Stephen Daytime makes audiences uncomfortable in the best possible way.
 

He has a diplôme from École Philippe Gaulier and graduated in 2025 from the DESS Marionnettes Contemporaines at UQAM. He is an ongoing student of Italian theatre and clown pedagogue Giovanni Fusetti, who teaches Lecoq-style pedagogy with a somatic and Gestalt approach.

Somatic work has been a part of Steve’s practice since long before he knew it to be called that: in 2017 he co-founded Danser Dans L’Noir, a fortnightly free-dance in total darkness, which he runs permanently with a small team.

He recently presented Bêtes Parfaites, a modern bouffon show, at La Porte Rouge, with an upcoming residency at the Northampton Centre for the Arts, Mass, USA. His piece “Amoeba” was featured in the Montreal Clown Festival Gala 2025, and the Labrador Creative Arts Festival in 2024.
He organizes clown (Peter Sweet) and mask (Sara Corsini) workshops in Montréal under the name Clown + Etc Montréal.
He is currently reworking his solo play Wild Bill's Facebook Livefeed Feeding-Time Youtube Yeeehaw!! and preparing his solo 50 minute bouffon show Minotaur for fringes. He and was thrice a teaching artist at the Labrador Creative Arts Festival.
 

As a teacher he specializes in creating spaces where a wide range of participants, from highly energetic to reserved, can access play, confidence and expression through the body.

He has been hard of hearing since birth and now proudly wears Phonak Audeo M90-Rs, which he may let you try if you politely ask. He also works as an assistant to disabled people and as an assistant mechanic on very big ships.

Testimonials:

“Loved it, well-built class, nice progression, nice balance, very dynamic. What a great, generous and attentive teacher!” Roslune, Clown and performer, Montreal.
“It was an exciting, engaging and challenging class. The core value for me was getting in my body, being physical and connecting with others. “ -Jack, lighting technician and theatre artist, Montreal.

"Steve really knows his way round a reading! He's an imaginative, creative interpreter with a particular gift for helping people to connect with Yijing imagery." -Hilary Barrett, I Ching translator and pedagogue, founder of www.onlineclarity.co.uk from Cornwall, UK

"You have a serious knack for this. Your way of relating is extremely effective, and hard for people to learn. It's substantial." - Florence, Psychotherapist from Maine, USA.

“Caring and deeply intuitive readings. Letting you lead the way through the unpacking of it, while offering wisdom. Honoring the deep playful knowings of the I Ching and yet encouraging you to accept that everything is always in flux.” - Adalia Pemberton-Smith, artist, mother, organizer/activist from Montreal, QC

“Steve’s I Ching readings are a profound gateway to clarity, offering wisdom that feels divinely guided. His insights helped me embrace surrender and illuminated a path toward enlightenment, transforming my journey with each session.” -Isaac Smeele, artist and musician from Pine Hill, QC

“Steve is a patient, caring and enthusiastic I Ching reader. I felt guided through the experience and taken care of, while also left free to make up my own mind around it.”

-Sara Corsini, teacher, director, actor from Padua, Italy