Psychotherapy, Brighton Fringe, Reading Fringe, Bath Fringe,  London International Clown Festiva and Fringe Theatrefest among others.

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Also, he has worked professionally as a Giggle Doctor for 15 years for Theodora Chidren’s Charity, first in the UK and since 2022 in Barcelona where he now lives.