Montreal will be sending in the clowns at the 7th annual Montreal Clown Festival.
During those four days at two venues — the MainLine Theatre and the Gesu — the festival will offer shows that feature some of the best clown talent across North America and will showcase a variety of the art of clown performance.
It all begins on April 25 at the MainLine with a new faces-type of showcase called New Recipes: A Cabaret of New Works. The following day, the Gesu will be the place for the Festival Cabaret: The Big, Big Deal that will be emceed by the real-life duo of Philippe “Philidor” Thibaudeau and Becky “Hoops” Priebe, with Raphaelle Pepin, Marie-Pierre Petit, Emily Jeffers, Moshe Cohen and Joel Baker as part of the evening’s line-up of fun. On April 27, a clown variety show will take place with a triple bill featuring Jamie Adkins, Avner “The Eccentric” Eisenberg (who delighted audiences at the 1992 Just For Laughs festival) and Quebecois duo Laurette & Ariette; a late night clown show called Old God (starring Las Vegas-based clown Alec Jones-Trujillo) tops off the evening’s programming. The festival concludes on April 28 with three distinctive shows: Driving Around with Amrita Kaur Dhaliwal, Ethel: Outside with Christine Moynihan and Larry, a gender-bender clown show starring Candy Roberts,
The Montreal Clown Festival will also present shows for kids and kids at heart with local troupes Cie In Toto, L’Aubergine and Montreal artist Hugues Sarra-Bournet; there will also be outdoor performances — free of charge — with Nacho Con Salsa, LaboKracBoom and Hercinia Arts Collective/Trellis Arts.
For more information, go to mtlclownfest.com/2024/
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